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Unit/Task Title:Designing
a Better PFD |
Grade Level:upper
elem - HS |
Course(s):Technology |
Author:Jesse
Minor |
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Content Area(s) addressed in this unit/task:
English Language
Arts Visual and Performing Arts |
Content Standards and Performance Indications.
These standards refer to the Maine
Learning Results:
ELA: E1, E2, E3, F2,
G6, G10 VPA: A3, A4 |
Guiding Principles taught and assessed in this unit:
Clear and Effective
Communicator Creative and Practical Problem Solver |
Assessment criteria (how will you know when they know):
Students
will have designed a realistic PFD and know why it would work. Students
will have pictures to describe a course of action. |
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Lesson Description:
The object is two fold:
to first think about and design a PFD that is not bulky and that can be
worn by fishermen without impeding motion or comfort. It must keep the
wearer floating face up in the water.
The second objective is to design
a series of placards that demonstrate pictorially how to don your PFD, survival
suit and how to operate your
EPIRB. They should be simple and direct so that one can tell without
too much analysis what is involved. The first step of this second task
is to write a step by step description of the actions to be performed,
then to visually depict them.
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Other evidence to be collected that will insure understanding:
Observation/Dialogue
Performance - the materials that the students develop
Product - Journal/Learning Log and visual representation |
Feedback given to students:
Personalized written
comments
Personalized oral comments |
What are the essential questions?
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Opportunities for integrated technology - web resources:
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What will insure understanding? |
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Time neeeded to complete unit:
2 segments of 2
hours each |
Resources needed:
An ERIRB, several
types of PFD and a survival suit
Art materials - colored pencils,
paper |
Downloadable materials:
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