Competitive Project Based Learning in Science Classroom Video Lecture | What is Project Based Learning (PBL)? - Professional Skills

as a science teacher sometimes I
struggle finding lessons that will
motivate my students can get free
supplies for the classroom without
having to beg around town for it and
find new ways to integrate the new stem
initiative which is science technology
engineering and math we also are trying
to find to integrate the a component
into stem turning it into steam that art
component brings the creativity to
projects that makes science projects pop
out one of the ways that we have
accomplished this is through
project-based lessons that are sponsored
by various corporations such as Disney
Discovery Channel honeywell Siemens the
Fiesta Bowl and through the US Army
participating in competitions outside of
the school provides a method for
students to create work outside the four
walls of the classroom when students no
other projects are now a reflection of
themselves that can be seen worldwide
the work is more polished you can't
blame students who wants to work on a
project that will be trashed effort oh
great is put into the gradebook and
never seen again by participating in the
Disney planet challenge helped it helped
us organize a method to integrate steam
into the curriculum it also gave
teachers a vehicle to increase
communication for cross curricular and
cross grade level
you
so this was your first time working on a
large project of this scale for the
Disney planet projects so what was your
experience teaching the kids um Wow it
was it was it was a really good I think
learning experience for the kids we did
a lot of research we used our netbooks
that the school has we looked at a piece
of the project are specifically was on
composting and how it affects our
environment and how we can do composting
to ultimately help our suburban garden
sis the kids loved it they jumped in
embrace the project and many of them
start a composting at home which was
which was great to hear and others said
you know hey I want to do a garden
parents jumped at the chance to do that
so I think in that respect it went
further than I ever expected it to the
kids really took this and it reached out
into our community far more than I
expected it to and we're going to tell
you what we can and can't recycle um
we're from Phoenix Arizona and then so
you can recycle empty water bottles
scrap paper clean plates empty hand
sanitizer bottles if they're cleaned out
um tissue boxes cardboard paper bags or
seventh grade science I had the students
research about this different cycles
such as the oxygen cycle the carbon
dioxide cycle water cycle nitrogen cycle
and they had to research all the cycles
and see how that these cycles affect our
garden that we were completing and how
the plants would recycle all these
different cycles just like they were
learning about in what was inside the
book it really extended the project that
if we were just reading and how to do
the cycles out of the book it would be
okay but they really understood it after
they saw that their plants were meaning
to be watered all the time and how
it made sense that why do you need that
nitrogen it's a hard concept for them to
understand knowing that there's other
things just then then water and sunlight
for plant so in that respect it really
worked out well they created movies for
these cycles and some of the movies were
pretty funny and they actually did a
great job with them what are we supposed
to do like what is this dude this is
just a waste of our space just rock
another thing dude rocks seriously okay
so maybe we could start a suburban
sustainable garden we're always need for
more of that well how do we do it well
I'm guessing we would get like a compost
bin is that what they're called yeah and
don't you put like fruits and vegetables
and like coffee grounds in there yeah
that's what you do and then I mean we
need water because wasting water would
be really kind of bad i guess for our
environment
oh hi my name is Max and I'm Tommy we're
here to tell you about the oxygen cycle
which has not one not two not three four
stages plants begin the first stage it
starts out when they use the sun's
energy of our carbon dioxide and water
in the carbohydrates and oxygen for us
to breathe in and eat the second stage
begins when the oxygen passes through
the atmosphere for a short period of
time the second stage also involves us
eating plants or carbohydrates or as
most college and unscientific terms
sugars after the oxygen goes into the
atmosphere we then read it notice the
child waving in the background and to
observe the carbohydrates we must keep
plants like this chip
which converts energy where did you
learn that anyway the carbon cycle is a
very important cycle that affects our
daily lives I'm Sierra the hottest like
those evaporation it all happens when
the sun's rays warmer water in the
oceans like streams rivers and it
transforms in the water vapor the water
vapor event it is its water source and
becomes just another part of the air oh
cool yeah 8th grade science I had them
kind of tie up everything they tied up
the sixth grade information where they
were composting in the microbial action
and worm action and then they also took
the cycles from seventh grade and it
also helped them under review the work
that they had done in 6th and 7th grade
reminding them all about what they had
relearned and then they took it a little
bit further they had to create a digital
portfolio before the Disney project they
put it together they had to verbalize it
they had to create almost like a
PowerPoint but they had to take the
videos that the seventh grader is made
and input those and they took the
pictures and the reports that they made
from the sixth graders and input that
then they also had to explain the
chemical reactions that take place with
animals and with plants so in respect I
think the the project really gave a
great higher-order critical thinking
skills and it gave a vehicle also for
them to collaborate with one another and
to communicate with each other also
sometimes they had to problem solve with
each other so they didn't agree with
each other but that's okay if that's one
of those life skills that they are going
to have to learn how to do in the
business world and how to work together
we brought in an expert from ASU from
the College of sustainable
she taught the students how to recycle
how to compost and she brought in a big
bin of worms to show the kids how you
can use worms for composting the kids
had a lot of questions and it was great
to get someone from the outside to to
reinforce what they were learning in the
classroom generations to meet their own
needs so what does that mean you guys
are generation of the future you're the
ones going out 15 years and now into the
working world having families
interfacing with jobs what does that
mean it future generation the role I
played in this was my team of four sent
me information and then i would take my
lap up and write it all rot write it all
down and edit it and then send it all to
all my teammates and that's what i did
for the disney planet challenge oh hello
I'm camera what I did for my project was
I made a video on that water cycle in
the nitrogen cycle in this video we
