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My first artifact for this course is my PBL unit based on how to create an environment where chicks can survive. Before this course, I have never used project based learning in my classroom and I did not know how to make it work. I than began to think about real problems that arise in my classroom. One of the first things that came to mind was how to take care of our class chicks. In the spring, my students will be responsible for caring for eggs and then baby chicks. Instead of me telling them how to care for the chicks, I decided that I could create a project based learning unit where the students learned and discovered what the chicks will need to survive. This is a unit that I would be able to use every year and I also will be able to share it with my teammates. One obstacle with this unit is that I need to make sure that my students find a way to meet all of the chicks’ needs as they are living creatures. Therefore, I decided that my students could be given a checklist before they present their final project and make sure that it meets all of the criteria. This project allowed me to teach a fun science unit in a way where my students are actively engaged in their learning.
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