{"id":1927,"date":"2018-12-13T21:02:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T21:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/pollinators\/?page_id=1927"},"modified":"2022-01-16T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T20:18:21","slug":"define-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/pollinators\/solve\/define-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining the Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5>\n\t\tSolve\n\t<\/h5>\n<h1>\n\t\tWhat&#8217;s the problem?\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/pollinators\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2018\/12\/griffin-teaching-left.png\" alt=\"griffin-teaching-left\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2185\" width=\"1457\" title=\"griffin-teaching-left\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Impressive! You now should have quite a collection of information about the pollinator group and species you&#8217;ve chosen to help.\u00a0 Check this list make sure you&#8217;ve gotten all the information you may need for your project.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its body structures and how they function to help it pollinate<\/li>\n<li>Its unique adaptations that make it an excellent pollinator<\/li>\n<li>The role it plays in its ecosystem and food web<\/li>\n<li>Its needs at different stages of its life cycle<\/li>\n<li>Why it might hibernate or migrate<\/li>\n<li>Different kinds of human activities that that could be harming your pollinator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h4>Investigate &#038; Discuss<\/h4>\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Revisit &#8220;Human Impacts&#8221; found in both UNCOVER and EXPLORE. What human activities around your school, home, or community might make it hard for your species to survive and thrive near you?<\/p>\n\t<h4>Decide<\/h4>\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Choose one problem that you have identified in your community to be the focus of your project. Once you have chosen, document the problem you chose and why.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">Virtual Quest Guide<\/a>\n\t\t<iframe title=\"Pollinator Quest: Solve - Define the Problem\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/546113652?h=c90355dc06&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h5>Filmed on location at <a href=\"https:\/\/butterflies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butterfly Pavilion<\/a> in Westminster, CO<\/h5>\n\t<p>Nice work! Now that you have defined the threat your project will address, the next two steps are to figure out where you want to do your project and what type of project you want to do. At the end of SOLVE, you&#8217;ll fill out the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Sm0x0MV3oMdVnz-ZeZgPe7RJgF58PCf3XlVBIs_YVWY\/edit#heading=h.rrd4bjh4vlbq\">Project Planner<\/a> <\/strong>and submit it to Hero Headquarters for a Project Grant! As you move through the SOLVE section, think about how you will complete this Planner.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"\/pollinators\/solve\/survey\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLet&#8217;s Survey our Site\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h5>\t\n\tEducator Note<\/h5>\t\t\n\t\t\t<p><b>Discussion:<\/b>\u00a0Help students to understand that the problems they identify are all\u00a0<i>real\u00a0<\/i>but some of them are more fundamental to the loss of llp habitat than others. Finding solutions that address both root causes and symptoms of the root cause can be beneficial. Consider using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/medicare\/provider-enrollment-and-certification\/qapi\/downloads\/fivewhys.pdf\">5 Whys Tool for Root Cause Analysis<\/a>\u00a0to help students uncover root causes. Students may see that in complex systems there is often more than one root cause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optional instructional strategy:\u00a0<\/strong>Using their Hero Journal or a blank paper, students write individually, then share and edit in small groups, and finally share out with the full class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Write<\/strong> a news\/opinion article <strong>or create<\/strong><strong> a visual graphic that<\/strong> <strong>argues with evidence<\/strong>: &#8220;Why should we help this pollinator species in our community?&#8221; Include the human-related causes of the problem, the effects of the problem on the pollinator, and why you have chosen to design a solution to help reduce this threat to these animals. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/pollinators\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/02\/coneflowers.png\" alt=\"coneflowers\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"520\" width=\"2048\" title=\"coneflowers\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solve What&#8217;s the problem? Impressive! You now should have quite a collection of information about the pollinator group and species you&#8217;ve chosen to help.\u00a0 Check this list make sure you&#8217;ve gotten all the information you may need for your project. 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