Life is EGGcellent at Latimer!

Last Friday, second graders had their culminating PBL event, EGG stravaganza!  Classes, families, and community members were invited to celebrate all of the learning that occurred during the 12 week PBL focusing on the driving question, "How can we design a safe and appropriate environment for backyard chickens?"  During the course of this interdisciplinary PBL, students learned about the life cycle of a chicken through egg incubation and watching our classroom chickens grow and develop.  There was also a STEAM challenge designing a coop that would provide for the needs of 5 chickens in a backyard environment.  Students designed coops, built models, and reflected on the process.  Second graders learned about the economics of egg farming and the process that eggs go from the farm to the table, read tons of chicken literature, and enjoyed writing fiction starring chickens!  It was truly a learning EGGsperience of a lifetime! ~Helma Lee

Cultural PBL at EDS!

3rd graders at EDS had such a great time at their PBL event. Students shared their Google Slides presentations with one another and wrote about what they learned. The event ended with food from many different countries! Thank you for sharing this day with us. 

Growth Mindset

6th Graders at Latimer participated in an amazing PBL on Growth Mindset. Cindy Hilliard invited me to watch their final presentations. There were Google Slides presentations and even a Kohoot for the parents to participate in!

Google Forms

Ms. Johnson's 6th graders are hard at work on a math PBL. To kick-off the project the groups were working on making a Google Form to share with teachers at Latimer. Each group was assigned a grade level to work on. The project will be focusing on Math Night at their school. Here they are hard at work:

Implementing PBL

Bobbi Frensley, K teacher at Payne, attended a PBL workshop this year. She has already started a wonderful project with her kids. Below is her explanation of what they are doing. 

Project Based Learning is learning by "doing". The PBL workshop allowed me to learn about the process by "doing" an actual lesson. During the 3 day workshop, I was able to work with my grade level team to design a project that went great with our Arts in Action program. Combining S.T.E.A.M and PBL was a perfect fit. 

Driving Question:

How can we use our knowledge in math skills to improve our art?

We decided to break the PBL up into monthly units of study. Each month students will learn about a new artist/medium in the S.T.E.A.M lab. The lesson is extended in the classroom throughout the month.  Students will learn new math vocabulary associated with the art, write about and then create their own art based on what they have learned.

Currently, we are on our first mini unit. The kids have really enjoyed learning about Piet Mondrian. We set up a research portal on the iPads through Symbaloo. This allows students to access photos, videos and games associated with the artist. Voice and choice is awesome! ~Bobbi Frensley