Performance Task

The City of Edmonton is providing a grant of $500,000 to students who create a solution to be
implemented throughout their community that will have a positive effect on their local
environment. Your group will present a 5-minute project pitch to the City Council that identifies
a local environmental concern and a solution to this issue.

Your group will:

 Identify a local environmental concern
o Food waste, garbage disposal, landfills, gas emissions, transportation, recycling,
reducing water, etc.
o Must pass by Ms. P
 Research how this issue negatively effects the environment (using key concepts
throughout the unit)
o Effects on ecosystem
o Effects on humans
o Pollution
o Acute and chronic toxicity
 How was the concern detected and how can we measure this in the future? (indicators,
monitoring, laws)
 Research solutions that other individuals, communities, provinces, and countries may
have already identified
 Come up with your own solution/innovation
 Identify how your groups solution will help reduce environmental impacts within your
community
o Will it need to be created? Is it a prototype? Is it educational awareness? Is it a
new community program?
o How will you implement this in the community?
o What are the advantages of this innovation on the environment?
o Are there any potential cons/risks associated with this innovation?
o Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

Groups can present their project pitches in a modality of their choosing (powerpoint, poster,
video, skit, diagram/prototype).
Performance Task Summative Assessment Rubric

Criteria 1 2 3 Feedback
Clearly identifies local
environmental concern
Identifies 5 points of how
environmental concern
negatively impacts the
environment
Provides evidence from the
textbook and key concepts of
how the environmental concern
negatively impacts the
environment
Explores how this concern was
detected and how we can
measure it in the future
Investigates and provides
examples of other innovations
pertaining to environmental
concern
Creates an original and realistic
innovation
Clearly identifies how solution
will reduce environmental
impacts throughout community
Provides evidence from the
textbook and key concepts of
how the innovation will positively
impact the local environment
Clearly identifies the risks and
advantages of the innovation
Presentation is well-organized,
creative, and engages city council
(class)
All group member contributed
equally to project

1 = Not Met; 2 = Partially Met; 3 = Met

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