Students will be given a chance to create using legos during class. Each student will have access to the "classroom pile" of legos. Students will create something using only 50 legos. Creations will be photographed. Students will write a story about their creation to describe what their inspiration was, and what their project is/does. There are no criteria for judging.
Students will then "recreate" their project in the MecaBric.com Workshop. By reverse-engineering this project, they will understand what it takes to look at a physical object and try to discover what parts were used to create it. hey then have the ability to change the design online and try to find the parts in the inventory to "upgrade" their project. Students should photograph each step of this learning process and create a Google Slide presentation showing all design steps, and include some conclusion for what their final object does/is. Review of the Engineering design steps will help students match up the current lesson with prior knowledge, and each students should be able to present their project (informally) to the group.
Standards Analysis 19-20
Pennsylvania Career Education and Work (CEW) Standards
Self-Evaluation & Reflection Surveys
Students will be reviewing all class rules, syllabus, and requirements with their parent/guardian. During the next few days, students will take a battery of self-paced surveys designed to help them understand how they learn best, how they are motivated to complete work, and about some of the skills that make them unique and successful both in an out of the classroom. The following standards apply:
PA 13.1.8A Career Awareness and Preparation
Relate careers to individual interest, abilities, and aptitudes.
13.1.8G Create an individualized career plan including, but not limited to Assessments, Career Goals, individual interests and abilities, and Training/Education requirements.
General Computer-Based / Project Based Classroom Standards Met:
PA Common Core 8.5.6-8G: Integrate visual information (e.G. charts, graphs, maps, video, etc.) with other information in print or digital format.
ISTE 3.3A: Students plan and employ
ISTE 3.3D: Students build knowledge by actively exploring real world issues and problems, developingideas, and pursuing answers and solutions.
CSTA Collaboration 1: Apply productivity/
CSTA CPP1: Use advanced tools to create digital artifacts.
PDESAS.Org / Common Core Ties
Code.Org CS Discoveries Curriculum
Introduction to Problem Solving (Unit 1)
EAE / MS-ETS 1.1
SWBAT Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution.
