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PBL on Shapes and Patterns

Driving Question

How can we as architects design a city made up of Shapes?

End Product

The end product of this PBL would be a Geo-City; a city made up of Shapes.

Essential Learning Levels

At the end of this theme children were able to

 differentiate between straight and curved line.  identify the Square, Rectangle, Circle, Triangle, Cube,

Cuboid, Cone, Cylinder, Sphere.

 read and write the names of above said shapes.  list the properties of above said shapes.  identify and complete the pattern.

Entry Event

For the entry event, children watched a movie ‘Shape City’ wherein they discovered that all things are made up of shapes.

Roles

Town Planners Architects Landscapists Builders Engineers

Activities

Children did various activities while learning about Shapes and Patterns like:

 While learning about straight and curved lines, children did the

activity of making straight and curved line with thread.

 While learning about properties of Shapes, children did an activity

wherein the teacher gave a cue in the form of property of the shape and the children had to identify and pick up the correct Shape.

 While planning their Geo-City children made a blue

print of their Geo-City on a grid with the help of the teacher.

 While learning about Patterns, children made lots of

interesting patterns using the Rangometry kit.

Visit by a Town Planner

A town planner visited our school and explained what all needs to be kept in mind when planning a city, how to plan the placing of all the buildings, how a rough model is created and how a blue print, on the basis of which the actual plan works, is prepared.

Worksheets

Following were the worksheets which were done while learning about Shapes and Patterns during the PBL

Culmination

Children displayed their Geo-City in the Project Space area.