3rd Grade PBL: Wetlands in South Louisiana
Ms. Lana Beckmann
​Ms. Catherine Riviello

The 3rd grade has partnered with LOOP NOLA to study their problem based learning project focusing on saving the wetlands of Louisiana.  Before the students can test solutions to the problem, they must first learn about the problem and the animals and people who are affected by the problem.  LOOP NOLA visited the students to discuss environments, species of animals, and habitats local to south Louisiana.  Students then visit City Park to see these species and their actual habitats.  The students will then problem solve by creating hypothesis and eventual models of their solutions.  
The Good Shepherd School
1839 Agriculture St
New Orleans, LA 70119
Tel: (504) 598-9399
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The Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School, Inc., seeks to help low-income, urban youth in order to realize their fullest potential as productive members of society by providing them with an extended-day, year-round, quality education, integrated with personal, moral and spiritual development, and continued guidance during the students' further education.

The Judeo-Christian values which have inspired the Nativity model include a respect for the dignity and potential of each person, a responsibility to assist the poor and those in need, a strong sense of community within the one family of God, and the obligation to promote a society characterized by social justice. In this Nativity model, students are enrolled without regard to race, color, religion, or ethnicity.