Cascadia Bioregion

Discussion and participatory activity around sustainability and environmental issues provide a excellent means for faculty to address at least two important learning outcomes, specifically 10 and 11:

Assessment Opportunities
NSCC Day of Learning Spring 2005
North Seattle Community College's Green Day of Learning
Spring Quarter 2005
Learning Outcome 10.  Identify and understand fundamental concepts of the physical and life sciences and the effects that the uses of these concepts and resulting technologies have on the individual, on society and on the biosphere.

A. To understand the working principles with which we build models in the physical and life sciences.

B. To understand the evolving scientific process used in creating new images of natural phenomena.

C. To understand the effects of human activities within the biosphere.

D. To understand the power and limitations of mathematical language used in developing models of the natural world.

Learning Outcome 11.  Understand the nature of the individual  and the relationship between the self and the community.

A. To understand moral and ethical principles and theories that are integral to personal and interpersonal development.

B. To understand how human beliefs and behaviors shape the individual and the community.

C. To understand that U.S. culture continues to emerge and be shaped by the interaction of people with different views, i.e., multiple origins, experiences and world views.

D. To understand the need to maintain physical and mental well-being.