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T ejas: In the inter school Science symposium the challenge w as to build a solar energy based product
and build a prototype.
Jy oti: W e had a brainstorming session, then a step by step planning of how to gather information and
analysed the information to design the product. We gave a presentation about product and it’s design
to our class and Science teachers for their suggestions and comments. We built the prototype of a hat
with a fan which runs with solare energy for the symposium.
Moz: Excellent innovation and creativity! This goal was achieved by recalling, applying and integrating
various concepts and skills that you learnt. The solar panel on the hat is quite interesting!!
Innovation and Creativity:
Integrated Activities
Aim: In this lesson, you will learn:
- Application of multiple thinking skills for an activity.
- Application of multiple office applications and Internet tools to
complete an activity.
Know your class: You have to study the kind of food preferred by
students of your class. For this, do the following activities:
Use a word processor to create an empty table which includes •
headings such as name, gender, dress/food preferred.
Upload this file using Google docs, so that all the students can •
access the file and enter their respective data.
After everybody has entered their data, print this table. •
Count the number (frequency) for each kind of dress/food and •
enter the same into a spreadsheet. Now , y our sheet will hav e
gender, kind of dress/food and frequency for each. Create a bar
graph to represent the dress/food preferences.
[Note to the teacher: A list of projects that require multiple thinking skills and multiple applications
are giv en below . Do a few projects that w ould be interesting to y our class.]
5
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T ejas: In the inter school Science symposium the challenge w as to build a solar energy based product
and build a prototype.
Jy oti: W e had a brainstorming session, then a step by step planning of how to gather information and
analysed the information to design the product. We gave a presentation about product and it’s design
to our class and Science teachers for their suggestions and comments. We built the prototype of a hat
with a fan which runs with solare energy for the symposium.
Moz: Excellent innovation and creativity! This goal was achieved by recalling, applying and integrating
various concepts and skills that you learnt. The solar panel on the hat is quite interesting!!
Innovation and Creativity:
Integrated Activities
Aim: In this lesson, you will learn:
- Application of multiple thinking skills for an activity.
- Application of multiple office applications and Internet tools to
complete an activity.
Know your class: You have to study the kind of food preferred by
students of your class. For this, do the following activities:
Use a word processor to create an empty table which includes •
headings such as name, gender, dress/food preferred.
Upload this file using Google docs, so that all the students can •
access the file and enter their respective data.
After everybody has entered their data, print this table. •
Count the number (frequency) for each kind of dress/food and •
enter the same into a spreadsheet. Now , y our sheet will hav e
gender, kind of dress/food and frequency for each. Create a bar
graph to represent the dress/food preferences.
[Note to the teacher: A list of projects that require multiple thinking skills and multiple applications
are giv en below . Do a few projects that w ould be interesting to y our class.]
5
Step 1: Identify the goal and state it clearly.
Step 2: Analyze the goal and identify the requirements for sub-tasks.
Step 3: Identify the information required to accomplish each sub-task.
Step 4: Identify resources that provide information about each sub-task.
Step 5: Record information in a note-book or paper.
Step 6: Consolidate and organize the information gathered from various resources.
Concept
Steps of gathering information
Step wise thinking, Gathering information, Analysis.
Word processor, Spreadsheet, Internet.
Recall and Apply
Stepwise thinking, Organizing (gathering and organizing information).
Devices (webcam, mobile phone, scanner) Internet (email, sharing on website). •
Applications on internet like Flickr or Picasa allow you to share photogrphs with family •
and friends online. This avoids exchange of bulky attachments of image files.
Recall and Apply
Digital photo album: You collected
photographs of different events across
the academic year. Create a photo album
by doing the following activities:
Scan the photographs. You may •
need to transfer the files from
external devices such as digicam or
mobile phone, onto your computer.
Organize these images in folders •
based on participants, grades, and
events. Order them according to when
these events occurred during the
academic year.
Create a digital album of memories, •
using a content sharing website such as flickr or Picasa.
Create a web link for your class and send this link to your classmates. You can mark a copy to •
your computer teacher as well.
