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Schools and Community
Practice Stage: In the Engineer Lab
Guiding Que ion
How can I design an ideal space for my school?
Learning Targets
I can draw an open-wall picture of my classroom.
I can use straightedges to create a more precise drawing.
Teaching Notes
How this stage of this Lab builds on previous stage(s):
Students continue to draw pictures of their classroom with an emphasis on the “open-side” style of drawing and the use of straight lines, where appropriate.
What is new about this stage of this Lab:
Students have a greater degree of independence, both in their work in the Lab and in their movement during Lab time.
Students are encouraged to draw the room from multiple perspectives.
Students have the option of adding color to the drawings as they complete them.
Habits of character:
Goal setting and re ection continue to be important habits of character learned and prac- ticed in the Engineer Lab as students are working like “engineers,” and, therefore, trying to make their drawings as precise as possible. Students are encouraged to set goals regarding this precision and to re ect honestly on their own progress.
Logistics:
During the Practice stage, students have only 20 minutes in the Engineer Lab. They will need a system and space to store their projects as they continue to work on them.
In advance:
Prepare the Lab space by placing paper, pencils, colored pencils or crayons, rulers, and clip- boards for students to draw the classroom.
Consider whether the system previously established for storing student work is working and change as necessary.
Materials
Continued materials:
✓ Model drawing (begun in the Launch stage)
✓ Paper (blank; several pieces per student)
✓ Pencils (one per student or a cup of pencils per workstation) ✓ Rulers (one per student or a cup of rulers per workstation) ✓ Clipboards (one per student)
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