What are the key criteria for formulating a Big Question?

• Closed-ended and specific

• Open-ended, allows multiple solutions, and connects across subjects

• Simple and straightforward

• Focused solely on one subject area

How can teachers ensure that the real-world challenge is relevant to students?

• By choosing a topic from the textbook

• By linking it to students' lives, community, or UN Sustainable Development Goals

• By selecting a challenge that is easy to solve

• By using a generic problem that fits all classes

What standards should teachers consider when assessing students' readiness?

• Only state standards

• ISTE, NGSS, CCSS and any specific subject based standards

• Only national standards

• No standards; focus purely on creativity

Why is it important for students to empathize with affected individuals?

• To make the project easier

• To understand the problem from multiple perspectives

• To focus solely on their own opinions

• To avoid community involvement

What strategies can encourage divergent thinking during brainstorming?

• Limiting ideas to one subject

• Encouraging quantity of ideas without judgment

• Focusing on one best idea at a time

• Discouraging collaboration

What is the purpose of creating a prototype?

• To finalize the project

• To serve as a rough draft that allows testing of ideas

• To impress the teacher

• To avoid gathering feedback

Who should students present their prototypes to for feedback?

• Only their classmates

• Peers, teachers, and community members

• Just their parents

• No one; feedback is not necessary

How can feedback influence the final product?

• It should be ignored to maintain original ideas

• It helps refine the project based on community and audience perspectives

• It complicates the process unnecessarily

• It is only useful for grading purposes

What are effective ways for students to showcase their final projects?

• Presenting only to the teacher

• Hosting a gallery or digital presentation for an authentic audience

• Writing a report that no one reads

• Keeping the project private

How should teachers validate the success of the project?

• By reviewing the final products against curriculum standards and learning goals

• By focusing solely on student enjoyment

• By grading based on creativity only

• By asking students to self-assess without any criteria