Problem Name/Title:

iEARN Project this will contribute to:

Teacher’s Role:

Student’s Role:

Time Frame for the Unit:Meet the Problem:

How can you provide the “hook: that will get your students to want to solve the problem? Is this a real problem or simulated problem (real is better!)?

Know/Need to Know: Write what you think the students will know about the problem and what you think they need to know. How will you decide what goes up as a “Know” or “Need to Know?” Is there a difference between what they know and think they know?

Know (K) Need to Know (NK)Problem Definition: Turn the real-life, messy problem into a simple problem statement. Use the “How can we…..So that….” Format. Anticipate how the problem will be stated yourself before getting the students to do it.

Information Gathering & Sharing: Where do the students need to go to get the richest information and data they will need? How can you help them get the information they will need?

Generating Possible Solutions and Determining a Fit: Describe what you think the possible solutions are. Do the solutions fit the criteria set up in the Problem Definition?

Outcomes: Brainstorm what concepts and skills the students will learn in solving the problem.

Curriculum Compass: Organize the concepts and skills covered in this unit into their curricular areas? Can other teachers help teach some of the concepts and skills?

Embedded Instruction Activities to Meet the Outcomes: What lectures, experiments, activities, demonstrations, discussions, readings, guest speakers, field trips, etc. are necessary to give students the knowledge and skills they need to solve the problem and achieve the learning outcomes?

Assessment: How can you access communally and/or individually what was learned /not learned? Can you design a performance assessment?

Debriefing the Problem/Process: Will debriefing the process help assess learning and improve the process in the future? What would you and the students do differently in the future? What collateral learning took place? Can this problem be expanded? Help students see the whole picture.

Other Concern and/or Notes: