Dec. 11-15

Monday (Snow Day)

8th grade:

Tuesday--Students will finish working on their snowman containment system to be delivered at Pitner. It will be great to be able to use real snow to pack in the frozen water balloons.

Wednesday--I will be out, because my son is graduating from KSU! Yea! I will have a design and modeling video for students to watch.

Thursday--Open Notes Quiz, and watch 3rd grade responses on flipgrid from the Traveling Snowman PBL

Friday-Watch video clips related to thermal energy

7th grade:

Tuesday--finish digital breakouts, video on Wednesday as I will be out

Thursday will begin a new driving question for PLTW: Why is accurate measurement, precise dimensioning, and thorough documenting necessary for both mechanical dissection and creative problem solving?

Deliverables: Lesson 1 Project 1.4 Investigate the Inside

Tuesday - Part 1 Dissect and Document Steps 1-4 Thursday- Part 2 Sketch and Dimension Steps 5-8 Friday - Part 3 Design Modifications Steps 9 a-f

Monday - Part 4 Decision Matrix Steps 11-13

Tuesday and Wednesday - Part 4 Presentations Gallery Walk - Step 14 and Conclusion Qs