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Thursday, December 6, 2018

Market day



This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about design and the big question was; How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product?

First we learned what STEAM stood for.
S for Science
T for Technology
E for Engineering
A for the Arts
and M for Maths
Then we were given challenges. The first to make a chair using newspaper, string and straws that was able to hold a figure made out of multi-link blocks.
Then; make a table that was able to balance MnMs for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because we worked more as a team and our table actually worked the second time much better then the first time  Technology template

In Literacy we learned to write up science experiments and to write a technology report using the design process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve and share.

Our next step was to form teams and ask ourselves the big question again.
How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product? Our aim was to create enough products or experiences and sell it to raise money for charity.

My team made this

Reflection

My highlight from this PBL was making the baths bombs and stress balls with Maia because I think we worked really well as a team making them.
Next time I would make more stress balls because we ran out of them very fast.

What did you make for market day and what would you do to make your product better?