KA 2 – “Steps of Citizenship”

2nd

Year - “Me as an engineer/architect in the ideal town”

Istituto Comprensivo Camerano, Camerano, ITALY

120 Primary School “G.S. Rakovsky”, Sofia, BULGARIA

Şehit Öğretmen Mehet Ali Durak Ortaokulu, Ankara, TURKEY Planning Grid

Target students Students aged 13-14

Time

November 2015 – February 2016

Teachers involved Teachers of Technology, Art, Maths, English

Authentic task

Product/output

Creation of models of some structures/buildings of the ideal city

COMPETENCES

To search, collect and elaborate datas, information and concepts

To use adequate resources to project and make models

To implement personal and creative projects

To project useful, eco-friendly solutions for the entire community

To improve ICT skills

To develop linguistic skills

Subjects involved Maths, Technology, Art, English

Learning objectives Skills Contents Attitude/Behaviour

a) To recognize the principal

technological system present

in the surrounding

environment and their

relationship to living beings

and natural elements

b) To reproduce models in scale

c) To search for creative

solutions, inspired by the

study of Art and visual

communication

a) To know the principal processes

of resources’ transformation or of

goods’ production

b) To know different natural

resourses

c) To know reduction scales

d) To know about the interactions

between living and non living

beings

e) To know techniques and

languages to create visual

products

a) To be aware of ecologically

responsible behaviours

b) To Cooperate

c) To be creative

Prerequisites 1) Being capable of planning

the phases for a project work

and its implementation

1) Knowledge of different materials

2) Knowledge of the Maths principle

of proportions

3) Knowledge of the tools, the

figurative techniques and the

rules of visual representation

1) Being capable to accept the

appointed task

2) Being capable of debating

one’s own ides

Teacher’s task

(and materials/tools used)

Students’ task

(and materials/tools used)

PHASE 1

Place: classroom

Time: 1 h

Objectives:

- to revise the previous year activities;

- to outline the 2nd year project’s theme “Me as

an engineer/architect in the Ideal town”;

- to develop democratic decision taking and

Starting from the work done in the previous

year (My Ideal Town/City), the teacher of

Technology introduces the 2nd year project’s

theme “Me as an Engineer/Architect in the

ideal town”, highlighting its principal aspects,

phases and main activities and asks students

to think about which aspects they would like

Students revise the previous year

activities and debate about the

practical realization of their ideal town.

They decide together which aspect of

the ideal town they want to develop,

making a model of it.

sense of initiative. to consider for the production of a model.

PHASE 2

Place: classroom

Time: 4 h

Objectives:

- to be aware of environment’s natural

resources useful for the ideal town;

- to be aware of re-cycling processes to exploit

them for the building of the ideal town;

The teacher of Maths (Science)and

Technology focus on environmental issues,

natural resources and recycling processes and

materials.

Students research individually on Internet

about the issues proposed and debate in

group about the most relevant aspects to

consider for the creation of their Ideal

Towns’ models.

PHASE 3

Place: classroom

Time: 2 h

Objectives:

- to project the structure/building chosen for

the ideal town;

- to develop students’ ability in planning;

- to develop students’ creativity

GROUPWORK

The teacher of Technology gives suggestions

for the planning of the work and divides

students into groups

GROUPWORK

Students, divided in groups, plan the

main phases of the construction of the

models. They decide which materials to

use.

PHASE 4

Place: classroom

Time: 3 h

Objectives:

- to develop students’ ability in using reduction

scales for practical purposes.

The teacher of Maths focuses on reduction

scales to help student consider the principles

of proportions for the realization of the

models.

Students make Math exercises about

proportions and reduction scales in

order to get an insight into a

fundamental principle for the

construction of models.

PHASE 5

Time: 15 h

Place: classroom

Objectives:

- to realize practically the chosen

The teacher of Art gives necessary materials

(plastic, cardboard, wood, paper,, etc….) and

instruments

Students make models using different

materials according to their projects

building’s/place’ s scale model;

- to develop students’ creativity.

PHASE 6

Place: Art Laboratory

Time: 4 hours

Objectives:

- to develop students’ creativity

The teacher of Art invites students to project

and to realize decorative elements to

complete and enrich their model from an

esthetical point of view.

Students draw the decorative elements

and build them for the projected model

PHASE 7

Place: computer room

Time: 6 h

Objectives:

To create a multimedial presentation of the work

The teacher of Technology coordinates the

work

Students create a multimedial product

about their work using ICT

ENGLISH The English teachers deals with the linguistic aspects of the project in all the phases to

document it, focusing on lexicon related to the construction of the model (recycling,

materials, plants, tools …). Students write comments to be inserted in the presentation of

their works to explain what they have done.

EVALUTATION Systematic evaluation during the project’s phases and final test