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STEM School Chattanooga 11th Grade PBL
Unit Plan Template
Unit Quarter 4 Title: IDEIS Design Architectural Bird House
Learning Target Topics Collaboration: Working with other people on a project or problem to achieve a shared goal. Critical Thinking: Accessing, using, and applying information and knowledge. Innovation: Using creative thinking to construct something new and valuable.
Grade Level 11th Grade Unit Length 7-‐9 Weeks Industry Partner
IDEIS Design Inc. – Freelance Architectural Design
Unit Overview
STEM student teams will work with the industry project lead to design and manufacture an architecturally sound birdhouse using research based design principles specifically intended to accommodate a bird species of the teams’ choosing. The product will be designed and manufactured according to the principles laid out by the industry project lead at the kick-‐off event. For IDEIS Design, the focus is on the development and construction of an architecturally sound, specifies specific birdhouse. For the STEM School, the focus is on the collaborative problem solving skills and thorough use of the Engineering Design Cycle.
Unit Essential Issue
Problem: Design and manufacture an architecturally sound, species-‐specific birdhouse.
Kick Off Event
Kickoff – 3/19/2015 at 12:30 at STEM School Chattanooga The industry project lead will visit the STEM School and will introduce students to the project by facilitating a mini-‐project intended to expose the students to the general idea of utilizing architectural design strategies to create a species-‐specific habitat. Student teams will be able to ask questions to the industry lead throughout the project.
Culminating Events
5/6/2015 at 12:00 at Green Spaces Conference Room Student teams will present to a panel of experts compiled by the industry lead. This presentation should include, but is not limited to, digital or physical visual presentation aids, study models (from initial iterations of the design cycle), print-‐outs of the blueprints from Sketchup or AutoCAD, full size dwellings for the selected bird species.
Common Assessment
Students will choose to be scored using either the Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, or Collaborative Skills rubric. All 4’s will equate to Advanced, scores of 3 and 4 will equate to Proficient, and any scores below a 3 will equate to Below Basic. Items that will be used to score student work:
• Presentation to the expert jury panel including the items listed in the culminating event section above. • Product (dwelling place or appropriately scaled model of the bird house) • Self-‐Assessment of student team using the Collaborative Skills Rubric
Collaboration
Critical Thinking Innovation