Design Thinking
In Computer class, 1st-grade students turned Ozobot into a pollinator to create an interactive model of a flower garden to demonstrate how animals help with pollination. Then students collect data about the flowers pollinated and graph the results.
Ozobot pollinates almond plants.
Cotton Plants
Strawberries Plants
Strawberries have both male and female flower parts on the same flower and can self-pollinate. Wind and rain can move pollen within the flower. However, this usually does not allow for full pollination of all the ovules. Bees, such as honey bees or bumblebees, are usually necessary to allow for complete pollination.
Introduction to Design Thinking - Identify the Problem
Wrong-way driving is a serious problem because of the high speeds usually involved since the result is more likely a head-on collision. In the United States, about 355 people are killed each year in crashes caused by drivers headed in the wrong direction on the highway. Students use the design thinking process to come up with a solution to this problem.
