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Unit Lesson 1

 PBL LESSON-- Building Big

Grade Level-11-12th graders in Art class Texas Fine Art TEKS Standards 117.53 (A) Create visual solution by elaborating on direct observation, experiences and imagination. (B) Create design for practical application ISTE NETS-S Standards

1. Creativity and innovation 2. Communication and collaboration3. Research and information fluency4. Critical thinking, problem solving, & decision making5. Technology operations and concepts

Lesson- Designing a specific type of architecture to fit a certain criteria for a specific area.

Learning outcomes- learning to solve the problems of what kind of architecture is needed for specific places and also how to not only make it functional but visually pleasing as well.

The Lesson- 1. Students will go to the website Building Big http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/abt_chall.html and look at the different objects that need to be built. They have a bridge, a dome, a skyscraper, a tunnel, and a dam. 2. Once they have chosen which they would like to do they will learn how and why they have been built the way they have and why certain shapes work best in the areas. 3. The students will pick an area from the website and begin designing and drawing out their design for the architectural feature they have chosen. (This point will be covered in lesson two). Once they have it drawn they will begin building with what ever material they deem necessary and that we can get for them to build a scale model of their feature.The students will be given the choice to use a computer or paper and pencil to draw their designs with. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">4.(This point will be covered in lesson 3) The students use digital story telling to explain their problem and how they managed to fix it. They will put together a fictional place and explain the problem and why it needs to be fixed. They will continue their story to tell how and why they chose what they did whether it was a bridge, a tunnel, a dome, a skyscraper or a dam to fix the problem. Upon completion of their digital story they will build their structure.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Assessment <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Students will be given a rubric to determine how they will be graded. The students will receive this at the beginning so they know exactly what is expected. Because the students will be in groups of three each student will have a specific part of the assignment to do and this will keep the work from being done by one specific student. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Unit Lesson 2

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Grade Level-11-12th graders in Art class <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Texas Fine Art TEKS Standards <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">117.53 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">(A) Create visual solution by elaborating on direct observation, experiences and imagination. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">(B) Create design for practical application ISTE NETS-S Standards <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1. Creativity and innovation 2.Communication and collaboration 3. Research and information fluency 4. Critical thinking, problem solving, & decision making 5.Technology operations and concepts.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Goals <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">For students to use previous knowledge in the lesson on building big and sculpture to create a sculpture for practical use.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Action <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students have been studying a web page called Building Big and learning about building something that will improve a community in some way. They have learned about bridges, tunnels, dams, skyscrapers, and domes. They will go online and find other structures that have been done and compare them to what they have been learning about. The students will set up a wiki page to explain their problem and what avenues they feel would best fix it. Others in the class will read the wikis and give their input to what each wants to do.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monitoring <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">I will monitor the wiki page to be sure that students are on task and giving helpful information. I will also be asking students questions about what they are doing and how they are coming on deciding on their designs for construction. I will also be asking students to think about that supplies they will need for their construction process that will be taking place after the research is done.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assessment <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The students have been given a rubric that explains the grading procedures. The students will also be graded on their wiki pages, and designs. The students will build their structure with the materials of their choice. All the students will be expected to help in the construction whether they use the computer to get the dimensions or help with the materials to build with.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> Unit Lesson 3

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Grade Level-11-12th graders in Art class <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Texas Fine Art TEKS Standards <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">117.53 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">(A) Create visual solution by elaborating on direct observation, experiences and imagination. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">(B) Create design for practical application

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">ISTE NETS-S Standards

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1. Creativity and innovation 2.Communication and collaboration 3. Research and information fluency 4. Critical thinking, problem solving, & decision making 5.Technology operations and concepts.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Goals <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">For students to use prior knowledge about Building Big and structures that are needed to make life easier for everybody.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Action <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students will use their constructions of bridges, dams, domes, tunnels, and skyscrapers to tell a story about why and what they built. The students will use pictures they have uploaded of their constructions and make a digital story about a pretend town and something they needed built. They will tell why and how it was developed, what benefits it will give the community and then show the process of the construction.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Monitoring <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">I will help the students with the picture taking process and how to upload them into the computer. I will monitor their stories and make sure they are following the rules of good grammar and story writing.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assesment <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The students will be assessed by how well they tell the story of their community and the needs there in. Their stories will be entertaining and interesting. The students will have a rubric to judge their stories by. I will let the students critic each others buildings and stories as part of the aesthetics of learning how to view someone else's work.