Math-based PBL: Using engineering design to level up teaching and learning -

Abstract

Early secondary (12 to 15 years)

Have you mastered your content and curriculum? Are you looking for ways to have students make real connections with new learning?

This workshop will guide you through the use of engineering design as an instructional strategy to level up the application of your national standards.

• Apply planetary science as a context for how math affects and impacts not just our present, but also our future.
• Utilise a framework that engages students with a connection, exposes them to an issue, gives them an experience with a science, and employs math skills in a relevant and responsive way. Promote sense-making and mathematical reasoning.
• Follow along as we go hands-on with students while keeping the math concepts at the forefront of the conversation.
• Use modelling in a way that students do not forget and will want to engage in.
• Experience a lesson yourself and leave with access to a toolkit of complete lessons to implement in your classroom tomorrow.

Whether you are low-budget or no-budget, these lessons can be implemented with little preparation and even less cost. Learn how to engage your students and your content in tactile, meaningful, and relevant ways.