Sustainable Cities and Communities
IDL and Project Based Learning
Introduction
This IDL project was created by Jade McShea from Our Lady of Lorretto Primary School and her class of P4's. The project took place for 8 days, over a 2 week period where the more regular timetable was suspended. The purpose of this site is to give exemplification of an IDL where Project Based Learning approaches have been used. This is not intended to be a perfect polished example of an IDL rather it is real teachers sharing what they are doing.
The 6 WDCs
Throughout this project the children explicitly developed meta-skills and competencies that are essential for learning and life in the future. To learn more about the 6 WDCs please follow this link.
Curriculum Links
This IDL project was designed to have a STEM focus and to give children the opportunity to apply the individual disciplines of Science, Maths, Literacy and Social Subjects to an Inter Disciplinary Project. As you explore this project it will hopefully be clear that this project enables children to develop their learning across many areas of the curriculum. Click on this link to learn more about the curriculum links in this project.
The Key Elements of the Project:
Click on each element to be see how we have included these during this project. Here you will be able to see videos, photographs and the resources that were used. In planning an IDL with Project Based Learning we consider each element individually, however, lots of the activities planned will include many of the different elements e.g. An orienteering community builder activity can include knowledge aquisition and an ideal opportunity to reflect on skills of working together, communication and character.
Planning for an IDL with Project Based Learning
Using this PADLET we have planned all the different elements of this project. Feel free to explore this planning tool.
If you would like to see how the project looked day by day, then click on the button below.