Individuals & Societies: Participatory Action Research
As is the tradition each Spring, Whitby’s 6th graders have been studying environmental justice in their Individuals and Societies classes. For their assessment in this unit, students engage in Participatory Action Research. This involves doing a deep dive into an environmental issue of their choosing, consulting experts in the field to supplement their research, and then taking an action to try to effect some kind of change relating to their issue.
For many students, the action they selected was to raise awareness about their issue in the Whitby community. At best, one of the community’s many changemakers might take an interest in one of these issues and help promote meaningful change. At the very least, they hope that each member of the community will make small changes that will collectively help improve these serious issues, which are as follows. Check them out!
| SAMAYA DAWKINS | Plastic Pollution | GRACE RUBINSTEIN | Factory Farming and Meat Pollution |
| KESHAV GOPAL | Nuclear Energy | SINYA JINDAL | The Water Crisis |
| SILAS HOFFMAN | Electric Cars | VASILIKI LAHAIE-DRINEA | Light Pollution |
| KENT COMO | Overfishing |
Below is a glimpse of Participatory Actions from previous years.
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E-Waste by Anya Nadel |
Deforestation by Ying Yin Chen |
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Environmental Impact of Food Waste by Nikki Samios |
Ocean Waste by Lainie Geyer |
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Car Pollution by Hailey Holovach |
Pollution from Trucks and Buses by Esteban Orozco |
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Pollution from Fertilizer by Emi Gil Zalis |
Ocean Acidification by Sami Netter |
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Deforestation by Nicholas Shklovsky |
Fracking by Ayana Banerjee |
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Invasive Species by Maya Narendula |
Pollution from Planes and Ships by Cody Cezzar |
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Desertification by Yasmeen Hokail |
