I still keep coming back to the idea of having a real demonstration of proficiency in front of a real audience.
Thursday my students took their ROV to the Chelsea pool and were testing it's performance and conducting drivers training in preparation for our up coming Expedition to Palau in March.
This was supposed to be a routine day of practice at the pool and it turned into much more. The pool was busy and their were alot of younger children at the pool for swimming lessons and some home school students were their for the open swim. Our practice session turned into a chance to tell our story.
One thing we have tried to do through out this project is to get my students out in public and have them tell their story this was an impromptu opportunity to do just that. I have also tried to have them teach younger students in our district about ROVs and include them in this project and this was just another opportunity to do that. I guess they still call them teachable moments but they are compelling watching the students interact with adults and then younger students. Being able to teach others about the project really shows how much they have learned over the past year. More then any standardized test could hope to accomplish.
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