Students have just started on a rich maths project linked to UNICEF and their Child Friendly Schools Manual.
Their task is:Students introduced to a 'Big Idea' humanitarian problem: How can we design and build a school for a small community in Afghanistan that uses sustainable practices, is sympathetic with the local culture and is a place of learning and reflection for the whole community? Students identify features of the local environment and how these affect the community. They research, plan and design a built environment [school] that meets the needs of users and incorporates sustainable environmental practices.
Students use maths skills in area, measurement and mapping; Science and Technology skills to plan and build sustainably; English skills to document their work through multimedia and modal forms; Historical enquiry skills to develop an understanding of real-life global problems and the importance of aid agencies such as UNICEF and the Aga Khan Development Network.
Today architect Joe Weigerinck, from Creative Innovation Architects, visited and led students through the initial design process and planning. Students created bubble maps as rough plan and then started drawing their rooms to scale on large graph paper. Before we knew it time was up....This project will continue every Tuesday and the students will be building models of their plans using Sim-on-a-Stick (a stand alone virtual world on a USB) and MinecraftEdu.
Their task is:Students introduced to a 'Big Idea' humanitarian problem: How can we design and build a school for a small community in Afghanistan that uses sustainable practices, is sympathetic with the local culture and is a place of learning and reflection for the whole community? Students identify features of the local environment and how these affect the community. They research, plan and design a built environment [school] that meets the needs of users and incorporates sustainable environmental practices.
Students use maths skills in area, measurement and mapping; Science and Technology skills to plan and build sustainably; English skills to document their work through multimedia and modal forms; Historical enquiry skills to develop an understanding of real-life global problems and the importance of aid agencies such as UNICEF and the Aga Khan Development Network.
Today architect Joe Weigerinck, from Creative Innovation Architects, visited and led students through the initial design process and planning. Students created bubble maps as rough plan and then started drawing their rooms to scale on large graph paper. Before we knew it time was up....This project will continue every Tuesday and the students will be building models of their plans using Sim-on-a-Stick (a stand alone virtual world on a USB) and MinecraftEdu.