Project Outline for the upcoming project "What is with that guy? Diagnosing Patient Susan" Science Project

Students will begin working on diagnosing "Patient Susan", a sick patient who came to the Room 28 clinic with some serious complaints.

Here is the project planner we will be using to guide our process for creating a differential diagnosis to cure what ails this needy patient!

(Note to teachers: this is the handout students receive to help them understand the expectations of the project. Rubrics will follow in the coming days.) Project Outline_Differential Diagnosis

Ron Berger on Critique

Ron Berger on Critique Part I & II

  

BIE Resources

If you are new to project-based learning and want to know more, visit bie.org.

The Buck Institute of Education (BIE) has provided many freeBIEs to help you get started.

http://www.bie.org/tools/freebies

Happy planning!

Taking a Stand: Supporting Teacher-Created Documents for the Project

Report/ Proposal Template This template was used to help guide students in the writing of their reports & proposals. The frame came from Report Proposal Template PDF Summary & Reflection Document While there has been much informal reflection in class, this document was created to help them capture and catalog their project experience. Final drafts will be posted on melrosestars28.blogspot.com as soon as they are available! Summary & Reflection for Taking a Stand

Taking a Stand: Project Outlines and Rubrics

Project Outline:

Project Outline_Taking a Stand Project Rubrics: Rubric_Taking a Stand

Taking a Stand: Our First Project

Since September, Room 28 has been hard at work on our first project entitled, Taking a Stand.

To recap, students were to select an issue that was important to them, such as littering or human rights in China.  After learning how to conduct effective search and research through Google, the boys and girls wrote reports highlighting the causes and effects of this issue.

Our driving question (DQ) was: 

How can we, as young people, take a stand for an issue using social action? 

The next step was to create a proposal for a campaign that would do two things.  First, the campaign was to raise awareness about the issue.  Second, it was to propose solutions.  The campaigns incorporated many ideas that have been proven successful, even for adults!  Coloring books, pins, posters, websites, petitions, letters, and more!  It all came down to audience.

Room 28 Stars presented their findings and proposals in a Prezi presentation, helping students develop and refine the 21st century skills of effective communication and technology.  To see these presentations is to witness success.

Each students’ presentation will have a dedicated blog entry at melrosestars28.blogspot.com.  Search for your child’s name to view the presentation.

Stay tuned for our campaigns, as we are in the process of creating them.  Final campaigns are due December 14th.  Hopefully, we can raise your awareness about issues that kids care about, and maybe, just maybe, you can help them make a difference.

Check out the separate post with project planners, project outlines, and rubrics!  

Project-Based Learning Video: Melrose Elementary

Check out this fabulously directed and produced video by Caren McCaleb featuring some of my colleagues and me from Melrose Elementary Math/ Science/ Technology Magnet.

Thank you for watching!

  
Melrose Elementary - Project Based Learning from Melrose Elementary on Vimeo.