Welcome to Bag of Bits Creations - Communication Challenge.
You are working in a group for this activity. Introduce yourself to your group members. Decide on a group name and then decide the roles you will play in the group. Each person may have more than one role but everybody needs a role. The roles are a leader, team player, a coach, a facilitator, and a creative director.
In your STEM books, write the heading - Bag of Bits Challenge on a new page.
Working in groups, your task is to make a creation out of the bag of bits. Something that you think is functional and/or simply decorative. Then draw a sketch of your creation in your STEM book. Finally, take a photo of your creation and upload your photo to the padlet below - include your group name on the photo.
Then you are to write a set of instructions about how to make your creation. First, each group member will write their own set of instructions in their STEM books, then as a group you will write the perfect set of instructions on a piece of paper. Make sure your instructions are clearly numbered step by step - i.e. Step 1, Step 2 etc.
Then deconstruct your creation, carefully putting all the bits in your bag, along with your sheet of instructions. Write your group name and your group members names on the bag and return the bag to your teacher.
The teacher will then give you a bag from another group. Your challenge is to follow the instructions exactly to make the creation - hopefully exactly like the original one. No peeking at photos until you are finished. When you are finished, sketch your new creation in your STEM books and finally, take a photo of your new creation and upload it to the padlet below.
Compare your creation to the original creation from the original group. In your STEM booklets,
- do a sketch of your creation.
- Write a heading "What was the same?" then write about what you did well - what was exactly the same.
- Write a heading "What was different?" then write about how the instructions could be improved to create a better match with the original creation.
- Rewrite the appropriate instructions in your STEM books so they can be more easily followed.
Finally - in conclusion
- Write a heading - "What I have learned about communication" and write a few sentances about the importance of communication and what you have learned about communication between groups today.
You are working in a group for this activity. Introduce yourself to your group members. Decide on a group name and then decide the roles you will play in the group. Each person may have more than one role but everybody needs a role. The roles are a leader, team player, a coach, a facilitator, and a creative director.
In your STEM books, write the heading - Bag of Bits Challenge on a new page.
Working in groups, your task is to make a creation out of the bag of bits. Something that you think is functional and/or simply decorative. Then draw a sketch of your creation in your STEM book. Finally, take a photo of your creation and upload your photo to the padlet below - include your group name on the photo.
Then you are to write a set of instructions about how to make your creation. First, each group member will write their own set of instructions in their STEM books, then as a group you will write the perfect set of instructions on a piece of paper. Make sure your instructions are clearly numbered step by step - i.e. Step 1, Step 2 etc.
Then deconstruct your creation, carefully putting all the bits in your bag, along with your sheet of instructions. Write your group name and your group members names on the bag and return the bag to your teacher.
The teacher will then give you a bag from another group. Your challenge is to follow the instructions exactly to make the creation - hopefully exactly like the original one. No peeking at photos until you are finished. When you are finished, sketch your new creation in your STEM books and finally, take a photo of your new creation and upload it to the padlet below.
Compare your creation to the original creation from the original group. In your STEM booklets,
- do a sketch of your creation.
- Write a heading "What was the same?" then write about what you did well - what was exactly the same.
- Write a heading "What was different?" then write about how the instructions could be improved to create a better match with the original creation.
- Rewrite the appropriate instructions in your STEM books so they can be more easily followed.
Finally - in conclusion
- Write a heading - "What I have learned about communication" and write a few sentances about the importance of communication and what you have learned about communication between groups today.
Paper Doll Communication Challenge
Materials - A4 piece of paper, scissors, pencil
Play the video below without looking at the picture. Just listen to the sound and make yourself a paper doll chain.
Did your chain work out correctly?
If not, how could the dialogue be changed on the video to ensure that people with low vision, who cannot see the screen, are also successful in making a paper doll chain.
- On a new page in your STEM book, write the heading "Paper Doll Challenge".
- Stick your paper doll into your STEM book.
- Write step by step instructions about how to make a paper doll in your STEM book.
- Give your instructions to another person and ask them to make a paper doll following your instructions.
- Were they successful? If not, how could you improve your instructions?
- What have your learnt about communicating instructions clearly?
Materials - A4 piece of paper, scissors, pencil
Play the video below without looking at the picture. Just listen to the sound and make yourself a paper doll chain.
Did your chain work out correctly?
If not, how could the dialogue be changed on the video to ensure that people with low vision, who cannot see the screen, are also successful in making a paper doll chain.
- On a new page in your STEM book, write the heading "Paper Doll Challenge".
- Stick your paper doll into your STEM book.
- Write step by step instructions about how to make a paper doll in your STEM book.
- Give your instructions to another person and ask them to make a paper doll following your instructions.
- Were they successful? If not, how could you improve your instructions?
- What have your learnt about communicating instructions clearly?