Design for Deeper Learning

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1. Design a new playground for the school. Students can use their knowledge of geometry, measurement, and multiplication to design a new playground for their school. They will need to consider factors such as the size of the playground, the age of the students, and the budget when designing the playground. Once they have a few designs, they could use their knowledge of geometry to determine the dimensions of each design. Students would then have to use the measurements they found to calculate the cost to build the playground.

Find an exponential curve in real life and explain it. Students have previously done car depreciation and population rise and fall.

I want my 3rd graders to create a "Pennsylvania State Fair." Small groups (about 4 students each) will be assigned a social studies-related PA topic: geography, region, major cities, state government, history, etc. I want them to create a playable state fair game themed around their given topic. They should research their topic, create a game for other people to play while learning about their topic. For example, one group could create a ring toss, with each bottle labeled with the name of a PA town/city. There should be a decent amount of research included, and perhaps each group, along with their game, needs to create a trifold with all of their learned information.

“What I Don’t Want” Have students choose 5 jobs they definitely would not want to do. For each one, they give one specific reason. The key is that the reason should be about the work itself, not “that job is boring.” Examples: - Surgeon — I would not want to work around blood. - Accountant — I would not want to spend most of my day working with numbers. - Teacher — I would not want to be responsible for a large group of people every day. - Construction worker — I would not want to work outside in bad weather. - Salesperson — I would not want to persuade people to buy things. Then have them look across their five reasons and ask: What patterns do you notice? That’s where the real learning happens. Maybe they realize: - I don’t want to sit all day. - I don’t want high-pressure work. - I don’t want to work alone. - I don’t want to deal with injuries. - I don’t want a repetitive job. So instead of ending with “five jobs I hate,” they end with: Things I probably do NOT want in my future work: 1. 2. 3.

A group guided annotations lesson where they make their own how to annotate literature based on https://cdn.bookey.app/files/pdf/book/en/marigold-mind-laundry.pdf (opening chapter) Should end with a rubric