Driving question: How can we effectively bridge the gap between content, knowledge and vocational skills?

Grade: Grade 8

Project Descriptor:

This project focused on integrating theoretical content knowledge and vocational skills through designing functional structures. Students applied concepts from Technology, particularly under structures, technical drawing and engineering, to create bookshelves for their classrooms.

The project aimed to bridge the gap between academic and hands-on experience, ensuring a deeper understanding of structural principles while encouraging creativity. By the end of the project, students gained the technical skills and design sense necessary to create structures that were not only functional but also visually appealing.

Subject integration:

Students developed creative and design thinking skills.

Students translated their sketches into a 3D software, developing their computer-aided design skills.

Students conducted calculations and geometry, as well as pricing and cost estimations.

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