IS Final
Over three dollars’ worth of pennies can be held afloat in a tin foil boat. Who would have thought? Our group project allowed us to apply ourselves in a new way to teach the youth of Waverly. The skills and ideas taught in the IS Reader were applied in both developing our project and in the teaching process with the kids. The project was a significant part of the class because it allowed us to connect ideas discussed in class and apply them into a social setting. Important, standout elements of this project include, but are not limited to: the project topic, the process for developing the workshop, the connections to liberal learning, the elements of leadership and service, and the overall purpose of this project. Let’s start with what the project was about. …show more content…
The group I was assigned to had engineering as a topic. Engineering is the science of building and designing machines and structures. This seemed like an excellent topic for groups of 6th graders who love to get involved and hands-on in their learning. We were to teach the kids the basics of engineering in 50 minute sessions and give them an objective or experiment to build on their learning experience. We found it advantageous to have them create tin foil boats. This idea would allow them to include the engineering process into the experiment. They used the process to create different shapes and sizes of boats to see how well they would stay afloat until the weight of the pennies overwhelmed the walls, forcing them to cave in. While we found tin foil boats to be the most useful way in teaching the kids, but how did we come up with this
Over three dollars’ worth of pennies can be held afloat in a tin foil boat. Who would have thought? Our group project allowed us to apply ourselves in a new way to teach the youth of Waverly. The skills and ideas taught in the IS Reader were applied in both developing our project and in the teaching process with the kids. The project was a significant part of the class because it allowed us to connect ideas discussed in class and apply them into a social setting. Important, standout elements of this project include, but are not limited to: the project topic, the process for developing the workshop, the connections to liberal learning, the elements of leadership and service, and the overall purpose of this project. Let’s start with what the project was about. …show more content…
The group I was assigned to had engineering as a topic. Engineering is the science of building and designing machines and structures. This seemed like an excellent topic for groups of 6th graders who love to get involved and hands-on in their learning. We were to teach the kids the basics of engineering in 50 minute sessions and give them an objective or experiment to build on their learning experience. We found it advantageous to have them create tin foil boats. This idea would allow them to include the engineering process into the experiment. They used the process to create different shapes and sizes of boats to see how well they would stay afloat until the weight of the pennies overwhelmed the walls, forcing them to cave in. While we found tin foil boats to be the most useful way in teaching the kids, but how did we come up with this