Any activity has a sequence of steps. •
First list the main steps of the activity. •
Then, for each main step, list the detailed steps. •
Listing the steps helps in carrying out the activity easily. •
Concept
Steps of Stepwise thinking
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T ejas: In the inter school Science symposium the challenge w as to build a solar energy based product
and build a prototype.
Jy oti: W e had a brainstorming session, then a step by step planning of how to gather information and
analysed the information to design the product. We gave a presentation about product and it’s design
to our class and Science teachers for their suggestions and comments. We built the prototype of a hat
with a fan which runs with solare energy for the symposium.
Moz: Excellent innovation and creativity! This goal was achieved by recalling, applying and integrating
various concepts and skills that you learnt. The solar panel on the hat is quite interesting!!
Innovation and Creativity:
Integrated Activities
Aim: In this lesson, you will learn:
- Application of multiple thinking skills for an activity.
- Application of multiple office applications and Internet tools to
complete an activity.
Know your class: You have to study the kind of food preferred by
students of your class. For this, do the following activities:
Use a word processor to create an empty table which includes •
headings such as name, gender, dress/food preferred.
Upload this file using Google docs, so that all the students can •
access the file and enter their respective data.
After everybody has entered their data, print this table. •
Count the number (frequency) for each kind of dress/food and •
enter the same into a spreadsheet. Now , y our sheet will hav e
gender, kind of dress/food and frequency for each. Create a bar
graph to represent the dress/food preferences.
[Note to the teacher: A list of projects that require multiple thinking skills and multiple applications
are giv en below . Do a few projects that w ould be interesting to y our class.]
5
Step 1: Identify the goal and state it clearly.
Step 2: Analyze the goal and identify the requirements for sub-tasks.
Step 3: Identify the information required to accomplish each sub-task.
Step 4: Identify resources that provide information about each sub-task.
Step 5: Record information in a note-book or paper.
Step 6: Consolidate and organize the information gathered from various resources.
Concept
Steps of gathering information
Step wise thinking, Gathering information, Analysis.
Word processor, Spreadsheet, Internet.
Recall and Apply
Stepwise thinking, Organizing (gathering and organizing information).
Devices (webcam, mobile phone, scanner) Internet (email, sharing on website). •
Applications on internet like Flickr or Picasa allow you to share photogrphs with family •
and friends online. This avoids exchange of bulky attachments of image files.
Recall and Apply
Digital photo album: You collected
photographs of different events across
the academic year. Create a photo album
by doing the following activities:
Scan the photographs. You may •
need to transfer the files from
external devices such as digicam or
mobile phone, onto your computer.
Organize these images in folders •
based on participants, grades, and
events. Order them according to when
these events occurred during the
academic year.
Create a digital album of memories, •
using a content sharing website such as flickr or Picasa.
Create a web link for your class and send this link to your classmates. You can mark a copy to •
your computer teacher as well.
Any activity has a sequence of steps. •
First list the main steps of the activity. •
Then, for each main step, list the detailed steps. •
Listing the steps helps in carrying out the activity easily. •
Concept
Steps of Stepwise thinking
Identity the goal and understand the information available. •
Analyze the information and conditions. •
Work out a solution in a step-wise manner. “What”, “When” and “Why”, are questions that •
can help in thinking logically, to find out “How” to reach the goal.
Analyze and decide:
Examine each category and it’s subcategories. •
Analyze the information and finalize the categories, subcategories relevant to •
the goal, by:
Decision to merge some categories. –
Decision to drop some categories or subcategories. –
Decision on whether more information is required. –
Concept
Steps of Logical reasoning
Stepwise thinking, Logical reasoning, Gathering information, Brainstorming.
Internet (sharing websites email).
Recall and Apply
Handle a crisis: You have to share ideas on
disaster management in a flood affected area. For
this, do the following:
Use the strategy of brainstorming to •
generate ideas. Then synthesize the ideas
and create a mind map of the same.
Browse the Internet to gather more •
information on how to deal with flood
situations. Collect images, data on recent
floods in areas of your interest or vicinity.
Make a note of the URLs visited and a brief summary of the content in a word processor of
Google docs.
T ag flood affected areas of y our chosen vicinity on Google map. •
Create a presentation on this topic. For this, you can include the mind map and other •
information gathered above.
