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Descriptions of Roles:
Common Materials Manager:
-ensures that all common materials are in the bucket at each table (at the beginning of class and the end of class every day)
Task Manager:
-ensures that each student at his/her table is on task
Clean Area Manager:
-ensures that the area around his/her table is clean and organized at the beginning, during, and at the end of class every day
Project Storage Manager:
-ensures that each member at his/her table correctly secures all their personal project materials in the back in the proper manner
Let's go on a journey together over the next couple of weeks. Here's the process:
1. Rough Draft of Blueprints
may be your house, a friend/family member's home, or your dream home
must be at least one floor, but you can include more than one if you'd like
must be completed in pencil
may be on any size/type of paper
must include labels for rooms
all appliances must be drawn
all windows and doors must be drawn
*must get written feedback (directly on blueprints) from at least two classmates (one warm & one cool piece of feedback from each student)
2. Blue Prints on Larger White Paper
re-create the blueprints above, just on larger white paper
must take into account feedback provided from a classmate
final product must be in marker (can use pencil first, then re-trace with marker)
a ruler must be used for all straight lines
do NOT label the rooms (*we're going to print out the labels of the rooms later)
3. 3D Construction of the Exterior Walls
Tools accessible: craft sticks, hot glue guns, exact-knives, cardboard, and pruners)
Do NOT attach the walls to any surface or each other (at this point, all walls should be able to fit in a gallon Ziploc bag)
**Pulse Check # 1: How's your project coming along? What is the best part about your individual project? Have you been on task the past week? What's been slowing you down? How could you individually improve your performance and your project? If you could change anything about the project in general, what would you change? Have you been in your seat during the past week, working the majority of the time? How does your progress compare to the people at your table? In your class? On our team? How does your project compare to those at your table? Have you talked to your parents about this project? If so, what has been their reaction? Have you thought about what item you'd like to 3D print in your home? Have you thought about what item you'd like to construct from wood? If so, what will these items be? Does at least one of them relate to your theme? What ideas are you considering for your theme? If you were to assign a numerical grade for the work that you have completed in the past week, what would you give yourself? Why? Write that number at the top of the paper. Circle your name on your paper, and circle the grade at the top, near your name.
4. Research 10 Facts about Energy
Resources: Energy.gov (search for infographics on this website) and Responses from our Homes Data
5. Choose Theme for your Final Displayed Home
Ex: Tips for Saving $ on Energy, Hot Water Heating, Space Heating, Green Living, Living Simply, Living within your Means, etc.
6. Written Proposal of 10 facts & Theme
Must be hand written
Must be numbered
Must be Legible & in complete sentences
7. Peer Editing of 10 Researched Facts
Must get written feedback (directly on 10 researched facts) from at least two classmates...different classmates as in step 1 (one warm & one cool piece of feedback from each student)
8. Type 10 Facts in Drive
Must take classmate feedback into consideration
Share with abrowder@iwcs.k12.va.us for approval
8a: Calculate Square Footage of Home: see my example below:
Pulse Check #2:
How's your progress on this project so far? What is the most challenging aspect about this process for you? If you could change one thing about the project, what would it be?
Who at your table... (only choose one person for each question & you may choose yourself, but honesty is the most important aspect with these series of questions)
...Is the farthest along on the project?
...Is on task the vast majority of the time?
...Is out of their seat (for unapproved purposes) the most?
...Is the most off task?
...Has the most creative project?
...Has the best overall project?
Have you brought in materials? Have you talked to your parents about this project, and if so, what were their reactions? Have you told your parents about Expo? If so, what were their reactions? What are your feelings about Expo? Do you intend to come? Who from your family do you think will be there? If you could give yourself a numerical grade for the project thus far, what would it be and why? Write that grade at the top of the paper.
9. 3D Construction of Home Interior
Tools accessible: craft sticks, pruners, hot glue guns, fabric, cardboard, exact-o knives
Do NOT attach home interior to any surface or each other (at this point, all products should be able to fit in a gallon Ziploc bag)
10. 3D Printed Home Object
What do you want to print?
How is this object related to your theme?
11. Wood Constructed Home Object
What do you want to create from small blocks of wood?
Tools available: wood, jigsaw, drill, dremel
12. Paint
Paint the interior and exterior of your home
13. Print your 10 Facts
14. Attach 10 facts to home
15. Finalize Home
Secure all parts of the home (exterior and interior walls, all home appliances, accessories and 10 facts) to a piece of large cardboard
16. Reflection
On the same Google Document as your 10 Facts, write a paragraph reflection on the process of this project:
What was your favorite part?
What did you learn from this project?
What was your least favorite part?
What advice do you have for next year's students?
If you were the teacher, what would you do differently in regards to this project?
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