SPRING FLING EXTRAVAGANZA
Fourth and Fifth grade Life Lab students planned, organized and implemented a Spring Fling Extravaganza in the Sylvester Elementary School Gymnasium. Life Lab Students planned and designed fun-filled games for third thru fifth grade students. During the four day extravaganza over 600 students visited and participated in the games during their specials period. This was a complex project involving much preparation, learning, thinking, evaluating, flexibility, discipline, creativity, leadership, and persistence from the Life Lab students who implemented it.
While engaging in this unit students:
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developed economic concepts (supply/demand, Malthus Theory, consumer goods versus capital goods, etc. |
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applied advertising techniques through working cooperatively in groups to create scripts for skits and flyers using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher. (The skits were performed and flyers distributed by Life Lab students to all teachers and students at Sylvester Elementary School.) |
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applied math skills at a higher grade level through problem-solving that required Life Lab students to compute interest on long term longs, use mental math to compute tips when eating at a restaurant, solve problems involving the the total cost of item/s after the discount, etc. |
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applied economic concepts through implementing the Spring Fling project and through the use of computer-assisted programming. |
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increased his/her autonomy and responsibility through planning, organizing, creating, implementing, and communicating a complex real-life four day project involving over 600 students at Sylvester Elementary. |
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experienced the value of flexibility, analysis, and prioritizing when working as a team to reach a consensus. |
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participated successfully in a complex project that required cooperation and communication. |
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developed his/her ability to undertake projects that have uncertain outcomes. |
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developed work ethics and a sense of a job well done. |
CONVERTING THE SYLVESTER ELEMENTARY GYMNASIUM INTO A FUN-FILLED ARCADE IN PREPARATION FOR THE SPRING FLING EXTRAVAGANZA