Imagine that you are organizing a donation drive in your neighborhood to collect clothes, •
money and food for flood affected area. List the steps required for this activity. Describe how
will you reach out to people and keep track of the different items collected.
Create a group e-mail for your class. Share your above ideas with your class and mark a copy •
to your computer teacher.
Handle
Flood situation
Collect
Medicines
Create
Maps
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T ejas: In the inter school Science symposium the challenge w as to build a solar energy based product
and build a prototype.
Jy oti: W e had a brainstorming session, then a step by step planning of how to gather information and
analysed the information to design the product. We gave a presentation about product and it’s design
to our class and Science teachers for their suggestions and comments. We built the prototype of a hat
with a fan which runs with solare energy for the symposium.
Moz: Excellent innovation and creativity! This goal was achieved by recalling, applying and integrating
various concepts and skills that you learnt. The solar panel on the hat is quite interesting!!
Innovation and Creativity:
Integrated Activities
Aim: In this lesson, you will learn:
- Application of multiple thinking skills for an activity.
- Application of multiple office applications and Internet tools to
complete an activity.
Know your class: You have to study the kind of food preferred by
students of your class. For this, do the following activities:
Use a word processor to create an empty table which includes •
headings such as name, gender, dress/food preferred.
Upload this file using Google docs, so that all the students can •
access the file and enter their respective data.
After everybody has entered their data, print this table. •
Count the number (frequency) for each kind of dress/food and •
enter the same into a spreadsheet. Now , y our sheet will hav e
gender, kind of dress/food and frequency for each. Create a bar
graph to represent the dress/food preferences.
[Note to the teacher: A list of projects that require multiple thinking skills and multiple applications
are giv en below . Do a few projects that w ould be interesting to y our class.]
5
Step 1: Identify the goal and state it clearly.
Step 2: Analyze the goal and identify the requirements for sub-tasks.
Step 3: Identify the information required to accomplish each sub-task.
Step 4: Identify resources that provide information about each sub-task.
Step 5: Record information in a note-book or paper.
Step 6: Consolidate and organize the information gathered from various resources.
Concept
Steps of gathering information
Step wise thinking, Gathering information, Analysis.
Word processor, Spreadsheet, Internet.
Recall and Apply
Stepwise thinking, Organizing (gathering and organizing information).
Devices (webcam, mobile phone, scanner) Internet (email, sharing on website). •
Applications on internet like Flickr or Picasa allow you to share photogrphs with family •
and friends online. This avoids exchange of bulky attachments of image files.
Recall and Apply
Digital photo album: You collected
photographs of different events across
the academic year. Create a photo album
by doing the following activities:
Scan the photographs. You may •
need to transfer the files from
external devices such as digicam or
mobile phone, onto your computer.
Organize these images in folders •
based on participants, grades, and
events. Order them according to when
these events occurred during the
academic year.
Create a digital album of memories, •
using a content sharing website such as flickr or Picasa.
Create a web link for your class and send this link to your classmates. You can mark a copy to •
your computer teacher as well.
Any activity has a sequence of steps. •
First list the main steps of the activity. •
Then, for each main step, list the detailed steps. •
Listing the steps helps in carrying out the activity easily. •
Concept
Steps of Stepwise thinking
Identity the goal and understand the information available. •
Analyze the information and conditions. •
Work out a solution in a step-wise manner. “What”, “When” and “Why”, are questions that •
can help in thinking logically, to find out “How” to reach the goal.
Analyze and decide:
Examine each category and it’s subcategories. •
Analyze the information and finalize the categories, subcategories relevant to •
the goal, by:
Decision to merge some categories. –
Decision to drop some categories or subcategories. –
Decision on whether more information is required. –
Concept
Steps of Logical reasoning
Stepwise thinking, Logical reasoning, Gathering information, Brainstorming.
Internet (sharing websites email).
Recall and Apply
Handle a crisis: You have to share ideas on
disaster management in a flood affected area. For
this, do the following:
Use the strategy of brainstorming to •
generate ideas. Then synthesize the ideas
and create a mind map of the same.
Browse the Internet to gather more •
information on how to deal with flood
situations. Collect images, data on recent
floods in areas of your interest or vicinity.
