Lesson Plan
Green School Reaccreditation
Cardboard Boat Challenge/Recycling Regatta
January 2015- May 2015
Objective:
· To have students build boats with recycled materials. To introduce the students to the Cardboard Boat Challenge Rules and to give them an overview of the project. Overall concepts being taught during the project will include but not be limited to scale and ratios, volume measurement, use of the Pythagorean Theorem, and orthographic drawing.
Additional Objectives:
· To ensure students include length, width, height and volume calculations when creating their drawings. To conduct peer reviews of initial drawings.
· To test individual model boats in the water with weights. To make any changes based on finding to original design.
Essential Questions: Can boats built with recycled cardboard carrying two students float and be propelled through the water?
Material: Cardboard, postal and/or duct tape
Subjects Covered/Skills: Math ratios, geometry skills, basic measurements, volume measurement, drawing, critical thinking, problem solving, peer review and editing, collaboration and team building.
Activity: Semester-long project including drawing boat designs, creating scale models, creating full-scale models.
Assessment/Celebration: Students will understand the three phases of the Challenge: Design, Construction, and Launch. They will also write the approximate time line and the rules in their notebooks, watch the videos, and ask questions about the project.
Recycling Regatta anticipated for April 24 at Severna Park Community Center sponsored by the 7th grade math class to include the whole school and invited parents. Celebration and after-action evaluation to take place in May.
Resources/Partnerships: Ellen Allen Annapolis, a parent-owned local business, to supply recycled cardboard. Severna Park Community Center to provide venue. School to purchase other needed supplies.
Green School Reaccreditation
Cardboard Boat Challenge/Recycling Regatta
January 2015- May 2015
Objective:
· To have students build boats with recycled materials. To introduce the students to the Cardboard Boat Challenge Rules and to give them an overview of the project. Overall concepts being taught during the project will include but not be limited to scale and ratios, volume measurement, use of the Pythagorean Theorem, and orthographic drawing.
Additional Objectives:
· To ensure students include length, width, height and volume calculations when creating their drawings. To conduct peer reviews of initial drawings.
· To test individual model boats in the water with weights. To make any changes based on finding to original design.
Essential Questions: Can boats built with recycled cardboard carrying two students float and be propelled through the water?
Material: Cardboard, postal and/or duct tape
Subjects Covered/Skills: Math ratios, geometry skills, basic measurements, volume measurement, drawing, critical thinking, problem solving, peer review and editing, collaboration and team building.
Activity: Semester-long project including drawing boat designs, creating scale models, creating full-scale models.
Assessment/Celebration: Students will understand the three phases of the Challenge: Design, Construction, and Launch. They will also write the approximate time line and the rules in their notebooks, watch the videos, and ask questions about the project.
Recycling Regatta anticipated for April 24 at Severna Park Community Center sponsored by the 7th grade math class to include the whole school and invited parents. Celebration and after-action evaluation to take place in May.
Resources/Partnerships: Ellen Allen Annapolis, a parent-owned local business, to supply recycled cardboard. Severna Park Community Center to provide venue. School to purchase other needed supplies.