How small is too small when designing the next BIG thing?
There are several components that need to be addressed when making up a great driving question: focusing on the teacher, focusing on the student, focusing on the content, and focusing on the process. For more information on these components for this PBL, see the links below.
Focus on Teacher
Focus on Student
Focus on Content
Focus on Process
Focus on Teacher
- Detailed description of content and learners
- Description of the driving question including a detailed explanation of how the driving question is ill-structured, authentic, meaningful, interdisciplinary, and appropriate
- Detailed description of how the driving question relates to the curriculum and specific examples of how you will keep the students focused on the question
Focus on Student
- Description of examples of how the question is open-ended, allowing for different investigative questions (provide samples questions students might explore)
Focus on Content
- Detailed description, with examples, of how the unit is focused on nanoscience
- Detailed description, with examples, of how the unit is grounded in real life and work beyond school
Focus on Process
- Explicit application of course materials and presentations are visible and appropriate
For a pdf version of all the components of this driving question, download the attachment below.
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