Title of Project: City Park Renovation Grade Level: 6-8 Number of Students Participating: Contributed by: Teacher: School: Todd County Middle School District or County: Todd County School District Overview/Description of Project: Students renovated a city park, helping to provide additional recreational opportunities for youth in the community. Goals: To renovate a city park To provide recreational opportunities for youth in the community To provide a meaningful project for the students Core Content Areas: Communication and Math Skills: 1.11 Students transformed a list of rules containing the work “no” and, using grammar skills, reworded them to promote positive action rather than negative. Students wrote reflective papers about how they felt toward the project. Social Studies: 2.14,2.15,2.18 This project provided a meaningful way for students to understand how they, as citizens, could positively contribute to their community. Through economics, students learned how to make informed consumer choices as they priced and purchased equipment for their project. Art and Humanities: 2.22 Students created signs, which were used to raise funds for the project. They used their creativity to develop eye-catching symbols and phrases to urge people to donate and to help them understand where the money would be spent. Practical Living: 2.29, 2.30 Students developed a list of positive rules which were posted at the park. Students developed a budget with the money they had raised, along with a grant they had received, and made decisions on what to purchase for their project. Self-Sufficiency: 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.7 The project provided an opportunity for students to work together as a team to plan and conduct the renovations. They learned to be responsible to get the task completed efficiently. Responsible Group Membership: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 This project provided an opportunity for students to work together as a team to plan and conduct the renovations. They learned to be responsible to get the task completer efficiently. Thinking and Problem-Solving: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 This project provided an excellent way for students to use critical, creative and conceptual thinking skills. It also allowed them to make decisions and solve problems relevant to the project. Integration of Knowledge: 6.2, 6.3 Students used their existing knowledge to plan the project and developed new knowledge as the project progressed. PARC MODEL STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE PREPARATION: 1) Students decided that additional forms of positive recreation were needed in their community. Their goal for this project was to reduce undesirable behavior (caused by boredom or lack of recreational opportunities) and provide quality alternatives for youth. As a result, students decided to renovate a local city park by installing four basketball goals on a paved area and putting fencing around. It. 2) The students received a $3600 mini-grant for this project. They also did some of their own fundraising. Students in an art class made colorful and informative signs about their project indicating what they needed the money for and urging people to donate. They organized a road-block in their community and collected money on one day. 3) Once the money was secured, they students brainstormed materials they needed for their project. They developed a budget and obtained prices from a variety of sources. Once they had this information, they purchased the equipment needed based on price and product quality. 4) Students received a list of rules to be posted at the park. After noticing that they all began with the word “No” they decided to reword the rules in a more positive fashion. ACTION: 1) Students put up the basketball courts and installed the fence around the area. 2) They posted their new rules in the park. REFLECTION: 1) Students wrote reflective papers about their accomplishments and how they felt about being involved in the project. 2) After the park was opened to the public, students continually maintained the park and the equipment. CELEBRATION:
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