aamir ashiqali, reilly elementary school chris etapa, gunsaulus scholastic academy
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Aamir Ashiqali, Reilly Elementary School Chris Etapa, Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy Suzanne Olds, Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University ASEE K12 Workshop June 17, 2006. Session Agenda. General Overview History plus introductions Challenge Structure of unit - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Aamir Ashiqali, Reilly Elementary SchoolChris Etapa, Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy
Suzanne Olds, Biomedical Engineering Department, Northwestern University
ASEE K12 WorkshopJune 17, 2006
Session Agenda
General Overview History plus introductions Challenge Structure of unit Legacy Cycle
Hands-on activity - Disability Awareness
Overview
2-5 week hands-on engineering challenge to middle school students
Addresses many state and national learning standards in science, math, technology, language arts, and social science
Challenge
Shown in separate window
Structure of the unit
Lesson Format
Some lessons take more than one day All lessons are now in the structure of the
Legacy Cycle
What is a Legacy Cycle? An instructional framework that incorporates findings from
educational research on how people best learn. 4 “centerednesses” of How People Learn (HPL)
Knowledge-centeredness Student-centeredness Assessment-centeredness Community-centeredness
Legacy Cycle
Challenge
Generate Ideas
Multiple Perspectives
Research and Revise
Test Your Mettle
Go Public
Legacy Cycle Steps
Challenge - Question that engages the students and requires them to look at current knowledge and preconceptions.
Generate Ideas – An activity that causes students to display and compile their current knowledge/ideas/perceptions.
Multiple Perspectives - Other resources that provide information related to the topic of the challenge.
Research and Revise – Activities that students engage in to help students revise their original ideas based on new information
Test Your Mettle – Formative assessments that enable students evaluate the depth of their learning Research and Revise.
Go Public - Final conclusion(s) that students display.
Legacy Cycle
Challenge
Generate Ideas
Multiple Perspective
sResearch
and Revise
Test Your Mettle
Go Public
It’s your turn…
Lesson 3 will be distributed Chris will give an overview of entire lesson You will do the Disability Awareness
activity embedded in this lesson.
Lesson 3 Overview Main challenge: What features should your
prosthesis include? Legacy cycle format 4 activities in Research and Revise
Disability Awareness Activity Afghan, Culture, Geography, and Demographics Cross Cultural Comparisons Activity Artificial Limbs PowerPoint slides/discussion
Extension Activities