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The PBL Process
The PBL Process
What we wanted to learn next from our last PBL:
What we wanted to learn next from our last PBL:
We last studied genetics and how society has been using it modify the world around us. We wanted to learn more about the ethics of the use of genetics to make changes to our world.
Driving Question for this PBL:
Driving Question for this PBL:
How is the world around us arranged and how do we adapt to it? How can we adapt urban centers to provide for more sustainable housing and environment?
What We Knew:
What We Knew:
We knew about our cities generally from looking at maps and studying the countries they are in. We had prior knowledge about environmental issues facing the world and our communities.
What We Needed to Learn:
What We Needed to Learn:
How environmental issues affect housing and urban planning.
What cities are doing to address environmental concerns and provided for sustainable living to their residents
Standards Addressed:
Standards Addressed:
SS7G10, SS7G11, SS7E9, L7RHSS7, S7L4
Project Timeline:
Project Timeline:
Entry Event:
Entry Event:
Meeting with Civil Engineer (in process); Sustainable Cities: Nature Based Solutions in Urban Design (Video); Make a list of "I notice and I wonder"; Discover and Explore the Driving Question
Project Management (Step by Step Plan):
Project Management (Step by Step Plan):
Connect to Content Standards
Student Voice and Choice- students will be developing inquiry and discovery to drive the project
Students will begin building knowledge and skills through research to answer the driving question.
Students will have opportunity to ask questions of expert after initial investigations (TBD)
Students will identify a city they have previously studied or that they will be studying as part of their content standards
Student's individual products will be research in the form of a learning log with correct citations
Students group product will be a digital presentation or video of the recommendations to be implemented by the city they have chosen to study
Revision and Critique by Peers
Exhibition
Reflection
What We Want to Learn Next:
What We Want to Learn Next:
Some of these cities have active programs for increasing sustainability. How successful are they going to be implementing their plans?
Our PBL Group Products
Our PBL Group Products
Our PBL Individual Products
Our PBL Individual Products
For our individual products, we created a research log to organize and record information we needed to answer the driving question and prepare recommendations to make our chosen city more sustainable.
Jakarta
Jakarta
Tokyo
Tokyo
Lagos
Lagos
Cape Town
Cape Town
Aleppo
Aleppo
Taipei
Taipei
Mumbai
Mumbai
Seoul
Seoul
New Dheli
New Dheli
Davao City
Davao City
Osaka
Osaka
Tokyo
Tokyo
Shanghai
Shanghai
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Feedback and Reflection
Feedback and Reflection
Please leave reflect on our PBL journey and products using the "I like, I wish, I wonder" protocol in the padlet below.
HOW to use I Like, I Wish, I Wonder ProtocolExpress your thoughts and feedback to your child in sentences that begin with I Like, I Wish, I Wonder. Share all or your likes first, then wishes, and finally wonders.
Some EXAMPLES of how to use the protocol to give students feedback on their process: “I like how you described the use of technology to research new ideas.”“I wish that you would have included more information about possible answers to the driving question.”“I wonder how you could have included coding your project?
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