explain what disciples were worked on
the disney planet challenge in sixth
grade we helped compost and it was hard
it took some time and composting bin
smelled bad but in the end we helped
save the earth and thats makes it happy
hi I'm Katherine and I was part of the
Disney player challenge are going mostly
first on what to compost in how to
compost and for example you can compost
like orange scraps and
food scraps um hi I'm Lauren and I
wasn't here when they are when they were
doing the disney planet challenge but I
I learned from them that you can compost
coffee filters and fruit to make soil
for our garden and it gives a lot of
nutrients and to turn off lights and
sinks when they're not used hi I'm
Kenzie I'm also in the sixth grade I
also helped out by making composting
bins for every classroom so all the
classrooms could take part in this
challenge also I made posters for the
ramada to say please recycle old food
scraps for the new composting bin thank
you I'm Joe my word from a Disney planet
challenge 2010 and 11 in this challenge
we learned how to compost and what to
compost we had a student from ASU to
teach us how to save the environment and
make the world a better place to live
and to eat so what do you think about
the learning about Verma composting with
its worms I thought it was somewhat
disgusting but it shows how we can use
our environment to make the world a
better place ok cool so how can you tell
me how we integrated technology into our
projects we use technology in our
challenge by making powerpoints to send
to these papers or to like Arizona news
these different news agencies yeah
different news agencies to put on like
their website or even maybe put on TV ok
great baby also use technology when we
were researching on what we can compost
on how we can compost ok using the
internet good anybody else we use the
network to talk amongst our groups to
help coordinate information ok online
chat ok how about using video cameras
and things like that to make videos we
can show how you would help the earth by
using cameras and recording examples ok
recording examples good we could record
everything we did to show people
examples of
living years okay stem not like that's
dumb on a flower but stem is science
with stem means science technology
engineering and math okay and putting
all those things together so do you
think we integrated science and
technology okay okay how about
engineering a little bit when creating
what okay doing things in the garden
working on maybe the water the watering
the guard the ways that we can water the
garden figuring out how the how to water
the garden how about math one of the
probably most ways we use math was when
we were watering the garden just to know
how much water we really needed for how
much we would put the compost at a
certain time ok how much buttons are
harder anybody else do you work harder
on a project that you know outside
people are going to see it so like if
you since we did this Disney planet
project knowing that the world's going
to see it and we're entering this
national contest do you work harder on a
project like that or if you're working
on a project such as making a diorama in
the class they're going to put more work
into that ok Colby I put more work into
it if I knew the world was going to see
it ok why now white people have an
example ok so um I preferred it the
world sing it because you can show them
how to do things and it shows that you
made a difference besides just your
classmates sing it the whole world can
see it ok great yes gran Pere the world
because I mean more people are gonna see
it it's not just the class it's like the
whole world sectors kind of some
pressure yeah ok pressure to do a good
job ok good either way in school are out
of school you should still always work
hard on a project but also when it's
just the world you're like great said
you're under pressure and also you feel
that it can make a difference if you put
more details into it great I think that
I would work equivalently hard on both
because if you do in school
I want to make it look good for the
teacher so I can get a good grade and
like she can use it for later on years
and I want to do good like for the whole
entire world so that it makes myself
look good and they can use it as example
for their school too okay right I think
you would want to like kind of work
harder because like you want to make a
good example so you know like some other
kids may be in different countries will
want to be like you and want to work a
lot harder for things okay well I think
that I work harder when other people are
gonna see it because I want to make
something good and not embarrass myself
by making something terrible okay good I
would work harder because you can show
the world the seriousness about
pollution and you can show them how to
stop it okay how would you feel that
someone in Africa happens to go online
and see your project what would you
think that make me feel really good
because it shows that we worked hard and
we showed other countries and places how
to do things and that they liked our
work and they're gonna try to I would
hope that he gets inspired by my project
and we're born to the same thing
therefore not only helping with people
in America of also helping other
countries good I think it i would feel
personally really happy because you're
not only being feeling happy that
because someone else as seeing it online
you're also feeling happy because
someone else has a chance to make a
difference in the world I think you'd be
really good for us because they could
spread the word on how to stop pollution
and help the world great okay what about
do you like writing a report or creating
a video or a report okay you got more
okay has anybody made a garden at home
so you
I would take my parents um coffee
filters and I would also take some fruit
that I used that I would eat like an
apple core and I usually grind them up
and make them into a soil and then go
out and buy some sunflower seeds and
make myself some sunflower seeds cool I
was like I just went out and we bought a
tomato plant and then we also bought
tomato seeds and radishes and everything
we just planted done excellent when it
rain the worms would come out we go and
put my composter man oh great give him
more food what did you guys think about
working on the Disney planet challenge
this year did we did very well for the
Disney plan a project and also with a
cyber mission for the distant planet
project we won first in state with five
of our other projects winning runner-up
for the there were four top winners and
then there were only eight state winners
every state head had applied for the
planet project but you had to have
scored over eighteen percent in order to
be considered a winner for one of the
state winners so surprisingly only eight
states of had projects that were good
enough to make it to that stage level so
not too bad for our school I was very
proud of our students for the e cyber
mission we did very well also in that we
won first and second in state first
place state winners 11 thousand dollars
each and savings bonds so we had four
students wins a thousand dollars for
that and then we also had the second
place 15 hundred dollars in savings
bonds
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