EDG 602 Course Project

This page is dedicated to my NKU EDG 602 online class. This unit is designed for 9th grade advanced integrated science freshmen. Students will be teamed into groups of four to learn how to address a specific number of issues in regards to keeping a designated number of people alive for a designated amount of time via designing and engineering a nuclear bomb shelter.

In regards to my course project, I will be utilizing this website as a resource in conjunction with my advanced integrated science project on designing a nuclear bomb shelter project.

The teaching standards for this particular unit project are:

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Develop models to illustrate the changes in the composition of the nucleus of the atom and the energy released during the processes of fission, fusion, and radioactive decay.

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Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering

While this is an ongoing work in progress, I would like to incorporate various links, sources of information, assignments, documents, wikis, etc. for my students to use in the development of their own bomb shelter in our nuclear radiation unit.

Cooperative learning is at the heart of this unit as I want the students to think of themselves as "specialists" on a committee that will contribute their portion of the project to the overall design of the shelter. In addition, they will work together to come up with the construction, security, and contingency planning of the shelter while bringing their background knowledge they gain as a specialist into the development of each part.