Blair hatch gr. 9 pbl design

• 1. Grade 9sExperts:Problems and Solutions

2. Goal

• Develop:

• passions

• inquiry habits

• peer mentoring

3. In other words

• Training students in how to do inquiry by helping them develop habits of inquiry as they flow through the grades.

4. COMPONENTS 1.Inquiry project: Title: Experts: Problems and Solutions 5.

• Divide students into 5 specialty groups, one for each unit on 1 stday of term:

• Biodiversity, Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Space, Electricity

6.

• Each group comes up with problems they find interesting in their chosen unit that scientists might be trying to solve

7.

• Then the group researches what solutions have been found or proposed or are being worked on right now!

8.

• Give specialty time each week for this work.

9. Final Presentation:

• Each group presents the problem(s) they tackled and solutions they found for part of our review for PATs

• Podcast

• youtube

• website

• traileretc.

10. Final Presentation:

• Barry suggested do this by creating an iGoogle page for whole class

11. 2.Group Experts

• Each group becomes the unit experts for students to go to for help

12. 3.Daily Inquiry:

• Students use compressed notes/ppt to replace lectures giving students lots more time to tackle wrestling questions and simulations that cover curriculum

• emphasize complex situations and analyzing data

• ( department PAT goal) but that is what expert scientists do

• all day so good choice, and not just teaching to the test!)

13.

• Ask students to link each days curriculum work to their inquiry project

14. 4.Weekly Whats Cool

• Students present cool stuff they have found this week about their specialty.

• need visual:5 mins max.

15. To do :

• • Letter to parents looking for mentors for groups

16. To do :

• • Use galileo.org rubrics and checklists to make sure inquiry project is rigorous and to help students

• • assess if they are

• • on track

17. To do :

• • Make list of habits of mind to develop in students for successful inquiry

18. To do :

• • Make exemplar of final project and weekly whats cool

• • Compress notes and find simulations and wrestling questions

19. JUMP RIGHT IN ON TUESDAY WITH THIS PROJECT.ITS A FRESH NEW TERM AND WE ARE GETTING A WHOLE SET OF NEW STUDENTS TO START THIS EXCITING EXPERIMENT WITH!