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CONCEPTS

SCIENCE

This challenge includes the Structures and Forces topic from Alberta Education’s Grade 7 Programs of Study. Learning outcomes are as outlined: 

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  • General Outcome: Students will identify and explain different types of structures that are encountered in everyday objects and identify materials from which they are made (Alberta Education, 2014, p. 23). 

  • Specific Outcome: Students will compare the design of structures that share a common function, and evaluate the effectiveness of the designs (Alberta Education, 2014, p. 23). 

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Connection to Challenge: Students will compare the design of a space that has a similar function to the accessible space that they will create on SketchUp and will also evaluate the effectiveness of the design. Students will accomplish this by describing the function, aesthetics, safety, cost, materials, and joints involved in the structures. As a result, students would achieve the learning outcome. 

This challenge includes the Shape and Space topic from Alberta Education’s Grade 8 Programs of Study. Learning outcomes are as outlined: 

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  • General Outcome: Students will use direct and indirect measurements to solve problems (Alberta Education, 2016, p. 48). 

  • Specific Outcome: Students will draw and construct nets for 3D objects (Alberta Education, 2016, p. 48). 

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Connection to Challenge: Students will draw a net that represents the shape of their accessible space which then will be constructed into a 3D object on SketchUp. From this, it connects back to the learning outcome by students drawing and constructing nets for 3D objects.

MATH

This challenge includes the Compositions topic from Alberta Education’s Grade 8 Programs of Study. Learning outcomes are as outlined:

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  • General Outcome: Students will understand the impact of man-made structures on human activity within the modern world (Alberta Education, 1984, p. 10). 

  • Specific Outcome: Students will understand the structural design of shelters that would enhance or inhibit human activities (Alberta Education, 1984, p. 10).

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Connection to Challenge: Students will identify how their space is accessible for wheelchair users, encourages inclusive design, and also how this impacts human activity after they have constructed their composition on SketchUp, which is their accessible space. Hence, this relates back to the learning outcome by understanding how the structural design of spaces can enhance human activities.

ART
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