Challenge them in many different ways – their creativity, their ability to work with partners, their resilience, and their problem-solving skills.
When developing assessment tools for your classes, always keep your mind open for new and engaging ways for students to showcase more than just their knowledge.
It was amazing to watch them problem solve so many times on their way from design to product.” Students were in the lab at all hours working on their machines. In groups, the students researched topics related to force and motion, presented to the class and then applied the concepts learned to the pinball design. “I set the project up with guiding rubrics and resources and then played the role of consultant. “From the beginning of the project, students were engaged in purposeful learning,” Mary told me at the end of the project. Students from third grade were invited to visit the arcade and play the games. However, because the finished products were pinball machines, Mary designed the presentation in the form of an ‘arcade’. The culminating piece of this project was a public presentation of the machines. Some of these low-key students, Mary remarked, even took on leadership roles within their groups. Teachers whose concepts were chosen were, therefore, involved in and participated in the assessment of those particular pinball machines.Īs students worked on the project, Mary noticed that many of the students who had struggled all year with traditional instruction/assessment were much more active. History events like the Civil War or the John F. 3700 Peak Watts and 3000 Rated Watts at Less Than 3 THD Telescoping Handle Gas Powered Weighs only 70.5 lbs. Product 1: EPA III and CARB Compliant more. So, some students created their theme based on a Language Arts novel, some based their theme on a novel from Spanish class, while others based theirs on U.S. Product 1: 212cc 4-stroke OHV engine produces 3800 surge watts and 3400 rated watts with a half-load runtime of up to 8.5 hours. PinBox 3000 is a customizable cardboard tabletop pinball game system. In terms of collaboration, Mary challenged students to design their pinball machine using concepts/units/ideas from any of their classes. Your pinball wizard can assemble, design & decorate their own cardboard pinball. It includes the construction of the machine, but also has students conducting research on the related concepts, sharing that research with peers, as well as creating their own assessment tool.
Mary ordered a supply of the kits and then began planning the unit. The kit comes complete with die cut cardboard sections, connecting rivets, and marbles for shooting around the finished game top. She searched online and found the PinBox 3000 – a pinball machine kit. She wanted to come up with an innovative, hands-on, and engaging way for students to apply their understanding of principles like motion, force, friction, energy transfer, etc. Closed Pinbox 3000 The world's first Customizable Cardboard Tabletop Pinball Game System. It began when Mary was brainstorming STEM project ideas for the upcoming end of the school year. The Science teacher on my 8th grade team, rock-steady rockstar Mary Gamache, put together a great collaborative project you might want to consider.
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