“Save the Usable!”
How our 2nd/3rd-grade class made
our “conservation inventions”
“Save the Usable!”
How our 2nd/3rd-grade class made
our “conservation inventions”
On this web page, Will and Calder share some “how-to” tips and summarize how our class created our “conservation inventions.”
**Be sure to visit our project website here to learn the full story.**
Title: “Save the Usable!”--How to Make “Conservation Inventions” that Avoid Waste
Introduction and Description:
Materials:
1.10 MaKey MaKeys (1 for every group of 2 students);
2.(optional) 10 PicoBoards (1 for every group of 2 students);
3.miscellaneous objects--found at home/school, or from second-hand stores
Time:
Step-by-step:
1.Learning about Scratch
2.Learning to Use the MaKey MaKey
3. Brainstorming
What are some ways in which humans waste things?
Here are a list and a summary of some of our ideas about ways in which humans waste materials and resources.
4. Choose problem
5.Brainstorm Possible Solutions
Here is a sample of students’ brainstorming.
Here is a blank template for brainstorming.
6.Invention Planning
Sample of student work.
Blank template.
7. Building and Debugging
8. Videos and Website
Here is a template that helped students write scripts for their videos.
**Please visit our project website here.**
Final Thoughts