Current PBL+STEAM Projects
Previous Projects
8th Grade PBL Spotlight: Water Filtration Projects
Students in 8th grade are examining how they can use the scientific method to improve water quality for communities with little to no access to clean water. Our 8th graders had to think critically about how to approach the issue. They drew from artistic knowledge to conceptualize their designs; using mediums like clay, PVC, cardboard and recycled materials to craft their filtration devices. Students then tested the efficacy of their designs, and refined their products, making the appropriate adjustments in measurements and materials. By the end of the project these STEAM leaders were able to translate their findings into mathematical models by seeking out relationships between functions and using algebraic concepts to explain the effectiveness of their filtration systems.
S- Examined Properties of Matter by Separating Mixtures
T-Suggested New Innovations in Water Filtration based on Designs
E- Created Technology with Public Health in Mind
A-Refined Designs using recycled materials
M-Utilized Algebraic concepts for mathematical models
T-Suggested New Innovations in Water Filtration based on Designs
E- Created Technology with Public Health in Mind
A-Refined Designs using recycled materials
M-Utilized Algebraic concepts for mathematical models
8th Grade PBL Spotlight: Understanding Culture and Improving Life through Science and Engineering
Eighth Grade students read the novel Inside Out and Back Again--which helped them gain empathy for a refugee family that settled in America. Students worked in their Language Arts class to design floor plans and blueprints for a Tiny Home for the refugee family from the novel. In their Mathematics class students worked out the square footage, area, and perimeter of their houses. In Social Studies, students studied the regions of Georgia and made recommendations about where in Georgia the family should park their Tiny House. In Science students studied mixtures, both heterogeneous and homogeneous and are working to develop their own personal care products for refugees.
S- Examined mixtures and states of matter to create personal care products for refugee families
T- Created presentations of concepts, blueprints, and floor plans for review by the community
E- Designed Tiny House blueprints with refugee clients in mind
A-Used principles of design in creating the Tiny House.
M-Studied unit conversions, area/perimeter, and scientific notation
T- Created presentations of concepts, blueprints, and floor plans for review by the community
E- Designed Tiny House blueprints with refugee clients in mind
A-Used principles of design in creating the Tiny House.
M-Studied unit conversions, area/perimeter, and scientific notation
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