Design+a+Community+Park+PBL

Design a Community Park PBL


=Left: Design Plan for Semeria Park in Belmont, San Mateo County, California= =[]= =Right: Small Park Area in the City of Gresham, Oregon= =[]= = = = = =Posted on 10/14/2011 at Edutopia.org = =[|Designing a Community Park PBL]= =Designing a Community Park PBL= = = = = =1. Good Neighbors: Landscape Design and Community Building= =@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GglkdDpx1yY= = = =This 10 minute video is a presentation of the National Park Service highlighting the Frederick Law Olmsted Historic= =Office and Community Park near Boston.= =It follows a class of 3rd graders visiting the office and park to study, design, and create models of their own= =community parks. It is an excellent resource for teachers to view, however the tone of the narration limits= =the classroom audience to early primary school children.= = = = = =2. Community Park Plan Webquest (good for high school)= =@http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/548/WQ/Kristlyn/parkplan.htm= = = =This is an excellent complete outline for implementing a class project based on teams of four students= =(with specific roles, tasks, and group cooperation), for each team to design and create a model community park.= =It includes specific online resources for each team to budget their proposed facilities with park equipment= =(playground area, etc.) and public amenities (benches, fountains, etc.), evaluation/assessment charts with checklists,= =and requirements for a class presentation by each team.= = =

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============================================================================================= =***Important Note For Teachers***= =Because this Webquest Site is from 1999, several of the online links are outdated or discontinued.= =So it is Necessary for You to review all the links Before listing them for your Students, and Exclude those= =that are Dead Ends or Inappropriate.=

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=It follows a class of 3rd graders visiting the office and park to study, design, and create models of their own community parks.= =It is an excellent resource for teachers to view, however the tone of the narration limits the classroom audience to early primary= =school children.= = = = = =2. Community Park Plan Webquest (good for high school)= =@http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/548/WQ/Kristlyn/parkplan.htm= = = =This is an excellent complete outline for implementing a class project based on teams of four students= =(with specific roles, tasks, and group cooperation), for each team to design and create a model community park.= =It includes specific online resources for each team to budget their proposed facilities with park equipment= =(playground area, etc.) and public amenities (benches, fountains, etc.), evaluation/assessment charts with checklists,= =and requirements for a class presentation by each team.= = =

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============================================================================================= =***Important Note For Teachers***= =Because this Webquest Site is from 1999, several of the online links are outdated or discontinued.= =So it is Necessary for You to review all the links Before listing them for your Students, and Exclude those= =that are Dead Ends or Inappropriate.=

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=3. Designing a City Park= =@http://www.math.ccsu.edu/mitchell/math409tcmjourneydesigningacitypark.pdf= =This is also an excellent complete outline for implementing a class project based on teamwork.= =It has seven specific charts with guidelines and checklists for the park plan, design, and class presentation.= =There is also excellent background information and curriculum resources.= = = = = =This project has less rigorous requirements than the above webquest, but all three projects listed here= =are adaptable to all grade levels K – 12.= =And of course these projects can be shared with teachers in other groups as well…= = = = = =“The sky is the daily bread of our eyes.” Ralph Waldo Emerson= =“And what is the grass? I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.”= =Walt Whitman= = =