Middle School Social Studies Inquiry Based Learning Deforestation | IB

Engage your middle school students with inquiry based learning and writing with this Deforestation Research Project. This social studies research project will have your students researching the impact of deforestation on the local community, the environment and the animals. Students will determine possible solutions and present a model to provide suitable alternatives to the issue. A great individual or group research project. This project includes both printable and digital options so you can use it in the classroom or with distance learning.  

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Deforestation Action Research Project for Middle School includes:

• Student instruction sheet
• Learning objectives
• Guided Note-Taking Sheets (uses the Action Research Questions)
• Planning Sheets
• Scoring Rubric

This project is perfect for:

• Middle school civics / citizenship / social studies classes
• Action Research Project for IB schools
• Independent or Group Work

Ways you may use this resource:

• Whole class assignment in social studies
• An ELA assignment
• End of unit assessment
• Homework set task
• Extension work or fast finishers

This resource has been designed to link with middle years civics and citizenship. It can also tie in with action research projects for IB schools.

Students can work independently/ in pairs or groups to complete the tasks over 8-10 lessons.

They use their research based learning skills to research current concerns impacting on society today. They then use this information to come up with a plan to present a way to help solve the issue in a way that can bring the communities together.

This information is then presented in the form of a PowerPoint Presentation or another negotiated format.

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