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“So, What’s All This PBL Bru-Ha-Ha?” SEU Share-A-Thon Thingee Sonoma, CA 2004

“So, What’s All This PBL Bru-Ha-Ha?” SEU Share-A-Thon Thingee Sonoma, CA 2004 Daryl Taylor, Fizzix Guy Greenwich HS, CT Formerly of: Williamstown HS/Engineering Academy Rowan University, NJ Daryl@DarylScience.com. Our Leaders?. “After finding no qualified

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“So, What’s All This PBL Bru-Ha-Ha?” SEU Share-A-Thon Thingee Sonoma, CA 2004

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  1. “So, What’s All This PBL Bru-Ha-Ha?” SEU Share-A-Thon Thingee Sonoma, CA 2004 Daryl Taylor, Fizzix Guy Greenwich HS, CT Formerly of: Williamstown HS/Engineering Academy Rowan University, NJ Daryl@DarylScience.com

  2. Our Leaders? “After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post.” Philip Streifer, Superintendent of Schools, Barrington, Rhode Island

  3. Just What IS PBL? “The principle idea behind PBL is that the starting point for learning should be a problem, a query, or a puzzle that the learner wishes to solve.” Boud, D. (1985) PBL in perspective. In “PBL in Education for the Professions”

  4. Just What IS PBL? • Learning is initiated by a problem or open-ended question. • Problems are based on complex, real-world situations. • All information needed to solve problem is not initially given.

  5. Our Leaders? “Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25.” Colorado State Senator, Mary Ann Tebedo

  6. Silly Diversion

  7. Bloom’s Cognitive Levels Evaluation - make a judgment based on criteria Synthesis - produce something new from component parts Analysis - break material into parts to see interrelationships Application - apply concept to anew situation Comprehension - explain, interpret Knowledge - remember facts, concepts, definitions

  8. The Learning Triangle 30-day Retention 5% Lecture 10% Reading 20% Multi-Media 30% Demonstration 50% Discussion Group 70% Doing 90% Teaching Others / Immediate Applications National Training Labs, Bethel, MD 2003

  9. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text vs PBL Problem #1: Basic Vector Problem from text… Basic Vector PBL!!! (Thanks to CIESE)You are a Stowaway on a ship somewhere at sea. You want to figure out where you are headed and when you will arrive. Being a good TechnoTwit, you remembered to bring your laptop, satellite-phone, and modem and you remember a shipmate mention the Ship’s ID code.

  10. What’s involved with the Stowaway PBL? • Use the internet to locate your position(Backup) • Find where the ship CAME FROM. (Backup) • Double check with Online Data center. (Backup) • Include wind & gulf stream & speed info for vector analysis. (Backup) • Learn Latitude/Longitude.

  11. What’s involved with the Stowaway PBL? • Gather OWN data! • Not someone else’s • Analyze their OWN data! • Solution not predetermined, so cheating by working backwards ain’t happnin’!

  12. Prepared Leaders? “I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California” President George W Bush I think anybody

  13. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text vs PBL Problem #2: Basic Vector Problem from workbook…

  14. Prepared Leaders? “What a waste it is to lose one's mind. or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.” Dan Quayle at a fund raising event for the United Negro College Fund. Attempting to quote the line “a mind is a terrible thing to waste”.

  15. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text vs PBL Problem #2: Basic Vector PBL!!!… Use real-time data to determine the vectors affecting a commercial plane’s flight pattern. • Flight Tracker - Real time flight tracking information(BU) • Airport Information - Find an airport's exact location(BU) • How Far is it? - Find latitude and longitude of a specific location by typing location in "From" section. (BU)

  16. Prepared Leaders? “Outside of all of the killings, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.” DC Mayor Marion Barry

  17. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text vs PBL Problem #2: Emergency! As a pilot, you must be prepared for any situation. Suddenly, a medical emergency arises. You must land the plane as QUICKLY as possible or you will lose a passenger. You must choose an airport where you will land the plane.

  18. Prepared Leaders? “Following a nuclear attack on the US, the US Postal Service plans to distribute Emergency Change of Address cards.” US Federal Emergency Agency

  19. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text vs PBL Problem #2: Identify two nearby airports where the plane could land. Don't forget to consider the airport where the plane departed. • U.S. Airport Information

  20. Prepared Leaders? “And now will y’all stand & be recognized?” Gib Lewis, Texas Speaker of the House, on Disability Day, to a group of people in wheelchairs watching the House session

  21. Prepared Leaders? “…going up to 47o today, it’s currently 53o at the airport…” Cecily Tynan Ch 6 ABC Philadelphia Meteorologist

  22. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text/Class Problem #3: A 1500-kg car traveling east with a speed of 25 m/s collides at an intersection with a 2500-kg van traveling north at a speed of 20 m/s. Find the direction and magnitude of the velocity of the wreckage after the collision, assuming that the vehicles undergo a perfectly inelastic collision (ie, they stick together). Serway and Faughn. 3rd ed. College Physics, Saunders, 1992.

  23. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical PBL: • Invite local Police in!!! • Based on police sketch • Students need to make assumptions and approximate • Information given gradually throughout problem • Students draw conclusions based on real data!

  24. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical PBL:

  25. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical PBL:

  26. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…PBL IDEAS: • Star Wars (SDI) • Hollywood Physics • SuperBowl Commercials ‘04 • Kepler’s Laws? • MAP Mars orbit using Brahe’s REAL observations!

  27. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text/Class Problem?

  28. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text/Class Problem?

  29. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text/Class Problem? So: • Why are some clouds white and some dark? • Why IS the sky blue? • Why do clouds ‘float’ where they do? • Why doesn’t my wife understand me?

  30. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…Typical Text/Class Problem? • Why are sunsets red? • Where is the sun? • Why is the sun yellow? • What’s the distance to the horizon? • How big is the sun? • How far away is it? • Why do sunsets in Winter last longer? • How do they know all this stuff? • Where’s my other sock?

  31. Specifically FIZZIX PBL Problems…

  32. Want More? This PPT, the Handout, and lots more PBL ideas are available at www.DarylScience.com

  33. The End?

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