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Thursday, December 6, 2018

Buy them all now before they all run out or spinout

By them all now before they all run out or spinout


 This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about design and the big question was;
 How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product?

 First we learned what STEAM stood for.
S for Science
 T for Technology
 E for Engineering
 A for the Arts and
M for Maths

 Then we were given challenges. The first to make a chair using newspaper, string and straws that was able to hold a figure made out of multi-link blocks. Then; make a table that was able to balance MnMs for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because we knew what we were doing and we fixed the mistakes that we did in the first challenge.

In Literacy we learned to write up science experiments and to write a technology report using the design process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve and share. Our next step was to form teams and ask ourselves the big question again.
 How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product? Our aim was to create enough products or experiences and sell it to raise money for charity.

 My team made a colour spinner it was easy to make once we had found out what materials were best for making the spiner spin.

 The hardest part was colouring it in because it took a long time and my hands keep getting sore. Here's a picture of what we made and sold at the market.
 Reflection My highlight from this PBL was making them and selling them.

Next time I would make more because they sold out really fast.