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              A Plan for Better Research
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By:  Justine Keuning - LaFrence  ​

Project at a Glance :

Students will be exploring the different ways people access information and then applying that knowledge to their own research projects after the PBL. (Middle School Language Arts, 2-3 week project)
       
 
Driving Question:

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How can we create multimedia presentations of our research that our peers will actually want to learn from?             

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Standards:
  • ELA Stds:   R.I. 8.7, W. 8.6, W.8.7, & W.8.8
  • Skills4Success
Team / Culture Building:
  • Team creation using Creative DNA Sequence activity
  • Followed by Hopes, Fears, & Norms protocol​​
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Entry Event:
  • Students will visit a stations exploring different types of nonfiction media including:  picture books, videos, online exhibits, podcasts, TEDtalks, etc. (Content will be focused on the Halifax explosion during WWI).
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Stakeholders:
  • Peers
  • Teachers
Empathy Building:
  • Create Empathy Maps for their peers
  • Explore picture books the following picture books as a way to learn - Rosie Revere, Engineer, Iggy Peck, Architect, Ada Twist, Scientist, The Girl Who Thought In Pictures
Inquiry / Need to Knows:
  • Article study - each member of the group will look at a different article about student learning, responsible for taking learning back to their group
  • Conduct Interviews and surveys exploring how students learn.​
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Incubation:
  • Start with brainstorming a  non related  topic to get them thinking and being ok with silly, crazy ideas (ex: Give me 100 ways to use this stool)
  • 100 ideas - Idea Quota protocol
  • Chalk Talk around topics related to the DQ​
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  • Introduce the Mind-Mapping activity
  • Followed by Yes, and can it…?  ​protocol
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Solution Building:
  • Saturate and Group - Take all learning about learning and get everything out on the wall to look at how things might relate 
  • Affinity Mapping with groups from previous activity
  • $100 test -Students will use Monopoly $ to spend on each solution, defending their solution ideas.
  • NUF Test - Used to make the final decisions on what to focus their energy on.  
Critique and Revision: 
  • ​Brainfiring - group check-in
  • Talking Chip Check - group check-in
  • Fireside Chat - Check-ins between groups (chat groups will be made up of members of different groups)
  • Google Forms - individual check-ins​ 
  • NUF test, adding an extra F for FUN!
  • Use the Austin’s Butterfly video to talk about critique and revision first
  • Critical Friends to clarify the ideas that will be presented during the gallery walk
  • Gallery Walk to see the other groups ideas - because their peers are their target audience, this is a way to get their plans in front of their authentic audience for the final project, include feedback in the form of I likes/I wonder.​
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Authentic Audience:​
  • Peers
  • Other ELA classes/grade levels
Final Presentation:
  • All students must contribute to final presentation with their choices, based on the NUF tests from earlier​.  
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Click here for teacher's full plan.

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Reflection and Feedback:​ 
  • Rubric for the stages of the project
  • Rubric  for final presentation​

Click here for the  teacher's Journey through PBL on Padlet.

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Meet the Educator:
Justine Keuning-LaFrence teaches 6 - 8th grade at Hudsonville Middle School.  


     "PBL and Design Thinking help me push my gifted and high achieving students to become better critical thinkers and problem solvers. It gives them a chance to shine! "
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