PBL Ch. 4 Activty 1: Design Your Project

1.     Revisit the framework.

a.    Make a final list of learning objectives for core subject’s allied disciplines.

                                          i.    Students will be able to:

1.     design and construct a bridge out of toothpicks.

2.    measure and calculate the weight of their bridge.

3.    complete a cost analysis of their bridge

4.    conceptualize how their completed project will look before building their bridge.

b.    21^st-century skills to be addressed.

                                          i.    NETS – 1b and c

                                        ii.    NETS – 2a and b

                                       iii.   NETS – 3a through d

                                       iv.    NETS – 4b and c

                                         v.    NETS – 5a through d

                                       vi.    NETS – 6a

c.    Identify learning dispositions you want to foster.

                                          i.    Scientific method

                                        ii.    Problem solving

2.     Establish evidence of understanding.

a.    Students will complete a worksheet to demonstrate their understanding of the following science and math vocabulary: truss, pier, trestle, cable, caisson, acute angle, angle, congruent, diagonal, edge, obtuse angle, parallel lines, parallelogram, perpendicular line, polygon, quadrilateral, right angle, straight angle,  trapezoid

b.    Students will build a virtual bridge and then draw their bridge blueprints.

c.    Students will construct a bridge using a design of their choice that they have researched that will withstand x amount of weight

3.    Plan the project theme or challenge.

a.    Durability

b.    Environmentally safe

4.    Plan entrée into the project experience.

a.    Engineer guest speaker

b.    “Building Big Bridges” Discovery video