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Designing Coherent Instruction
Designing Coherent Instruction
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6th Grade
6th Grade
This year, I was able to implement a few class projects that I normally do each year and incorporate a few new ones as well. In my one rotation of students, I was able to implement a unit on Technology Resources/Machine and Tool Safety. In this unit, I have multiple instructional videos that I created and posted on YouTube. I also incorporated other outside video resources concerning our area of study, as well as the use of Kahoot for reviews, and Google Docs for students to reflect on their learning process while creating their scoop projects. Aside from this, I also was able to teach a 3D printing unit each rotation, where students learned how to use TinkerCAD to 3D model prototypes that we could print out on our classroom 3D printers. Within this project, I task students with creating their own unique keychains that will be printed out and given back to students at the end of the unit. This allows for students to bring in their own unique design ideas and inspiration into the project itself, while learning about the 3D modeling and printing process. So in essence, I give them complete design freedom (within reasonable measure and size constraints) to create just about anything they want, while utilizing the skills I taught them in the very early stages of the unit.
7th Grade
7th Grade
In 7th grade this year, my students learned about simple machines, machine and tool safety, and finally The Engineering Design Process. With all of this being covered and taught, students we given the task of creating a catapult out of wood, using the tools, machines and resources in the classroom that would launch a small rubber ball towards a net. During this entire project, students would be given full autonomy over the design and what their project would incorporate and look like, as long as it met all of the design criteria and constraints. I also required my students to follow each step of The Engineering Design Process and document all of their learning in a "Design Portfolio." The Design Portfolio is a collection of all of their evidence of learning throughout the class, including: research, sketches, 3D models, testing, and reflection questions.
8th Grade
8th Grade
In 8th grade this year, my students created wind chimes from scratch. Students learned about the various manufacturing processes through the project and we had a few lessons on the Manufacturing Assembly Line as well. This was a new project last school year and was a very big undertaking, but students were very receptive to the content/project shift and enjoyed the lessons and unit as a whole! I have been slowly refining this unit/project and improving it each time I teach it. I added a new lesson on Manufacturing with lesson notes and a slideshow for discussions.
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