How+can+learning+help+my+community?

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. -Your game needs to have at least 5 levels. -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: 17px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- completely **explain** the problem, **considering** its importance to your life. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">this game is to help 4th graders learn. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- investigate the problem, **evaluate** information from a **variety** of **appropriate, recognized** sources. i will use uen.org and the forth grade math lessons to make my game <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- describe and explain that you understand all of the requirements and how the project will be graded. i do

<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: 17px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- create a **range** of **possible** designs, **each evaluated** and compared to the project requirements. it will work

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- give a good reason for choosing your design, and evaluate with the requirements. it will all work out eventually

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">By September 1st I will finish the Skyward test. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">By September 7th I will have the Brainstorming Chart and the Story Board finished. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">By September 1st I will have the first level finshed. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">By September 7th I will have the second level finished <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">By September 9th I will have the third level finished <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">By September 12th I will have the fourth level finished <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">By September 14th I will have the fifth level finished.

[|IB Brainstorming Chart -1.pdf]

[|story board-2.pdf]

<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;">- produce a plan that contains a **number** of **detailed, logical** steps that describes the use of resources and time. Remember this is due Sept 15. Make a plan of how you are going to get everything finished! i did

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

<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: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- provide an evaluation of your performance **at each stage of the design cycle** and suggests improvements. <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: #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.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Story Board: each level will be on a different subject in math. Level 1 is addition, Level 2 is subtraction, Level 3 is multiplication, Level 4 is division, and Level 5 is a mix or addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Brain Storm ideas. each level will have about 4 different sections each level will start off with an info icon that will give them the information that the player needs to know in order to play the game. the icon will have the math problem and there will be 4 or 5 more info icons each with a different answer only one of them is the correct answer and the end of each hallway is a teleportation device that will if the wrong answer is chosen it will take them back to the start or if the correct one is chosen it will move the player onto the next stage of the level. The hazards will get harder in each level, each level will have the same types of hazards. you must play all of the levels in order to win experience points if a player has created a player profile on Atmosphir.com