Make a note of the URLs visited and a brief summary of the content in a word processor of
Google docs.
T ag flood affected areas of y our chosen vicinity on Google map. •
Create a presentation on this topic. For this, you can include the mind map and other •
information gathered above.
Imagine that you are organizing a donation drive in your neighborhood to collect clothes, •
money and food for flood affected area. List the steps required for this activity. Describe how
will you reach out to people and keep track of the different items collected.
Create a group e-mail for your class. Share your above ideas with your class and mark a copy •
to your computer teacher.
Handle
Flood situation
Collect
Medicines
Create
Maps
Draw your mind map here. •
Become a designer: You are asked to design a T-shirt for your city
marathon. You can design different T-shirt for groups supporting
different causes. Each group of student can select one of the
following causes: (i) save environment, (ii) save the girl child, (iii)
educate the under privileged, (iv) empow ering the disabled. Now
follow these steps to complete the activity:
Conduct a survey of students of your class to collected •
information on preferred colour. Ask them to suggest
suitable tag lines to be printed on the T-shirt for your cause.
Use drawing tools of a word processor/presentation to •
create a logo to be printed on the T-shirt.
Upload this on Google docs and share it with the class. •
Ask students to vote for the preferred choice of logo. For this you can give labels to each logo •
and ask students to enter their response. Create a Google spreadsheet for this so that students
can enter their inputs.
Create a presentation to launch the T-shirt. •
Gathering information , Analysis and Decision making, Creativity.
Word processor, Presentation, Internet (google docs).
Recall and Apply
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T ejas: In the inter school Science symposium the challenge w as to build a solar energy based product
and build a prototype.
Jy oti: W e had a brainstorming session, then a step by step planning of how to gather information and
analysed the information to design the product. We gave a presentation about product and it’s design
to our class and Science teachers for their suggestions and comments. We built the prototype of a hat
with a fan which runs with solare energy for the symposium.
Moz: Excellent innovation and creativity! This goal was achieved by recalling, applying and integrating
various concepts and skills that you learnt. The solar panel on the hat is quite interesting!!
Innovation and Creativity:
Integrated Activities
Aim: In this lesson, you will learn:
- Application of multiple thinking skills for an activity.
- Application of multiple office applications and Internet tools to
complete an activity.
Know your class: You have to study the kind of food preferred by
students of your class. For this, do the following activities:
Use a word processor to create an empty table which includes •
headings such as name, gender, dress/food preferred.
Upload this file using Google docs, so that all the students can •
access the file and enter their respective data.
After everybody has entered their data, print this table. •
Count the number (frequency) for each kind of dress/food and •
enter the same into a spreadsheet. Now , y our sheet will hav e
gender, kind of dress/food and frequency for each. Create a bar
graph to represent the dress/food preferences.
[Note to the teacher: A list of projects that require multiple thinking skills and multiple applications
are giv en below . Do a few projects that w ould be interesting to y our class.]
5
Step 1: Identify the goal and state it clearly.
Step 2: Analyze the goal and identify the requirements for sub-tasks.
Step 3: Identify the information required to accomplish each sub-task.
Step 4: Identify resources that provide information about each sub-task.
Step 5: Record information in a note-book or paper.
Step 6: Consolidate and organize the information gathered from various resources.
Concept
Steps of gathering information
Step wise thinking, Gathering information, Analysis.
Word processor, Spreadsheet, Internet.
Recall and Apply
Stepwise thinking, Organizing (gathering and organizing information).
Devices (webcam, mobile phone, scanner) Internet (email, sharing on website). •
Applications on internet like Flickr or Picasa allow you to share photogrphs with family •
and friends online. This avoids exchange of bulky attachments of image files.
Recall and Apply
Digital photo album: You collected
photographs of different events across
the academic year. Create a photo album
by doing the following activities:
Scan the photographs. You may •
need to transfer the files from
external devices such as digicam or
mobile phone, onto your computer.
Organize these images in folders •
based on participants, grades, and
events. Order them according to when
these events occurred during the
academic year.
Create a digital album of memories, •
using a content sharing website such as flickr or Picasa.
Create a web link for your class and send this link to your classmates. You can mark a copy to •
your computer teacher as well.
