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Project Based Learning

1.Project Plan

(1.1)The Define Phase

(1.11)Introduction:

·   Write a statement describing the overall purpose of the project.

·   What is the key challenge or problem the project is aiming to address?

·   What are students intended to learn from the project?

This project aims at discovering the various uses of fire and the dangerous effect of fire once it is out of control. It will explore the following concepts-      1.      Is fire a friend or foe?      2.      The discovery of fire and its importance.      3.      Fire is worshipped- an integral part of culture and religion.      4.      Hazards caused by fire- once it gets out of control.      5.      Preventive measures to check fire accidents including first aid.

                            

(1.12)Project Scope:

            Describe the scope of your project. This may include class and section, subjects it covers, self shills to be used etc. as well as other factors affecting scope.

Students from class  VII Subjects involved  :English,  social studies and science A class of 58 students are involved in the project making them into different teams of 10 students each.

 

(1.13) Curriculum and Standards:

            List the curriculum and standards this project with cover.

Class VII- Honeycomb-Fire: Friend and Foe NCERT textbook      1)      They will learn to apply text book information into real life.      2)      About health and safety measures.      3)      Modern technologies used to prevent fire.      4)      Preventive measures with regard to electrical fire.       5)      First aid in case of burns, shocks etc.

    

Project Based Learning

Lesson 2

2.1 Essential Question:

            Put in writing the question that will engage the students

Is fire a friend or a fire?

2.2 Grouping Strategy:

            Describe the criteria that will be used to form students team and how this maps to the goals of the project.

Heterogeneous groups of 10 students will be formed.    Teacher monitors the activities as and when required.    Each group has a leader and will plan the strategy and informs the teacher.    Peer arrangement will be done among the groups.   Children with various strength will be utilized for the project.     Evaluates the progress in the group first and then to the class.

2.3 Learning Environment:

            Describe the learning environment for the project including any classroom adaptation that will be required.

The group members will be seated together in the class while in work.    Library periods will be utilized to collect information.    Computer labs will be provided to students to collect data, information under the supervision of the teacher.

2.4Assessment Approach:

                Describe the approach for:

               

2.41 Authentic Assessment:

First, Aid given in fire accidents- demonstration and description.    Precaution to be taken to avoid fire accidents.    Awareness campaign against fire hazards.

           

2.42 Formative Assessment:

Question answer session.    quiz

2.43 Summative Assessment:

Report writing based on the information gathered from net and library.   Questionnaires for the survey.    PPT on fire- A friend or foe.    Team portfolios in blogs.

2.44 Rubrics:

It will be used to assess- Presentation , resources used and teamwork and group dynamics.

2.45 Grading:

Focusing the content.    Methods adopted.    Team work.    Finalization of grades will be based on rubrics.

Project Based Learning

Lesson 3- Plan Phase

3.1 Work Breakdown, Products and Milestones:

            List the project task and, if possible at this stage include the sub-tasks. For each task add the product that will be created and indicate it will be a milestone.

v  Class room instruction: Fire its advantages and disadvantages. v  Select student  group information: Student groups v  Research: Library online and offline resources. v  Class activity: Visit to different places to study about safety measures. v  Survey of fire safety measures at school and home. v  Knowledge of first aid and medical facilities available v  Collection of data on fire prevention measures first aid in fire accidents. v  Presentation: Fire safety measures and first aid measures.

3.2 Role definition:

            List the roles team members will fulfill in the project.

v  Project leader: Teacher v  Team leader :Leaders of the group v  Surveyor: Conducting the survey v  Report :Group leaders v  Presentation: Group leaders

3.3 Task schedule:

            Note start and end dates for the project.

                Include expected dates to start specific tasks

Start :Nov 1st End :Dec 15th

3.4Special Activities Plan:

                List any special activities (e.g. Field trips or guest speakers) including dates.

Exhibition on fire friend and foe

           

3.5Resource Plan:

List resource that will be required during the project and any other date constraints associated with them.

Computer lab and library

3.6 Direct Instruction:

List any planned direct instruction sessions and link them to specific tasks if appropriate.

Lecture on fire safety measures.

3.7 Reviews and checkpoints:

                Describe how you will incorporate review meetings and checkpoints in the project

Weekly discussions with group members and group leaders.

3.8 Assessment plan:

            Describe the balanced assessment plan for the project. List products that will be assessed during the project. List rubrics that need to be created before project launch.

Includes survey reports, result rubrics power point presentations.

Work plan-Lesson 4

Prepare work plan in the format given below.

