We were required to make this poster for the superhero we each created. On it, we were asked to showcase our superheroes' powers, the UN goals they represented, and phrases they might say. The Unifier, a telephathic, power blasting woman who's catchphrase was "fight to unite," represented reduced inequalities and partnership for the goals. She would use her telepathic abilities to better understand people and where they were coming from to better manage the conflicts that came her way — and then power blasting for the especially evil villains.
For our first PBL Project, which explored the theme "My Story Makes Me Epic", we were required to create a superhero. The superhero had to be motivated by one of the 17 UN Sustainable Goals and some relation to a chemical element. For this specific assignment were tasked with creating an origin story for our hero that would give context for our final project — a trailer that we would write and shoot. The unifier, my hero who was motivated by the UN goal "Partnership for the goals," has the power to read minds and blast powerful energy out of their hands. An incredibly awkward woman who was afraid of interaction and confrontation was miraculously able to cure her loneliness after getting in a car accident that resulted in the reading of people's minds. She would then go on to use the power to get over her fear of socializing but also to unite other people together.
The final product of our first semester PBL Project was a trailer for our superhero. I collaborated on this assignment with six other people who represented the heroes that mine would form an Avengers-like team with to defeat a common enemy. Our story concept was heavily inspired by the Marvel movie "Avengers: Civil War."
In our story, "B.A.K." — the picture-perfect superhero alliance is forced to reconsider their rivalry with "The Vigilantes," a good-hearted but troubled team of heroes that will save the day, by any means necessary. Ace, an emerging villain and creator of chaos, forces the two groups to come together for the sake of the world. Can they do it?
For our PBL project we had to make a theme park that was based on one of the books that we had read this year. After making the attraction, we had to create a restaurant that incorporates food from the setting of the book we chose.
For our end of the year PBL project, we made an amusement park ride that had to be based on one of the books we read this year. I chose to make mine based on Beowulf, the story of a Geatish warrior who takes on a quest to Denmark to defeat 3 monsters. Our ride takes place at the end of the hero's journey as he ventures off to the beach to meet up with his damsel after defeating his last monster. The takes you from the castle, all the way down the the beach, ending in a splash. The requirements for the ride were that it had to work and include a piece of working robotics.