Driving Question:

Standard(s): SKP2: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare and describe different types of motion.

KW2: Use a combination of drawing and writing to compose informational text.

Objective: How can we create a toy or game that moves?

Project Product: Toy Story; Students will investigate different forces of motion. Using these forces, they will work to create a toy/game that moves. They will share their products by creating individual information writing about their products.

Timeline:

Entry Event: Bring in your favorite toy/game from home. Introduce Driving Question, Make list of need-to-knows

Milestones: Entry Event, Student generated questions/research, field observation & data collection, feedback from an expert & revision, finalization of products/prepping for presentations, final presentations & reflections.

Authentic Experts: none

• We wonder if you could give us suggestions for this?

What we already knew:

• Some toys move: baby doll strollers, hoverboards, skates

• Some things we have to make move: balls

What we needed to learn:

• Types of motion and how things move (forward, backward, around, zig zag, slide, roll, force)

• Tools/machines that help things move: incline plane, lever, pulley

• Materials we need to make our toys and games

Project Reflections:

Please view our FlipGrid presentations to watch videos and leave "I Like/I Wish/I Wonder" feedback for us!

Products:

• Toys and Games

• Informational Writing

What we want to learn next:

• What could we do to improve our toys and games?

• What other materials could we try?

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.