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FIRST: Brainstorm Ideas/Topics & Pick Your TOP 3
FIRST: Brainstorm Ideas/Topics & Pick Your TOP 3
Use this Brainstorming Ideas & Topics Sheet to generate ideas for topics you could learn about, and then narrow your choices down to your top 3 ideas.
Use the sites below to get some inspiration:
Use the sites below to get some inspiration:
THEN: Decide on your topic
THEN: Decide on your topic
Use this Choose Your Topic Sheet to design a "driving question" for each of your top 3 ideas. Then, choose which of your ideas you like the best. This will be the focus of your project.
WHAT IS A DRIVING QUESTION?
A "driving question" is what turns your idea into a topic for your project. It "drives" the purpose of your project.
HOW IS DRIVING QUESTION DESIGNED?
A driving question includes a STARTER, an ACTION, and a MAIN AUDIENCE.
Look at the examples below to see how this works.
These owls will give you words to help you generate the ACTION portion of your "driving questions." Click the picture to enlarge it and see the whole tree.
EXAMPLES OF DRIVING QUESTIONS:
EXAMPLES OF DRIVING QUESTIONS:
IDEA
STARTER
ACTION
MAIN AUDIENCE
Dolphins
How can I
demonstrate the ways in which sound is critical to dolphin survival
to the Grade Two classes in my school?
Toy store
How can I
design a toy store
that customers will want to come and spend money at?
School uniforms
How can I
construct an argument
that will convince my school principal to stop/start having a uniform policy?
School assemblies
How can I
redesign the format of school assemblies
to make them more interesting for students?
Natural disaster
How can I
build a model of a natural disaster
that will show the parents on Parents' Night just how devastating the effects of a natural disaster can be on human lives?
Knitting
How can I
knit a winter hat
that I will want to wear this winter?
Colonel Chris Hadfield
How can I
build a website
that will convince the world I'm Chris Hadfield's biggest fan?
Popcorn stand
How can I
design a school popcorn stand
that raise money for my class to be able to take a special trip?
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