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How Can My Learning Help My Community ATMOSPHIR and POWERGAME

TECH 2

Area of Interaction: Community and Service Significant Concept: Video games can be used to understand math, technology, engineering, social studies, English, and/or science. Unit Question: How can my learning help my community?

You will receive an academic grade and an MYP grades for this assignment.

Requirements:

-Take the test on [|Skyward] -Create a video game for 4th grade students. Your game needs to help 4th grade students with one subject area. You can use the following site to help you: [|UEN] -Choose a video game site to use, such as Atmosphir, Power Game, or your favorite game maker site. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Your game needs to have at least 5 levels. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Complete the Design Cycle <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Use the brainstorming chart. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Use the storyboard <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Spend one day practicing Atmosphir or Power Game. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Your Assignment is due September 9.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- completely **explain** the problem, **considering** its importance to your life. <span style="color: #f9f310; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">We are <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">making educational games for fourth graders and it has to entertain them for at least thirty minutes. This could make it so then it is easier for students to progress at harder subjects. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- investigate the problem, **evaluate** information from a **variety** of **appropriate, recognized** sources. <span style="color: #d9787c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">We have to make sure it is possible for them to conquer, which is why we kept on making it easier and asking people to test it. We have looked at the educational web pages and have decided to do math and if they choose the right answer, then they can progress. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- describe and explain that you understand all of the requirements and how the project will be graded. <span style="color: #595a64; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">It has to be long enough that they can't pass it all in five minutes, educational, and not impossible. We will be graded on the quality, the questions and our creativity as well as our ability to follow the design cycle.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">DESIGN AND PLAN: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- create a **range** of **possible** designs, **each evaluated** and compared to the project requirements. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- give a good reason for choosing your design, and evaluate with the requirements. <span style="color: #15d150; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Brainstorming Chart: <span style="color: #15d150; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Use Atmosphir-Do math and tell them to go one way if the answer is right and the other way if its wrong. <span style="color: #15d150; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Pros: We can use the notes and it will be easier <span style="color: #15d150; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Cons: Never used Atmosphir before

<span style="color: #15d150; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Use Powergame-We could tell them the probability of landing on a block. <span style="color: #15d150; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Pros: Used it before <span style="color: #15d150; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Cons: We can't post notes

<span style="color: #15d150; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Use Atmosphir-We could use health education and put different types of fruits that are healthy and not healthy. Pros: There are different types of food on Atmosphir Cons: The unhealthy food helps you more than healthy food.

[|IB Brainstorming Chart -1.pdf]

[|story board-2.pdf]

<span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Plan: <span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Investigate Atmosphir for first 2 days (Aug 29, 30) <span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Finish Skyward 3rd day and make plan (Aug 31) <span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Start on Level 1 on 4th day <span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Continue with Level 1 on 5th day <span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Have someone test it on 6th day and make changes <span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Start on Level 2 on 7th day <span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Continue working on Level 2 on 8th day <span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Have someone test it on 9th day and make changes <span style="color: #6900ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Make sure Level 1 and Level 2 are long enough and they include the requirements and finish up anything else on 10th-12th day.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">With some teacher support,

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- produce a plan that contains a **number** of **detailed, logical** steps that describes the use of resources and time. Remember this is due Sept 9. Make a plan of how you are going to get everything finished!

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- evaluate the plan and record changes made to the design.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">CREATE: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- **skillfully use** appropriate techniques and equipment. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- follow your plan and give reasons for any changes you made. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- the result is a project that is of appropriate quality, using all the resources you had available.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">EVALUATE:

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- evaluate the success of the product based on the design specifications, **results of testing,** and the**feedback from self and others. <span style="color: #0e8000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">People thought that our game was hard, so then we changed it until it was mostly possible. Actually, we probably made it so easy that a fourth grader could do it. ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- provide an evaluation of your performance  **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">at each stage of the design cycle **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> and suggests improvements. <span style="color: #eb0505; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">We were pretty good, we designed well and kept on evaluating and fixing our problems. I think we could have done better though by pretending that it didn't bring us that much enjoyment to watch the 9th graders fail our levels. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- provide an appropriate evaluation of the **impact** of the project on life, society and/or the environment (unit question). <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">If we can create a more fun way to study, and work on math or homework then kids will want to do it more and then they will learn more, do better in school and our society will get just a little bit better for it.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**ATTITUDE:** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- consistently display a satisfactory standard in the following two areas: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. motivation, independence, attitude <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. safety, cooperation, and respect for others

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">How You Will Receive a Letter Grade: <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Create a video game for 4th grade students with 5 levels = +100, you will receive 20 points for each level.
 * <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Questions = +10
 * <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Quality = +5
 * <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Creativity = +5

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Complete the Design Cycle = +50 - <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Use the brainstorming chart = +20

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Use the storyboard = +20

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Spend one day practicing Atmosphir or Power Game = +10

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">GRAND TOTAL = 200 POINTS

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">You will receive an MYP grade for each step of the Design Cycle.