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Choosing One Name For Our Solution with a Partner

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Choosing One Name For Our Solution with a Partner

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Choosing One Name For Our Solution with a Partner

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Choosing One Name For Our Solution with a Partner

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Choosing One Name For Our Solution with a Small Group

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Choosing One Name For Our Solution with a Small Group

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Getting Ready to Present Our Puzzle Pieces

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Getting Ready to Present Our Puzzle Pieces

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Some of our team found their siblings from the other group and took a moment to spend time together. 

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Some of our team found their siblings from the other group and took a moment to spend time together. 

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We spent time individually brainstorming ideas to answer our driving question.

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Project Based Learning is when students learn by doing. It is often done in a team-based setting. PBL helps students learn deeply, think critically, and work together by doing hands-on projects.

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Business Partner: Hager Park (Ottawa County Parks)

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Business Partner: Hager Park (Ottawa County Parks)

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8212 - 28th AveJenison, MI 49428Directions

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We are excited for our first day together!

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Today we spent time coming up with interview questions, asking those questions to park patrons, reflecting on their answers, and using that information to help us come up with ideas for how to answer our driving question.

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In spite of the heat, we had a great first day. The favorite activity was playing on the playground at the end. Our team also enjoyed hiking on the trails looking for various native and invasive species. Some of the kids even became teachers, teaching us all about different plants.

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Everyone came up with great ideas. The hard part was narrowing down to one solution, especially if it isn't the solution you picked. Today the team worked through giving up our individual goals to meet the goals of the team as a whole. It was hard work but we did it! We had fun celebrating the end of the day by playing our "Spinner Game."

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We were so proud of our hard work! Our audience had great questions and amazing feedback. This experience helped build confidence in each of us!

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We each decorated a puzzle piece to teach our team about ourselves! We used these to make a big puzzle because we are all a team.

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We started the day individually reflecting on our solutions and narrowing it down to our favorite one. Then each student drew a picture of their individual solution that they picked.

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What do we know and what do we need to know to solve our problem?

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What do we know and what do we need to know to solve our problem?

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Each team member was given the opportunity to share their idea for a solution to our driving question. Teammates could ask questions about the ideas as well.

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We spent time brainstorming some interview questions.

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Learning about native and invasive species. 

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Learning about native and invasive species. 

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We walked around the park so that we could ask people our questions. We did this to help us gain a better understanding of what people, that visit Hager Park, know about invasive species.

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How can we teach the community about the invasive species in Hager Park?

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We used pictures to try to identify various native and invasive species in the park. It was REALLY easy to find the invasive species. 😳

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Each child was given two dot stickers. They used their stickers to vote for their top two solution posters/choices.

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Our dot voting narrowed our solutions down to two choices. From there we asked ourselves if the solution was new, useable, and feasible (NUF). We used the term "possible" as that was easier to understand than feasible. For both solutions, each student assigned a value for each part. Values ranged from 0 to 3, with 3 being a solid yes and 0 being a solid no. We averaged our scores and picked the solution with the highest score. It was a close vote, 6.0 to 6.2!

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As a group we talked about the different roles of the presentation and let the students decide how they wanted to participate. Some wanted to draw pictures of our spray, some wanted to talk, and one team member wanted to make models of invasive species.

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Team members spent individual time coming up with names for our solution.

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Teamwork

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Team members were partnered up to pick one name choice. From there, the whole team voted on the four name choices to pick a name for our solution.

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For our final pitch we invited representatives from the Ottawa County Parks Department. We also invited our parents.

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The final name choice was Robo Rocket Hager Park Killer Spray. This is a spray that is created to specifically kill the invasive plants when sprayed.

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Exploring the park.

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We spent time practicing in front of the other group at Hager Park. We gave them feedback on their presentation and they gave us feedback on ours. We used that feedback to critique our pitch before the final presentation. We used the feedback from our guests to help us reflect on our amazing week!

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When asked what "community" means..."I even know it in Spanish! Comunidad!" - Sawyer

Do you remember how smart we are? - Savannah

We can use all of our brains to get together to make a plan. - Lennox

What is one fun thing from today:

I liked asking people the questions. - Lennox

Playing on the play set. - Chase

The air conditioning. - Sawyer

Doing the spinner game. - Coda

The playground. - Finn

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Leading the IChallengeUjr. day camp was both a rewarding and challenging experience. We enjoyed working together and found the process fun, especially seeing the campers engage and build relationships. Our group had a wide range of ages and personalities, which brought energy and creativity, but also required us to stay flexible and adapt our approach frequently. With a larger group, managing time and ensuring everyone stayed engaged was sometimes difficult.  Project based learning is a powerful and meaningful way to teach. However, this being the first time either of us taught a project-based learning program, the specific driving question we chose for our project proved to be a bit complex for our group to fully grasp. If we choose to be a part of this program in the future this current experience will be helpful for us to consider the ages of our students when planning for the driving question. Overall, the experience reinforced how valuable teamwork, flexibility, and reflection are in creating a positive learning environment for all.  We were also reminded how amazing it is to work with kids, especially when they are given a voice in the learning process!

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We spent time reflecting on our interviews. This also helped us gain empathy for people who visit the park and could be impacted by invasive species.