1. Winter 2011

2.  Beginning of the Project Handout  Individual paper sample  Group PPT sample  Group presentation video  Rubric for daily group work sample  Recycle product ( necklace and purse)  Recycling container and composting container  Common Core Standards for Engineering Design

3.  What was different?  Utilized capsule principals  Changed choice of topics for students to pick from airport design and design bicycle alternative to autos  To design a recycle plan for the school, perform an energy audit for the school, design and make a prototype of a product from recycled materials

4.  Students wanted to work on the project  Students cared about the project  Students came up with some real and usable solutions  Capsule’s Dan & $$ came to Fenway twice to help students think through the project  Cambridge Energy Alliance talked to students about energy efficiency  Audrey from HEET talked to one group about energy audits

5.  Teacher wasn’t good in tracking students group work  Two students did not engage in group work as well as they should have  Students did not understand the purpose of this project in their math class ( class feedback)

6.  Presentation 20% of grade  Individual Paper 30% of grade  Group Work 50% of grade

7.  Warm  Jessica and Dan from Capsule came to judge  Boston Partners Education volunteers came to judge  Cool  Students needed a format and rubric for presentations  Needed more in-school judges  Needed more school-wide coverage & support

19. Warm Students used the engineering design process in which to format their paper Cool Not enough math in the paper Students needed to understand global warming more Students needed to research global warming on their own Difficult for students to understand what was wanted for the paper

20.  Intro packet needs to be shorter and more clear( show packet )  Rubrics for presentation need to be clear  Rubric for paper needs to be clear  Engineering design process needs to be taught to students in the 9 th, 10 th, and 11 th grades using various projects in order for them to use it naturally

21.  Should students do a PPT on entire Engineering Design process or just do one page ?  What film would be best to show Sustainability issues?  I should devote one day to teaching the math of sustainability?  Should I use the chair building exercise to illustrate the engineering design Process?