Any activity has a sequence of steps. •
First list the main steps of the activity. •
Then, for each main step, list the detailed steps. •
Listing the steps helps in carrying out the activity easily. •
Concept
Steps of Stepwise thinking
Identity the goal and understand the information available. •
Analyze the information and conditions. •
Work out a solution in a step-wise manner. “What”, “When” and “Why”, are questions that •
can help in thinking logically, to find out “How” to reach the goal.
Analyze and decide:
Examine each category and it’s subcategories. •
Analyze the information and finalize the categories, subcategories relevant to •
the goal, by:
Decision to merge some categories. –
Decision to drop some categories or subcategories. –
Decision on whether more information is required. –
Concept
Steps of Logical reasoning
Stepwise thinking, Logical reasoning, Gathering information, Brainstorming.
Internet (sharing websites email).
Recall and Apply
Handle a crisis: You have to share ideas on
disaster management in a flood affected area. For
this, do the following:
Use the strategy of brainstorming to •
generate ideas. Then synthesize the ideas
and create a mind map of the same.
Browse the Internet to gather more •
information on how to deal with flood
situations. Collect images, data on recent
floods in areas of your interest or vicinity.
Make a note of the URLs visited and a brief summary of the content in a word processor of
Google docs.
T ag flood affected areas of y our chosen vicinity on Google map. •
Create a presentation on this topic. For this, you can include the mind map and other •
information gathered above.
Imagine that you are organizing a donation drive in your neighborhood to collect clothes, •
money and food for flood affected area. List the steps required for this activity. Describe how
will you reach out to people and keep track of the different items collected.
Create a group e-mail for your class. Share your above ideas with your class and mark a copy •
to your computer teacher.
Handle
Flood situation
Collect
Medicines
Create
Maps
Draw your mind map here. •
Become a designer: You are asked to design a T-shirt for your city
marathon. You can design different T-shirt for groups supporting
different causes. Each group of student can select one of the
following causes: (i) save environment, (ii) save the girl child, (iii)
educate the under privileged, (iv) empow ering the disabled. Now
follow these steps to complete the activity:
Conduct a survey of students of your class to collected •
information on preferred colour. Ask them to suggest
suitable tag lines to be printed on the T-shirt for your cause.
Use drawing tools of a word processor/presentation to •
create a logo to be printed on the T-shirt.
Upload this on Google docs and share it with the class. •
Ask students to vote for the preferred choice of logo. For this you can give labels to each logo •
and ask students to enter their response. Create a Google spreadsheet for this so that students
can enter their inputs.
Create a presentation to launch the T-shirt. •
Gathering information , Analysis and Decision making, Creativity.
Word processor, Presentation, Internet (google docs).
Recall and Apply
Create a product: You have to design a product for senior citizens. One group of students decide
that they will create a gadget labelled, Bandhu, that will alert them about routine events of the
day and assist in case of emergencies. The other group of students decides to create a special
computer labelled Mitro, for adults who are semi-literate/non literate and want to communicate
with their children.
For this activity do the following:
Interview senior citizens in your locality to conduct a •
survey of:
For Bandhu: What routine events do senior citizens need –
to do everyday? For example, taking medicines, store their
medical history and important contacts, and alert them for
banking/shopping/visits to certain places.
For Mitro: What are the minimal applications that senior –
citizens would need in this special computer? For example,
create documents, keep record of expenses, email, take
photographs and chat with friends and relatives.
Create a Google spreadsheet and enter the data. The entire class •
can enter the data.
Identify the features that are required by most of the survey participants in your product. You •
can apply your skills to do computations in a spreadsheet, such as count frequency, draw graph
to illustrate.
Create a document that summarizes your findings of the survey. Explain the design of your •
product. Use draw tool options to create images of the user interface of the product.
Brainstorm for deciding a suitable name for your product. •
Create a presentation to share your product details. •
Identify the goal. •
Gather and consolidate information. •
Identify the constraints (conditions to be satisfied). •
Use logical thinking to identify choices that satisfy the constraints. •
Take the decision. •
Concept
Steps of decision making
Brainstorming, Logical reasoning, Decision making, Designing.
Presentation, Internet.
Recall and Apply
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