Testing our Designs

An important part of the design process is testing and evaluating our products. Last week we had the chance to test out our wet-weather games with some of the junior school. With your partner, discuss these three questions and comment your answers below:

1. What did our market think about our design?

2. How can we improve our design?

3. How can we make it more appealing to the market?

How does change happen?

In Room 11, we have began to learn about some of the problems associated with our plastic use. This has led us to ask the question:

Below are some links to people trying to make a positive change.

Choose one link to read and see if you can answer these questions:

1. What are they trying to change? Why?
2. How are they trying to make change?
3. Who is involved in making change?
4. After reading this article, what have you learned about how change happens?
5. What questions do you still have?

Plastic Bag Ban gets a boost
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2017/07/30/40415/plastic-bag-ban-plan-gets-a-boost

South City takes first steps to ditch plastic bags
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/90895476/south-city-takes-first-steps-to-ditch-plastic-bags

The Bag Ladies of Collingwood
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/feature-archive/our-plastic-future/316810/The-bag-ladies-of-Collingwood

The Kiwi Bottle Drive
https://kiwibottledrive.nz/


Nelson Central School, making their own lunch wrap
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/95394677/nelson-central-gets-ecofriendly-lunches

Term 3 Overview

SCAMPER mug

SCAMPER MUG POWERPOINT

DESIGN PROCESS
Take a look at this video. What stages do designers go through when they are creating or inventing something?
What questions do you have for a REAL designer?
What are you wondering about?

             

Wait! What???!!! Waste....

Browse through the sites below. 

• What is the problem with waste?

• What happens to our waste in Hamilton?

• Where is the biggest garbage patch on earth?

• Midway; a plastic island.

Choose one you are interested in.

What are you wondering about? Post your most intriguing questions on the wonder wall.

Use the questions on the board as a guide to respond in your inquiry book.

What are you wondering about? 

Post your most intriguing questions on the wonder wall.

Matariki

1). Make the Matariki stars from recycled materials.Make the stars- YouTube video to show how with paper- be creative, what properties might your materials have?

2). MURAL team- Maximum 8.
1 page per class. The  mural should: represent any aspect of Matariki
Eg. end of harvest, seven stars, new year - new beginnings / goals, feast...

3). Research- find out about the constellations. Diagram, Describe, Explain.

AMAZING STARS

Survey for Room 11 Students

Make sure you are signed into your google account. Next, click on this link. Make sure you have 10 minutes to focus. 😄


Exploration Hour survey.