Collaborative Design

What happens when students & teachersdesign a PROJECT

together?

Collaboratively Designed Project

The World

Your Life

Themes

PROJECT

It all starts here.

??? ?Your QUESTIONS.

Step 1: Questions About The World

What questions, concerns or wonders do you have about our world? ?

EACH STUDENT WRITES ONE ? Per STICKYNOTE

WRITE AS MANY

QUESTIONS AS YOU CAN.

POST YOUR

QUESTIONS ON

YOUR TABLE

(NAME IS ON

EACH ONE).

THIS SHOULD BE A SILENT

ACTIVITY.

Directions:

1. Double check that your name is on all of your sticky notes

2. On the envelop that a teacher gives you, write your first and last name

3. Put all of your questions into your folder4. Place your folder in the center of your table

in a pile for a teacher to collect

Categories Activity

1. From the basket the teacher passes around, select 7 objects

2. Put your 7 objects into two groups– Share with your table, how did you group your

objects?

3. Now you need to make 3 different groups– Share with your table, how did you group your

objects?

Categories Journal (In your Writer’s Notebook)

1. List as many other ways that you can think of to group your objects.

2. What was challenging about this activity?

3. What did you like about this activity?

WRITE AS MANY

QUESTIONS AS YOU CAN.

POST YOUR

QUESTIONS ON

YOUR TABLE

(NAME IS ON

EACH ONE).

THIS SHOULD BE A SILENT

ACTIVITY.

Step 2: Questions About Your Life

What questions, concerns or wonders do you have about your life?

EACH STUDENT WRITES ONE ? Per STICKYNOTE

Step 2: Questions About Your Life

REMINDERS •These are questions about you•Past, present and future•Based on personal experiences•Might include “I, me or we”

STEPS1. Students choose their

favorite question and post it on their chest.

2. Stand up and silently (only using hand gestures) find all of the people with common questions.

3. When you find another person, sit on floor next to one another (this sends signal to people looking for groups).

COMMON QUESTIONS ACTIVITY

DEBRIEF:What do your

questions have in common?

STEPS:1. Each person shares their questions 2. As a group, create categories on a poster at

your table by placing sticky notes in piles3. Write category names at the top of each pile4. Share out

Step 3: Developing Categories

Categories should

be…

Specific

enough that

they don’t

include all

questions

But broad

enough to contain

more than

one question

For example, “Life” is

too broad!

For example,

“Greenhouse

Gases” is too

specific!

Categorizing Our Questions

Jermaine’s Question:When will we run out of space for our

trash?

Sydney’s Question:How do my choices as a consumer affect

the environment?

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESCATEGORY

Groups for Categorizing ActivityGroup 1KynaNatalie A.JermaineBaileySammy

Group 2KatJackyAlexAidan Parral

Group 3NadiaDaniGabrielJustin

Group 4LiannaKrimsynnAngeloShaneKamryn

Group 5LindseyJamieCrisMatthew K.

Group 6KendallOzaneiMichaelZack

Group 7Matthew L.PabloTieraIvanette

Group 8KaiBrianMakaylaRuth

Group 9AaronSondreInikaAlexis

Group 10CarolineNataly L.DevDavid

Group 11EsmeMelanieAndreAiden Pinedo

Group 12Sophia C.ClaireBrandonAdrian

Group 13HasanXanderSophia L.Syndey

Themes Journal Entry

Directions: For each of the themes above

1. Give a definition2. Write one example question that might go under that theme

Example: Education

3. Education means giving instruction or training, especially having to do with school

4. What types of projects will we do this year? What college will I attend?

The Human Body Education Psychology Technology The End

Issues Earth Science Biology Physical Science Culture

Entertainment Unknown Mysteries Future Fundamental Needs History

The Universe Philosophy Government

Putting our Questions into our new Themes!

1. You will be assigned a group and a theme

2. In your group, create a new Google document

3. Title this document the name of your group’s theme

4. Share this document with everyone in your group and Ms. Wong and Ms. Alota

Putting our Questions into our new Themes!

1. Your group will get a blank envelop, write down your group’s theme on the front

2. In the cup on your desk, look for questions that fit into your theme

3. Write those questions down in your google doc.4. Place those questions into your group’s envelope5. After you go through all of the questions, put the

left over questions back into the cup and write down the cup’s number on your envelope.

6. Hold up your cup

Pop Quiz

1. What will you title your Google Doc?2. Who will you share this document with?3. What will you do with the questions that fit into

your theme?4. Which questions will you put into your envelope?5. Where will you put the questions that DO NOT fit

into your theme?6. How will your teachers know that you are done

with that cup?

Themes GroupsFuture #1BaileyHasan

Future #2KamrynGabriel

Education #1Sophia C.Chris

Fundamental NeedsSophia L.Lindsey

Biology #1CarolineMelanie

Biology #2MichaelKendall

The End #1JermaineDani

The End #2MakaylaAlex

The UniverseMatthew K.Treat

EntertainmentRuthJacky

GovernmentDavidAidan Parral

PhilosophyZackPablo

Psychology #1LiannaKrimsynn

Psychology #2KatNatalie A.

Physical Science #2AndreOzanei

Unknown MysteriesAdrianIvanette

HistoryEsmeNataly L.

FutureBrandonTiera

Earth Science #1Matthew L.Brian

Earth Science #2ShaneNadia

Issues #1SydneyKyna

Issues #2InikaJamie

CultureXanderSondre

The Human BodySammyAngelo

Physical Science #1AlexisClaire

Technology #1Aiden PinedoKai

Technology #2AaronJustinDev

Collaborative Design

What are our next steps in designing

our project?

We’ve got to select a theme!

What is the most fair way to select a theme?

Using math, we can prove which themes have the most

support.

At your tables, figure out the most mathematically fair way to find out which

themes have the most support!

In your Problem-Solving Notebook…

1. Explain how to mathematically prove which themes have the most support

2. Based on the survey data, figure out which themes have the most support