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Students spent quite a while working to make their pitch.

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We had the opportunity to go to the CTC to present our ideas and receive feedback and things to think and improve on.

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Students spent time revising their ideas and pitches to create a more clear and concise product.

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Students have worked on their ideas and spent time planning out what their posters will look like for their pitches.

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One of the teams came up with an idea to create a mailbox (The Exchange). Essentially, students from other classes/groups would be able to send each other kind notes to create connection.

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Groups spent time working to develop their ideas and begin to refine them.

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Students came up with the idea to interview peers and teachers about what makes them feel connected. This helped to get us moving in the right direction in terms of ideas.

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Kids were given an allotted amount of time to generate as many ideas as possible, no matter how outlandish.

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Drawing the problem was a good exercise for students to visualize the problem and think about it in a different way. First they had to write what the problem was as simply as possible , then they had to create a simple drawing representing the problem.

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Students were introduced to "Norman" who was new at school (fictional person). They were tasked with putting themselves in Norman's shoes and to think about what he might be Saying, Doing, Feeling, Seeing, and Thinking.

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Collaborative effort to build a tower out of only sticky notes. They were given 7 minutes to plan how they were going to build, and then had 5 minutes to build without talking to eachother.

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"Exploding" the driving question. Students take pieces of the question and ask their own questions or observations about it.

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How might we improve social connections within our school to support wellbeing and a sense of belonging?

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Kick off event! Students spent the afternoon interacting with various engineering and robotic companies (also getting some hands on experience)!

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"I have a great idea...egg."

"Such a thrill to be involved."

"Go paint a rock!"

"I feel like kids from other grades could interact more."

"I solemnly swear to be persuasive and fair."

"I don't know... the snacks were pretty delicious."

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Show through pictures, videos, examples of student work, to reflect on the authentic audience, the pitch, the final product. Include any information/pictures from your community partner.

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Take time to reflect on what went well. What will you change for next year? What feedback did you get from students, the business partner, the authentic audience that can help make this project even better?

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One of the prototypes of the idea!

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One group was able to incorporate technology into their idea by designing and printing what their idea would look like in real life!

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Pin POD Pals.