Sample Entrepreneurship and Tech Project: Cardboard Arcade

Caine Monroy: 

Entrepreneur and Arcade Owner

The Global Cardboard Challenge Project: <click here>

Sat. October 11th, 2014 - Save the Date!

Join us for the 2014 CARDBOARD CHALLENGE!

Design Cycle: 
Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve

Common Core Standards for Cardboard Challenge

Grade 4

English Language Arts

Reading

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
  • The “Caine’s Arcade” video will serve as a multimedia text and students will discuss, respond to questions, and examine the text’s details and examples.

Writing

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
  • Students will compose blog posts that explain their design process, their progress, and their reflections on learning.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2a Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
  • Student blog posts will structure their blog posts to include complete paragraphs, pictures and video
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
  • Student blog posts and documentaries
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2c Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because).
  • Student blog posts and documentaries
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2e Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
  • Student blog posts and documentaries
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
  • Student blog posts and documentaries
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 4 here.)
  • Student blog posts and documentaries
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
  • Student blog posts and documentaries
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
  • Student blog posts and reflections.

Speaking and Listening

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
  • This will be most evident during the design process as students engage in the work. (SKYPE/Google Hangout)
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
  • Student documentaries and Cardboard Challenge Night
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.5 Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
  • Students will post numerous videos and pictures of their progress and learning as they go.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
  • Posts will be revised and edited to meet conventions.  Formal presentation language will be stressed during Cardboard Challenge Night.

Math

Math - Measurement and Data

• CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.2 Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.
• Numerous opportunities for applied mathematics will be exploited throughout the project.  (Ex.  1$ gets you 4 plays.  A fun pass, worth 500 plays, costs 2$.  How much does each play on a fun pass cost?)

Common Core Standards for Cardboard Challenge

Grade 5

English Language Arts

Reading

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.7 Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

Writing

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2a Introduce a topic clearly, provide a general observation and focus, and group related information logically; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2c Link ideas within and across categories of information using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., in contrast, especially).
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2e Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.

Speaking and Listening

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.4 Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.5 Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.