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Engineering Success: Students Build Understanding

When long-term projects form the backbone of the curriculum, learning takes off at Seattle's Aviation High School. Read the article.

When long-term projects form the backbone of the curriculum, learning takes off at Seattle's Aviation High School. Read the article.
Download | Credits | Release Date: 12/5/2006

Video Credits

Produced, Written, and Directed by

  • Ken Ellis

Associate Producers:

  • Stacy Bloom
  • Amy Erin Borovoy

Editor:

  • Karen Sutherland

Camera Crew:

  • Rob Weller
  • Kirk Miller
  • Michael Curtiss
  • Jeff Hoien
  • Nick Kolias
  • Stacy Bloom
  • Ken Ellis

Narrator:

  • Kris Welch

Original Music:

  • Ed Bogas

Additional Footage Courtesy of

  • The Boeing Company
  • © 2006
  • The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • All rights reserved.

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The six PDFs linked below will be of interest to those looking for more detailed information about the Wing Strength Design Project and to anyone interested in the specifics of implementing project-based learning, regardless of the subject focus.

Teaching Tools

PDF Design File Checklist (174KB)

PDF Engineers' Scoring Guide (921KB)

PDF Wing Strength Design Evaluation Form (149KB)

PDF Student Final Survey Results (539KB)

Sample Student Work

PDF Final Wing Design File 1 (1MB)

PDF Final Wing Design File 2 (921KB)

Editor's Note: Educational consultant Eeva Reeder passed away in August of 2010 at the age of 53. We are grateful for her many contributions to the field of project-based learning and to Edutopia, and she is greatly missed.

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Subsutitue teacher,Graduate Student on line.

I really enjoyed wathcing

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I really enjoyed wathcing students learn on their own. It is exciting to see them come up with their own inventions and idea! This has helped me to come to come up with my own inventions for second graders! Thanks a bunch!

Edutopia Video Programming Producer

Follow-Up

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Staff comment:

Hello, Carlos,

While we don't have a copy of the Team Operating Agreement available, I thought it might be of interest to you that we do have some other PDF downloads related to the project.

You could try contacting Aviation High School directly to see if they'd have a copy of the Team Operating Agreement; teacher Scott McComb's email is available on the school's Web site.

Good luck with your projects!

Amy


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Amy Erin Borovoy

Coordinating Video Producer

Carlos M.S.

About Team Operating Agreement

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Hi, great! Great! It's really a great work. I do believe that PjBL is a key method to work with as well... Thanks, from Canary Islands, SPAIN.
By the way, could you send me a copy of your Team Operating Agreement? It looks very interesting.
My email: cmorsoc@gmail.com
Thanks!!
Carlos

miranda

I love AHS

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Im a Freshman this year at Aviation this year, Mr. McComb is the best science teacher i have ever had,and this really was a great project,

:D

Go AHS!

Stuart

Aviation High School

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Great idea for a school. I wish we had one locally!

Senior Technical Producer, Edutopia

reinstall flash

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Staff comment:

Make sure you have the latest version of Flash installed.

Linda Jungwirth

Technical difficulty

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I'm trying to show the videos, and all I get is audio. I've used these videos numerous times in the past, and had no difficulty. Help. I'd like to use with a group of students on Friday. Thanks. lj