Full Description
Are you interested in using Project Based Learning to revamp your lessons, but aren't sure how to get started? In DIY Project Based Learning for Math and Science, award-winning teacher and Edutopia blogger Heather Wolpert-Gawron makes it fun and easy! Project Based Learning encourages students and teachers alike to abandon their dusty textbooks, and instead embrace a form of curriculum design focused on student engagement, innovation, and creative problem-solving. A leading name in this field, Heather Wolpert-Gawron shares some of her most popular units for Math and Science in this exciting new collection. This book is an essential resource for teachers looking to:
Create their own project-based learning units.
Engage student in their education by grounding lessons in real-world problems and encouraging them to develop creative solutions.
Incorporate role-playing into everyday learning.
Develop real-world lessons to get students to understand the life-long relevance of what they are learning.
Assess multiple skills and subject areas in an integrated way.
Collaborate with teachers across subject areas.
Test authentic skills and set authentic goals for their students to grow as individuals.
Part I of the book features five full units, complete with student samples, targeted rubrics, a checklist to keep students on track, and even "Homework Hints." Part II is a mix-and-match section of tools you can use to create your own PBL-aligned lessons. The tools are available as eResources on our website, www.routledge.com/9781138891609, so you can print and use them in your classroom immediately.
Contents
eResources
Meet the Author
Foreword by Suzie Boss
Introduction
Project Based Learning, the Common Core, and the 4Cs
Experts Weigh In
A Teacher's Maker Movement
How to Create Your Own PBL UNIT Focusing on Math or Science
How This Book is Different Than Other PBL Books
PART I: PBL Lessons
THE GENIUS UNIT: A unit based on informational reading and scientific lab reports
Facts
Overview
Step-by-Step Lessons
Tip on How to Assess Writing Quickly #1
Student Exemplars
INVENTION UNIT: A unit based on inventing solutions to common, everyday problems using persuasive pitch writing, crowdsourcing, 3D printing, and digital commercial production
Facts
Overview
Step-by-Step Lessons
Tip on How to Assess Writing Quickly #2
Student Exemplars
GALAPAGOS UNIT - A unit committed to funding a mission to save the endangered and unique species of the Galapagos Islands based on student research, role-playing, writing an executive summary of recommendations, and an oral pitch to the "board" of a major institute.
Facts
Overview
Step-by-Step Lessons
Tip on How to Assess Writing Quickly #3
Student Exemplars
THE THEME PARK UNIT: A unit based on the engineering of building a theme park focused on mathematical trial-and-error and various thematic reading genres
Facts
Overview
Step-by-Step Lessons
Tip on How to Assess Writing Quickly #4
Student Exemplars
THE TEACH THEM TO BE TEACHERS UNIT: A unit based on the highest level of communication of all...the ability to teach
Facts
Overview
Step-by-Step Lessons
Tip on How to Assess Writing Quickly #5
Student Exemplars
PART II - Mix and Match Lessons
Cornell Notes
QRF (Question-Response Format)
Norms for Video Conferencing
How to Conduct an Interview
Writing with Numeracy Lesson
The Problem Statement
Collaboration Constitution Assignment
Tips on How to Reach Consensus
Oral Presentation Rubric
Understanding Infographics Lesson
Break-Even Analysis
How to Comment on a Blog
Cover Letter Outline
Executive Summary Outline
Oral Conference Feedback Sheet
Google Advanced Search
Six Steps of Being an Internet Detective
Internet Literacy: Verifying the Evidence Lesson
Developing a Student-Created Assessment
Oral Presentation Timing Sheet
How to Annotate Text
Tips for Choosing a Book
Visual Presentation (PowerPoint) Guidelines
Norms for Backchanneling and Using Twitter
