I have not necessarily taught a full lessson using the design process but have incorporated parts of it that were used over a couple of different days.
1. When students were presented with the ideas for their STEM project choices, they were given an opportunity to ask questions and bounce ideas off of each other.
2. The beginning of the lesson could have been more engaging for the students. I should have presented them with maybe a scenario and asked them how they would solve it or given them some items and asked them what they could use them for.
3. More time was spent on new material as the project details were presented and students were to work on the project at home.
4. On the day that students brought their projects in for intial testing, students were not asked why they designed it a certain way. However, before the project was brought into the classroom for testing, they had to submit a design that did explain how it was going to be built.
5. Students did have a chance to talking with other students about how they built their projects. They will do a write up about the project when the final product is turned in.
6. I think that the next time I present the projects to them, I will do something small in the class where they can practice building something out of random materials within a small group. We should also spent more time discussing what information needs to be known about the topics that would help them with thier designs.
7. I am not sure really what steps should be taken next on the topic since it is not related to topics taught in the current curriculum. However, I could do research trying to find topics where more inquiry type projects could be done that have a more meaningful connection to the curriculum they are required to learn.
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