2025 Marnie O'Connell Template PBL JOURNEY by https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj Be Empowered! en-us 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC 2025-09-01 05:50:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Memory Walk futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586968 To begin their investigation, students took a memory walk through the school and grounds. They recorded different memories of their time spent at North Holland in their notebooks.

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586968 Entry Event futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586969 We watched a video of how to say goodbye in 46 different languages.

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586969 Our Driving Question futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586970 How to say goodbye to North Holland?

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586970 Clarifying Questions futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586971 After our Gallery Walk students were able to ask clarifying questions about each solution that was presented.

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586971 Poster Session futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586974 Students used their three best ideas from Crazy Eights and the word association activity to create a poster of their solution.

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586974 Crazy Eights futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586975 After discussing our findings from Chalk Talk, students started brainstorming ideas using the Crazy Eights Protocol.

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586975 The Pitch futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586977 Students prepared a slideshow presentation for PTO, who was our community sponsor.

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586977 REFLECTION futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586978 I think taking the time out of teaching curriculum and devoting two weeks to our project really worked well. We kept the momentum going and were able to complete the project with six solid solutions.


While the timeline was good, it also made the project completion a bit stressful. Not receiving immediate feedback and having to pitch our ideas twice, has lengthened the project and now we are down to the wire to actually complete it.


In the future, hopefully we can streamline the ending process for a smoother project completion.


Despite this, the students have loved every minute of it!


]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586978 We’re Excited! futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586979 “We’re excited to see the work they have been doing!”

Brian & Tim

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586979 Amazing! futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586980 “We think all of your ideas are amazing…”

North Holland PTO

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586980 Special futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586981 “It made me feel so special to be part of this PBL project.”

Lucy - 3rd Grader

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586981 Team/Class Photo futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586982 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586982 Business Connections futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586983 We worked with our building PTO.

We also received feedback from our District Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Curriculum.

]]> 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586983 futureprepd2 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586985 2025-04-30 12:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3431586985 Blob Tree https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459931354 We then identified our own feelings about saying goodbye to our school using the Blob Tree.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459931354 Hopes & Fears https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459932094 The next step was to discuss our hopes and fears for the project.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459932094 Interviews https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459935607 Students wanted to know what others thought was special about NH. So they developed interview questions to ask students and staff about their favorite NH memories.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459935607 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459936878 2025-05-20 22:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459936878 https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459937297 2025-05-20 22:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459937297 Chalk Talk https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459938233 Students then compiled all of their information and added more ideas using the Chalk Talk Protocol.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459938233 Word Association https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459943253 We also used word association to help narrow our focus for our solutions. We chose the word “celebrate” because we want to say goodbye to NH and celebrate our time there.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459943253 Gallery Walk https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459946679 Students participated in a gallery walk to share their solutions.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459946679 Dot Voting https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459948285 Students continued to narrow down their solutions with dot voting.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459948285 NUF Test https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459951494 Finally the put the top solutions through the NUF Test to narrow down their ideas to the final two that were presented to the PTO.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:43:47 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459951494 PTO Response https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459957931 PTO decided to support three solutions for our driving question. One from each grade level.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459957931 Second Pitch https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459960915 We also had to get approval from our Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Instruction and the District Superintendent. Both audiences provided good feedback for how students implement their solutions.

]]> 2025-05-20 22:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459960915 Action Plan https://padlet.com/futureprepd/5rvuy3y2qssq9efj/wish/3459964542 We also created an action plan for our final pitch. Our due dates were the Monday before our final presentation.

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