Maths Lab Design Challenge Spring 2023

Design Challenge: a classroom that brings the outdoors indoors.

Through this lesson, you will know about the goals of the project, the steps to get there, and how it will be scored.

(Illustration, John Wea, IIT, 2023)

​	​outstanding 100 (A+)	sufficient 80​ (B-)	​insufficient 60 (D-)
​research	​	​	​
​presentation	​	​	​
​working model	​	​	​
​drawings	​	​	​
​templates	​	​	​
​time management	​	​	​
​scale	​	​	​
​purpose	​	​	​
​complete and detailed model	​	​	​
​team collaboration	​daily score: 5	​4	​3

​Rubric: 11 items, 3 possible scores

Match

Match the following:

• outstanding

• sufficient

• insufficient

100 points

80 points

60 points

• 100 points

• 80 points

• 60 points

​Sketch by John Wea, IIT, 2023

​What's the point? To apply maths concepts and skills in a tangible, meaningful project.

​Design a classroom that brings the outdoors indoors in some innovative way, and provides for the mental and physical health of learners in new ways.

Design for the wooded lots to the east or west of TBLA. Assume any budget.

Assume safety.

Multiple Choice

Why bring the outdoors indoors in school?

• Some teachers like to have plants in their classrooms.

• Research shows that connecting with nature supports mental and physical health.

• High school students don't get to have recess and it stinks.

Poll

What could be better about classrooms? Opinion only, no right or wrong answers. Please choose the two that seem most important to you.

• being able to get up and move around more.

• having a quiet space that is more private and calm.

• having healthy food when you want it.

• being able to socialize without distracting others or getting yelled at.

• having a charging port handy.

You will work with an assigned team on this project, do research about it, make drawings, build a model, and present your model to the class.

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​Dream it and design it!

​John Wea, IIT, 2023

"schola aperta"

Multiple Choice

How much time do you have for this project?

• one week

• two weeks

• five weeks

• eight weeks

Multiple Choice

When should you start it?

• Now

• Next week

• in six weeks

• The day before it is due.

​You will earn a score for team collaboration each class day.

Match

Match the following:

A+ collaboration

D- collaboration

B- collaboration

• A+ collaboration

• D- collaboration

• B- collaboration

Multiple Choice

Research: each team member discovers a unique, reliable ___..

• friend.

• screenshot to copy.

• answer.

• source of information.

Multiple Choice

Research: after finding a source, each team member...

• ...copies the information into a Google doc.

• ...writes a strong summary of the information.

• ...creates a slide about the source of information.

• ...gives an oral report about the information.

Match

Match the following

• One team member gives a report.

• Some team members talk about the model.

• All team members explain the model and research.

D-

B-

A+

• D-

• B-

• A+

Multiple Choice

What is a working model for?

• The team builds it as a prototype of the finished, completed design.

• The team tries it out, talks about it, takes it apart, and rebuilds it.

• It is the finished product, perfect in every way.

​Examples are available in Google Classroom

Match

Match the following:

floor and ground plan

isometric drawings

3-dimensional (3-D) drawing

• floor and ground plan

• isometric drawings

• 3-dimensional (3-D) drawing

Multiple Choice

Which of these template drawings will earn an "F"?

​PROCRASTINATIO ODIOSA EST.

Multiple Select

Mature, professional way to work on major projects. Please choose TWO responses.

• One person in the group does all or most of the work while others do nothing.

• Do it all the day before the deadline.

• Do a little bit each day and finish a day or two before the final deadline.

• Each team member contributes equally.

Multiple Choice

What would be the width of this drawing in 1:4 scale?

• 7.5 inches

• 5 inches

• 20 inches

• 10 inches

Poll

Which of these outdoor classrooms seems the best to you? Extra points if you would like to say why.

Match

Match the following models to their likely scores:

A+ (200 points)

B- (160 points)

D- (120 points)

• A+ (200 points)

• B- (160 points)

• D- (120 points)

Open Ended

What questions do you have right now? Responses may show up on the screen.