1st LOI formative assessment

SCAMPER CUP

Young inventors were given a paper cup each. Using glue, strings and rubber bands only, they were asked to come up with a useful invention.

S    Substitute

What could be substituted for the cup? What could be substituted for the drink? What could be substituted for the taste? What could be the other material for the cup (texture)?

C    Combine

What could be combined with the cup? With the drink? What other food items? What other non-food items?

A    Adapt

How could the cup be adapted so it would be easy to hold? So it would keep the drink hot or cold? So it would not get soggy?

M   Modify

Magnify

Minify

Modify the cup (colour, odour ,thickness ,shape). What is it like? If it were magnified, what might it be used for? What if it were miniaturized?

P    Put to other uses

What else could a paper cup be used for? Who else might use it? Where else might it be used?

E    Eliminate

What could be removed from a paper cup? How could it be streamlined? Made lighter?

R    Reverse

Rearrange

What if it were upside down? Inside out? What other shape could it be?

Our young inventors put on their thinking caps and came up with some brilliant and innovative inventions.

"When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." - George Washington.

sorting out"The Time line of Inventions"

SORTING OUT: 1^ST LOI (The need for Inventions)

CREATING A TIMELINE

I hear I forget, I see I remember. Thus goes the saying, using the timeline exercise and putting major events on paper would help us remember what we have done over a period of time. Timeline provides us a bird’s eye view of the main events that have happened over a period gives us the ups and downs and the major events that have happened. In groups our young inventors created a timeline on major inventions from 20 B.C. to 20^th century.

Tuning in to the 1st LOI

                        TUNING IN  TO 1^ST LOI 

Students had to PREDICT or GUESS and write about life 50 years ago using the prediction key. They were able to come to the conclusion that life was very different in those days and people were slowly working towards making life easier by creating or inventing new things.

Students also watched a power point presentation in which they were shown how the inventions in the past came about.

“And yet the true creator is necessity, which is the mother of invention.”     - Aristotle

Provocation to 1st LOI

PROVOCATION TO 1^ST LOI    (The need for Inventions)

The young inventors watched the video ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’.

They discussed the lighthouse keeper’s wife’s invention and what she had to do before coming up with the solution for her problem. After much discussion the young inventors had to imagine that the mustard sandwiches didn't stop the seagulls from eating the lighthouse keeper’s lunch. They had to come up with new ideas. They could draw or write what happened next.

They came up with some brilliant ideas and an understanding that all inventions start with a need.

prior knowledge, alphabetkey

            Alphabet key~activity

After brainstorming about the  invention, in groups  students were asked to find out and write the different names of inventions through  an “alphabet key “.

3rd UOI-HOW THE WORLD WORKS

UNIT OF INQUIRY – INVENTIONS

TD Theme: How the World works

Inventions have always created curiosity in the minds of our little learners. Keeping this in mind we have started our new Unit of Inquiry “INVENTIONS” under the Trans-disciplinary Theme; “How the world works”. We tuned into the Trans disciplinary theme by showing the young learners pictures of the TD Theme. Based on these pictures the young learners had to guess what the TD Theme was. Further they had to express their understanding of the TD Theme by linking these pictures to strands and give a brief description. With great excitement students used Toothpicks and Clay to create a useful invention of their own. They had to present their inventions to the class and give reasons for their inventions.

That’s all from the young inventors for now.

Keep you posted as we go ahead with our new unit.

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

- Alan Kay

Summative Assessment

Students completed their summative assessment for the unit on “Civilizations”. Using technology as a tool, they designed a brochure about an aspect that had originated from the ancient world which continues to influence our lives today. They presented their brochure in the class and shared their understanding with their peers. Students also completed their unit end reflection.