La tech-mot, ça me parle !

PRESENTATION

• Competency• The sequence of events• Evaluation• Difficulties• Educational goals and competencies• Essential knowledge• Scope statement• Concepts• Materials

COMPETENCY

• COMPETENCY 1 : Search answers/solutions for scientific or technological problems

• COMPETENCY 2 : Use his scientific and technological knowledge

• COMPETENCY 3 : Communicate by the language used in science and technology

SEQUENCE

• Divide the class into two groups (A and B).

• Every group will form teams of 3 or 4 students (A1, A2, B1, B2, etc.).. – The A group will perform a basic electrical

challenge. – The B group will perform a simple assembly:

building of a car.

SEQUENCE

• They have to produce an instruction guide in only written format (no sketch).

– Using the appropriate words chosen from a list

VOCABULARIES

• Examples of words

Lamp Electric circuit

Series circuit Open circuit

Source Parallel Circuit

Switch Alligator clip

SEQUENCE

• Later, they exchange their instruction guide with a team of the other group.

SEQUENCE

• The team accepting an instruction guide must be capable of accomplishing the related assembly

• If the team needs help during the assembly task, it can use exclusively written communication not oral!

SEQUENCE

• Teams accomplish assembly and produce a guide using schematic and containing only technological vocabulary, exclusively using written communication. – Attention, in the instruction guide made of

schematic no text (sentences) is allowed.

EXAMPLE

EXAMPLE

EVALUATION

• After the evaluation, the teams work together to combine the written and the schematic guides. – It allows to accomplish a simple and

understandable guide – Develop competency 3: compare their data

/processes with others (PFEQ p.281).

EVALUATION

• This learning activity must be completed in the beginning of the school year . – Students are aware of the importance of good

communication

EVALUATION

• Team (A) will have the opportunity to share information with team (B) to create a simple/clear guide final. – This allows to gain knowledge through

interaction with others, to structure his comments, to make explanations, or formulate and transmit the results (PFEQ p.280).

DIFFICULTIES

• Difficulties appear while preparing the guide text instructions. – They often skip details that seem easy or

obvious to them. – Accuracy is an important factor, often

neglected. – In addition, the use of appropriate terms is not

obvious

EDUCATIONAL GOALS

• Allow students to develop a critical thinking and a good working method.

• This scenario can lead them to react constructively to criticism and comments of others

• Allows to develop the knowledge of a terminology and a specialized symbolism.

COMPETENCY

• Competency 3  : Communicate with the aid of languages used in sciences and technology. (PFEQ p.281) – Produce a written communication tool or

schematized … the choice of terms and the use of technological symbols is important.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE

• Essential knowledges are related to the technological world: – Students learn to integrate technology into

their daily activities. – General Concepts are engineering and

technological systems.

SCOPE STATEMENT

• The Learning activity consists of a scope of statement (PFEQ p.288) – They must achieve a construction sheme

(PFEQ p.288) and provide the steps to follow in order to finish the task.

• In addition, they should understand the technical terms related to specific materials (QEP p.288) and components.

CONCEPTS

• General concepts related to engineering  :

- Scope of statement

- Construction scheme

- material

CONCEPTS

• General concepts related to the technological systems: - basic mechanical functions (displacement of the car) - elements of a system (technological terms) - system and total function (electrical circuit)

EXAMPLE 1: A Home with a Electrical Power challenge

• MaterialsA set of LEGO blocks (Hint: Special Edition LEGO, Better building more fun, 4 years and over, number 6092) ; The whole contains blocks necessary to build a house, doors and windows (optional, since it can leave holes in the building to represent them). A power source Two alligator clamps A small bulb A switch ….