Sl. No	TASK	SUBTASK	ROLE	START DATE	END DATE	PRODUCT
1	Launching the project	Research on History, Causes, Uses of fire, first aid in fire accidents, fire safety measures	Student	1st Nov	3rd Nov	Project launched
2	Exploring concepts	Advantages and disadvantages of fire	Student	4th Nov	8th Nov	Conceptualisation
3	Grouping	Students into groups as per the ability	Teacher	9th Nov	9th Nov	Group selection completed
4	Conduct Research	library	students	10th Nov	15th Nov	Research work through various books and magazines etc. completed
		Library Research	Team	16th Nov	20th Nov	Research work through  various websites completed
		PPT	Team	21st Nov	23rd Nov	Completed
5	Survey	Prepare Questionnaire for the survey	Team Members	24th Nov	25th Nov	Questionnaire
		Conduct Survey	Surveyor	26th Nov	30th Nov	Survey completed, survey report written
6	Add Survey Report to portfolios		All Students	1st Dec	2nd Dec	Research report completed on TQ Project Space
7	Compilation of the Content collected	Team presentation	All team	3rd Dec	6th Dec	Presentation
8	Organising the ideas, content for preparing the presentation	All Groups work out different plans	Leader	7th Dec	8th Dec	Organized ideas for preparing the presentation
9	Reflection and evaluation	All groups	Teacher and students	8th Dec	9th Dec	Organized
10	Exhibition	All groups	All members	10th Dec	10th Dec	Organized
11	Project closed	Submitted	Teacher	15th Dec	15th Dec	completed

Project Plan – Lesson 5

The Do Phase

(5.1) Project Launch:

                Describe how the project will be launched, including how goals, expectation, rules, procedures, assessment, and grading will be presented to the students.

v  Select student groups (student groups) v  Research: online and library (research report) v  Class activity: visit to the locality and study fire safety preparedness (visit report) v  Survey: survey of fire safety in school, home; medical facility, first aid (survey report) v  Activity: Collection of strategies suggested by different groups on fire safety measures, precaution, and first aid in fire accidents (Strategies) v  Activity: Conducting a survey in locality, preparing a survey report (student briefing) v  Activity: Final check-list of the project (student skills)

(5.2) Artifacts:

                List artifacts that will be created during the project

v  Research notes v  Research reports v  Survey questionnaires v  Survey Reports v  PowerPoint Presentations v  Scrapbooks

(5.3) Culminating product:

                Describe what culminating product or products are expected to be created during the project and how they will be presented.

Reports on discovery of fire, causes of fire, fire hazards, preventive measures Survey sheets and survey reports

(5.4) Celebrating completion:

                Describe how the students will celebrate when the project is completed.

Exhibition on fire a friend indeed

 Project Plan - Lesson 6

The Review Phase

(6.1)Student Reflection and Evaluation:

                Describe how student reflection and evaluation will be conducted.

At the end of the project, the students will do reflection and evaluation through a questionnaire. Their reflection will cover: v  What topics I learned about, v  Problems faced by our team and how we solved them, v  What new skills I learned, v  My best experience during the project v  An evaluation report given by the students

(6.2) Teacher Reflection and Evaluation:

                Describe how teacher reflection and evaluation will be conducted.

The teacher reflection and evaluation forms will cover: v  Challenges v  Achievement of project goals v  Involvement  of bright Learners with slow-learners

(6.3) Assessment of 21^st Century skills:

                List of 21^st century skills in this project and its assessment

Artefact	21st Century skill(s)
Research notes	Team-work, technology, communication
Research reports	Technology, critical thinking
Survey questionnaires	Critical thinking, team-work,
Survey Reports	Critical thinking, technology, teamwork
PowerPoint Presentations	Communication, technology

(6.4) Summative Assessment and Grading:

                List products and the corresponding rubrics that will be used for SA and Grading

Product	Rubric	Grading
Survey	questionnaire	10
Survey Reports	Presentation	20
First Aid	testing	20
PPT	Presentation	20
research reports	Writing skill	30

Project Plan – Lesson 7

The Manage Phase

(7.1) Process Management:

                List tasks that will be used to manage the process of conducting the learning

v  Planning v  Launching v  Progress Monitoring v  Process Management v  Collaboration of teachers involved

(7.2) Student Preparation:

                Describe how students will be prepared for the project prior to launch. List any specific instruction or tasks that will be needed

v  Discussion on causes of fire v  Discussion on uses of fire. v  questionnaire v  report-writing v  PowerPoint presentation

(7.3)  Facilitation:

                Describe how facilitation of resources will be used to enable the students to be successful.

Formative assessment: Feedback from the Students, survey and reports before the finished product to ensure that coder is maintained. Scaffold creation: This will be done through CODER- C- collecting ideas- organising ideas- preparing a rough Draft ,E- editing, R- reviewing the final product Resource facilitation: Library and computer facilities availed.

(7.4) Progress Monitoring:

                Describe how program will be monitored throughout the project.

Group Progress

v  Group meetings on every week  and team-members meeting on every day v  Preparing checklist v  Reviewing and editing

 

v  Meeting the checkpoints in the work-plan v  Motivating for team-work

   

  

Individual Progress

(7.5) Re-planning:

                Describe how ‘re-planning’ will be used if the project goes off track

v  maintaining the time-plan once again v  Accepting the suggestions given by the team and teachers v  Making  effective questionnaire v  Involvement of  the Science and Social Science teachers in the project

(7.6) Conflict Management:

                Describe how to address problems related to participation, offer approaches to manage other conflicts that may arise.

v  Students to resolve minor conflicts themselves v  Teacher’s intervention only when needed v  Guiding the team-leaders v  Solving the conflicts. v  Monitoring the participation   v  Managing the Issues related to resources v  Submission anticipated at the correct time.