Problem: Ammunition is expensive in the villages and we want to help people cut down the cost of going moose hunting. Our goal is to create a moose trap that we could just to catch a moose that could be used more than one time. The goal of the trap is not to kill the moose to just catch it.
Importance: Moose hunting is a huge part of the subsistence life style. Living in a rural village is expensive and it would be beneficial to find cost efficient ways to do things. This is a very important project for the students since their families live a subsistence life style and many of them go out with their family camping during moose hunting season. This project will also include a writing component, where students work a persuasive paper, which will try and convince people their trap is the most effective.
Students Involved: There will be 14 students involved 4 for them are 3rd graders and 10 are 4th graders.
Math: As part of the project the weight and size of the trap will play into the effectiveness of the trap since will have to be transported.
3rd Grade:
3.MD.3-Select and appropriate unit of English, metric, or non-standard measurement to estimate time, length, weight, or temperature.
4th Grade:
4.MD.1-Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz.; l, ml; hr, min, sec. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a small unit. Record measurement equivalents in a two-column table.
Science:
Science A.1: develop an understanding of the
processes of science used to investigate problems, design, and conduct
repeatable scientific investigations and defend scientific arguments
Science E.3: develop an understanding of the
importance of how scientific discoveries and technological innovations affect
and are affected by our lives and cultures
Engineering: Students will create an object or something that will trap a moose.
Technology: Students will create their trap using applications on a computer
They will share their traps using a video explaining why their trap is the most effective way to catch a moose.
Great project! I think the students will really enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteOn the technology side, you can consider the trap they are designing to be the technology. From Wikipedia: "Technology (from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia[1]) is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, and methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a pre-existing solution to a problem, achieve a goal, handle an applied input/output relation or perform a specific function.
Use of computers to create the trap design would be using technology, which is great as well, but not required. You can feel free to have them create their trap designs using whatever method you feel is most appropriate.
Sara, let's make sure the design clearly indicates what materials are being used, where the materials will come from, how they connect, how they will work. They should be drawn to scale so we can see how big it is compared to a moose. I would recommend making a video or Prezi.
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