Planning grid for the 2nd year

1. KA 2 – “Steps of Citizenship”
2nd
Year - “Me as an engineer/architect in the ideal town”
Istituto Comprensivo Camerano, Camerano, ITALY
120 Primary School “G.S. Rakovsky”, Sofia, BULGARIA
Şehit Öğretmen Mehet Ali Durak Ortaokulu, Ankara, TURKEY Planning Grid
Target students Students aged 13-14 Time
November 2015 – February 2016
Teachers involved Teachers of Technology, Art, Maths, English
Authentic task
Product/output
Creation of models of some structures/buildings of the ideal city
COMPETENCES
To search, collect and elaborate datas, information and concepts
To use adequate resources to project and make models
To implement personal and creative projects
To project useful, eco-friendly solutions for the entire community
To improve ICT skills
To develop linguistic skills
Subjects involved Maths, Technology, Art, English

2. Learning objectives Skills Contents Attitude/Behaviour
a) To recognize the principal
technological system present
in the surrounding
environment and their
relationship to living beings
and natural elements
b) To reproduce models in scale
c) To search for creative
solutions, inspired by the
study of Art and visual
communication
a) To know the principal processes
of resources’ transformation or of
goods’ production
b) To know different natural
resourses
c) To know reduction scales
d) To know about the interactions
between living and non living
beings
e) To know techniques and
languages to create visual
products
a) To be aware of ecologically
responsible behaviours
b) To Cooperate
c) To be creative
Prerequisites 1) Being capable of planning
the phases for a project work
and its implementation
1) Knowledge of different materials
2) Knowledge of the Maths principle
of proportions
3) Knowledge of the tools, the
figurative techniques and the
rules of visual representation
1) Being capable to accept the
appointed task
2) Being capable of debating
one’s own ides
Teacher’s task
(and materials/tools used)
Students’ task
(and materials/tools used)
PHASE 1
Place: classroom
Time: 1 h
Objectives:
- to revise the previous year activities;
- to outline the 2nd year project’s theme “Me as
an engineer/architect in the Ideal town”;
- to develop democratic decision taking and
Starting from the work done in the previous
year (My Ideal Town/City), the teacher of
Technology introduces the 2nd year project’s
theme “Me as an Engineer/Architect in the
ideal town”, highlighting its principal aspects,
phases and main activities and asks students
to think about which aspects they would like
Students revise the previous year
activities and debate about the
practical realization of their ideal town.
They decide together which aspect of
the ideal town they want to develop,
making a model of it.

3. sense of initiative. to consider for the production of a model.
PHASE 2
Place: classroom
Time: 4 h
Objectives:
- to be aware of environment’s natural
resources useful for the ideal town;
- to be aware of re-cycling processes to exploit
them for the building of the ideal town;
The teacher of Maths (Science)and
Technology focus on environmental issues,
natural resources and recycling processes and
materials.
Students research individually on Internet
about the issues proposed and debate in
group about the most relevant aspects to
consider for the creation of their Ideal
Towns’ models.
PHASE 3
Place: classroom
Time: 2 h
Objectives:
- to project the structure/building chosen for
the ideal town;
- to develop students’ ability in planning;
- to develop students’ creativity
GROUPWORK
The teacher of Technology gives suggestions
for the planning of the work and divides
students into groups
GROUPWORK
Students, divided in groups, plan the
main phases of the construction of the
models. They decide which materials to
use.
PHASE 4
Place: classroom
Time: 3 h
Objectives:
- to develop students’ ability in using reduction
scales for practical purposes.
The teacher of Maths focuses on reduction
scales to help student consider the principles
of proportions for the realization of the
models.
Students make Math exercises about
proportions and reduction scales in
order to get an insight into a
fundamental principle for the
construction of models.
PHASE 5
Time: 15 h
Place: classroom
Objectives:
- to realize practically the chosen
The teacher of Art gives necessary materials
(plastic, cardboard, wood, paper,, etc….) and
instruments
Students make models using different
materials according to their projects

4. building’s/place’ s scale model;
- to develop students’ creativity.
PHASE 6
Place: Art Laboratory
Time: 4 hours
Objectives:
- to develop students’ creativity
The teacher of Art invites students to project
and to realize decorative elements to
complete and enrich their model from an
esthetical point of view.
Students draw the decorative elements
and build them for the projected model
PHASE 7
Place: computer room
Time: 6 h
Objectives:
To create a multimedial presentation of the work
The teacher of Technology coordinates the
work
Students create a multimedial product
about their work using ICT
ENGLISH The English teachers deals with the linguistic aspects of the project in all the phases to
document it, focusing on lexicon related to the construction of the model (recycling,
materials, plants, tools …). Students write comments to be inserted in the presentation of
their works to explain what they have done.
EVALUTATION Systematic evaluation during the project’s phases and final test