Project-Based Learning Session 4, Demonstration

http://thaiuo.uoregon.edu

Cindy KiefferLeslie Opp-BeckmanUniversity of Oregon

Topics, Session 4

• Opening Remarks.

• Activity: Make a Guess.

• Overview.

• Demonstration.

• Q & A.

Guess…What Projects?

Demonstration

Implementing Project-Based Instruction:http://www.nwrel.org/request/2002aug/

Lessons in the Loop: Idaho Kids Learn Physics, Math, and PRWhen They Design and Market a Roller Coaster (pages 32-36).

Key Content

Interdisciplinary:

• Physics.

• Math.

• Public Relations.

• Professions.

• English!

Resources

Low Tech option…

• Local tubes and items that roll.

• Regular classroom supplies. High(er) Tech options...

• Building kits.

• Video.

• Computers (models, calculations).

Sample Video

Available online at no cost from Discovery School (Real Player file):

“The Ultimate Roller Coaster Contest”http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/rollercoaster/

Project Stages

• Beginning: Planning, overview, set goals.

• Middle: Experimentation, data collection, hypothesis building.

• End: Research, model building, final presentations or demonstrations.

Project Handouts

• Beginning (T): Overview, checklist, evaluation criteria.

• Middle (S): Demonstrations, reports, formative review.

• End (S, Others, T): Final reports; presentations; formative, self, and summative assessment.

Online Experimentation

Amusement Park Physics:

Design Your Own Roller Coaster, from Annenberg:

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster/section1.html

Next Session

Bring your complete project plan to share with others in a formative review session.

For copies of handouts:

http://thaiuo.uoregon.edu

Project-Based Learning Session 4, Demonstration

http://thaiuo.uoregon.edu

Cindy KiefferLeslie Opp-BeckmanUniversity of Oregon