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The Urban Sound Landscape Action Plan Module 7 Lesson 11

LESSON 11: THE URBAN SOUND LANDSCAPE ACTION PLAN

OVERVIEW:

In this lesson, students will reflect on what they know about the sounds of their field site

and how this is related to animal behaviors. The focus of this action plan is onmotivation. Students will critically look at advertisements made by individuals and

determine how they might motivate people, or how they can improve the ad so it is moremotivating. Students will create and action plan to improve the sound landscape in their

field site, to positively impact the inhabitants of the site.

SUB-QUESTION:

How can we change our neighborhoods to improve conditions for bird communication?

Ways of Knowing Urban Ecology:

Students will

Understand Recognize the ways in which environmental issues are presented andframed in media and debate. (human impact)

Talk Analyze the ways in which environmental public serviceannouncements are framed.

Develop a set of frames for create a public service announcementconcerning noise pollution and bird bioacoustics.

Do No specific goals connected with doing urban ecology in this lesson.

Act Develop a storyboard for a public service announcement concerningnoise pollution and bird bioacoustics in order to motivate theircommunity to act.

SAFETY GUIDELINES:

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INSTRUCTIONAL

SEQUENCE

Activity 11.1: Motivation and Action Planning1. Remind students of the structure of the action planning process and show them

the diagram. Review each of the steps of the process. Let your students know

that as a class you will be looking at how science knowledge can be used as a wayto inform stakeholders.

2. You will be showing three videos submitted to the current.tv ecospotenvironmental public service announcement competition

(http://current.com/topics/76173162_ecospot

). Each video is 60 seconds or less.You may break students up into small groups so that each group watches one

video, or project all of the videos so that all students can see them. The videos tobe shown are:

o Get Your Green On, modified from the original:http://current.com/groups/ecospot/87601081_ecospot-runner-up-get-your-

green-on.htm

o This Is The World: http://current.com/green/87612041_ecospot-runner-up-this-is-the-world.htm

o Power To Change: http://current.com/green/87604761_ecospot-power-to-change.htm

3. Before watching the video, tell your students that ask students to keep thefollowing questions in mind:

o How did the videos motivate people?o Was it through positive (hope) or negative (fear) motivation?o What other techniques did they use (music, humor, etc.)?o Were the ads effective in motivating you or others? How could they have

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Activity 11.2: Action Plan

1. Remind students of the animal behavior studies they completed. Students shouldconsider this information when designing their action plan.

o For instance, if they observed that urban sounds of a certain frequencymask bird songs, perhaps students should try to mitigate those sounds.

o What kinds of urban noise are most intrusive? Most long-lasting? Mostable to be changed?

2. Divide students into their groups of three or four students. Each group membershould receive the student handout with the directions for creating the action planand a satellite photo of their neighborhood.

Note: Feel free to replace the provided photo with one of your own neighborhood.Be sure to use a scale of 0.5 miles this allows students to see a large stretch of

neighborhood while still being able to discern details. You can get a map of yourarea from http://maps.google.com/.

3. Lead the class in an exploration of the satellite photo. Some sample questions:o What are some sources of noise pollution in this neighborhood?o

Which area experiences the most noise pollution? Remember that whenurban planners attempt to solve a problem they often have limitedresources so they have to consider

(1) what changes would most likely have the biggest impact, and (2) how costly those changes are and who will be effected by

those changes.o Are the sources of noise close to bird habitats?o What type of noise pollution will be most difficult to reduce?

4. Give students 15-20 minutes to discuss their action plans within their groups.Students should complete the Activity 10.2 sheets.Concluding the Lesson

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Actiona Plan Module 7 Lesson 10

LESSON 10.2: ACTION PLAN

In this unit, we have explored animal behavior and urban noise pollution. Usingour knowledge about these two concepts, we will create an action plan. Your goal todayis to change the sound landscape in your community to benefit animal behavior. Using

the satellite photo provided, explore the features of your neighborhood. Choose a sectionof the neighborhood in which to focus your action plan.

Answer the planning questions to help you decide what to include in your actionplan. Discuss your answers with your group members and your teacher. As you choose

what to include in your action plan think about why you chose that component and anyobstacles or benefits you predict.

Remember: There is no correct answer. Choose components that you think you

can justify and defend. Each group may have a different plan.

POSSIBLE ACTION PLAN COMPONENTS

Creating sound barriers along busy roads or around parks Giving fines for creating excessive noise

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Scientific Knowledge:

Think about the animal behavior data you collected. What urban sounds seemto interfere with animal behavior? Why?

Investigate Site and Envision Possibilities:Which sources of urban noise do you think are the loudest? Which do you think

have the highest frequency? Which are the most long-lasting? What is your goal?

Identify Stakeholders:

Who are the people involved in making these changes? How do you think the

community will respond to your plan?

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