Today’s Machines

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Today’s Machines

Description:

Are we and our technologies a product of our ancestors? How did ancient technologies shape and change cultures? Working from a machine or invention in present-day use, each student chooses and researches one integral part that existed before 1400 C.E. Students produce original videos documenting their findings.

Education Levels:

8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Technology And Civilization, Physics, History, Engineering, Writing (composition), Process Skills

Resource Type:

Project

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

High Tech High

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Keywords:

Machines, Inventions, Documentaries

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers, Middle school teachers

Publisher:

High Tech High

Is Part Of:

http://www.hightechhigh.org/pbl/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Computers with Internet access and video editing software; Video cameras; Sony Vegas software; Audio recording equipment; Access to research materials

Learning Time:

3 months

Referenced Resources/Versions

Required Learning:

http://www.hightechhigh.org/pbl/_download/machines/appendix-6.1.pdf

Required Learning:

http://www.hightechhigh.org/pbl/_download/machines/appendix-6.5.pdf

Assessment:

http://www.hightechhigh.org/pbl/_download/machines/appendix-6.3.pdf

Assessment:

http://www.hightechhigh.org/pbl/_download/machines/appendix-6.4.pdf

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science, English

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Peer evaluation, Authentic assessment

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

Conforms To

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Conforms To

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Conforms To

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Text Types and Purposes

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content

Conforms To

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Text Types and Purposes

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Conforms To

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Text Types and Purposes

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Conforms To

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Physics

Waves

Waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave. As a basis for understanding this concept:

Students know waves carry energy from one place to another.

Conforms To

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Physics

Waves

Waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave. As a basis for understanding this concept:

Students know how to identify transverse and longitudinal waves in mechanical media, such as springs and ropes, and on the earth (seismic waves).

Conforms To

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Physics

Waves

Waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave. As a basis for understanding this concept:

Students know how to solve problems involving wavelength, frequency, and wave speed.

Conforms To

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Physics

Waves

Waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave. As a basis for understanding this concept:

Students know radio waves, light, and X-rays are different wavelength bands in the spectrum of electromagnetic waves whose speed in a vacuum is approximately 3 x 10⁸ m/s (186,000 miles/second).

Conforms To

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Physics

Waves

Waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave. As a basis for understanding this concept:

Students know how to identify the characteristic properties of waves: interference (beats), diffraction, refraction, Doppler effect, and polarization.

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