We are going to engineer virtual models of apartment buildings.
We will begin our project on Monday, March 9 by reading a "letter" from Raleigh mayor Nancy McFarlane addressed to the kindergartners at Brentwood Elementary. The letter requests the kindergarten engineers'
help in designing a new housing structure for downtown Raleigh, because so many new families want to move to Raleigh but there is limited space to build new homes. The constraints of the project are that the building must be large enough to hold at least 10 families and the structure needs to take up minimal space on the ground.
The kindergarten engineers have to ASK - what kind of building can I design that will fit these constraints? They will IMAGINE design possibilities by researching different types of housing structures from around the world. The engineers will PLAN their structure in their STEM notebooks. To CREATE, the students will build virtual models of the structure they planned in their notebook. We will be using Build with Chrome to build our virtual models. To IMPROVE, the engineers will collaborate in small groups to discuss improvements and make revisions in order to make the buildings hold more than 10 families.
Check out the slideshow below to see some of our creations.
We will begin our project on Monday, March 9 by reading a "letter" from Raleigh mayor Nancy McFarlane addressed to the kindergartners at Brentwood Elementary. The letter requests the kindergarten engineers'
help in designing a new housing structure for downtown Raleigh, because so many new families want to move to Raleigh but there is limited space to build new homes. The constraints of the project are that the building must be large enough to hold at least 10 families and the structure needs to take up minimal space on the ground.
The kindergarten engineers have to ASK - what kind of building can I design that will fit these constraints? They will IMAGINE design possibilities by researching different types of housing structures from around the world. The engineers will PLAN their structure in their STEM notebooks. To CREATE, the students will build virtual models of the structure they planned in their notebook. We will be using Build with Chrome to build our virtual models. To IMPROVE, the engineers will collaborate in small groups to discuss improvements and make revisions in order to make the buildings hold more than 10 families.
Check out the slideshow below to see some of our creations.