The document describes a project-based learning activity where students worked in groups to research ways to increase car safety for infants. The major deliverables for the project included a group research report, presentation, and instructional video. Students provided feedback on drafts and revisions. They reflected that the most important things learned were applying physics concepts, time management skills, teamwork, and using their knowledge to help others. The project helped enhance their understanding of physics principles like momentum, energy, and impulse.

1. Extending Classroom Learning
with Projects and Videos
A case on Project Based Learning
M&S Symposium
12/12/2012

3. Elements of Project Based Learning

4. Driving Question: How can we
increase car safety for infants?

5. A need to know
Newton’s
Kinematics Laws of
Motion
Conservation
Energy of
Momentum
Impulse

6. Major Deliverables
Group research Presentation Video
report
Reflective
Journal

7. Feedback and Revision
First draft
submission
on physics
principles Report Video
and designs submission submission
Feedback Presentation
and revision

8. Worksheet to inquire

9. Research literacy

10. Video competition

11. Videos submission from students

12. What needs to be done by the
lecturer?
• Provide useful resources

13. Students’ reflections
• After the PBL had been completed, the most important thing that I learned is that I am
able to apply the physic concepts that we had learned in class and linking it together.[…]
Also, this project allowed me to show my understanding towards the chapters and things
we had learned during lesson, this is as important as applying the physic principle.
Showing my understanding gave me more confidence in this module and gave me more
interest in this module.
▫ --Bey Wee Peng (DMLS/02)—
• The most enjoyable part is making video.
▫ --Xuan Min (DMLS/01)—
• The most important thing is we learned the experience of creativity with links to physics,
to come up with ideas to increase car safety for children.
▫ --Fiona (DMLS/02)—
• Researching about car technologies was an enjoyable part of this project. I love cars and
found out that these cars have developed current technology to minimise injuries. The
making of the video was also fun even though it was tiring.
▫ --Cheng Yin (DMLS/01)—

14. Students’ reflections
• PBL was a very enriching experience for me as I learnt many important things. 1 of them is
the concepts involved in physics and also team work :) […] I learnt that time management
is very important in our studies and also in everything else we do :) we can use this
knowledge that we gained from this PBL in our future working lives and in our further
educations :) […] Thank you so much dr oka for the very wonderful and enriching PBL
experience and physics lessons
▫ --Derek Lim (DMLS/02)—
• I personally think that this physics project has taught me a lot, teaching me how to work in
a group with other people that i just met a few months ago.
▫ --Sadiq (DMLS/02)—
• The most enjoyable part of this project was being innovative and creative when creating
the designs as a group. It really makes me happy to see the different ideas everyone had. I
found the PBL project very interesting and it was a great experience for me. Signing off....
▫ --Nasrul (DMLS/02)—
• The most enjoyable part is to do the video taking as there were lots of laughter and fun
doing it together
▫ --Nolvin (DMLS/02)—

15. Students’ reflections
• this PBL helps me learn better by letting me use the knowledge I acquire from the
lecture. e.g. how the car loses its momentum after crashing and by using the perfectly
inelastic collision theory. besides from the PBL, I also learnt that using the principle
of physics, we could come up wif products to help people with their everyday life e.g.
the safety seat that we design to product a child during a car crash.
▫ --Shannon (DMLS/02)—
• We have finally completed our project. This project has further enhance my
knowledge of the concept of physics which I personally feel that it is the most
important thing that I have learned in this project. It let me have a clearer
understanding of the laws and motivate me to do further research on the laws and
the concept. For example I now understand the fully meaning of newton third law
and is able to convey out what it mean.
▫ --Dionis (DMLS/01)—

16. References
• www.bie.org

17. Tools to help you along the way

18. PBL Do-it-yourself

19. Summary