In Grades 5 and 6, we have been working through the design cycle to come up with sustainable solutions to local, national, and global issues.
We identified the following issues:
- lack of clean water
- global waste (plastic and other)
- wasting paper
- access to electricity
- pollution
- climate change
- bullying
The photos below show how we worked through the process of asking, imagining, planning, and creating.
At the end of this post, you can see how we shared our creations.
Once we had our prototypes, we asked our classmates for feedback using the visible thinking routine: ladder of feedback.
As designers, this allowed us to see our project from different perspectives.
Once we received some feedback, we integrated them into our final designs which you can see below, along with videos of our presentations!
Jose's Design
Thoma's Design
Markus' Design
Tina's Design
Brandon's Design
Suguri's Design
Nanoka's Design
Claire's Design
We also had Mr. Huber, our school technology expert, guide us to learn about the insides of laptops and how they work.
We even had student-led workshops so that people who chose to sign up could learn skills like coding or video editing!
What a week of learning!
Have a wonderful Golden Week, everyone!
