Black Diamond category of Outer Limits

School faculty will:

Work cooperatively to plan and develop a school-wide constructivist project centered on the tessellations theme. Faculty will set guidelines, timelines, and parameters for participation within the school and from the community. An excellent resource with examples is Marlowe, B. A., & Page, M. L. (1998). Creating and sustaining the constructivist classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Students and faculty will:

Work cooperatively to plan and develop a school-wide constructivist project centered on the tessellations theme.

Establish groups to work together on activities within and across the project.

Design a rubric to show progress of goals and objectives.

Students will:

Seek assistance from outside resources, libraries, the Internet, one another, and within the school.

Determine the approximate costs and set budgets for completion of the project.

Use the modules, tapes, the Internet, and other sources to develop the skills necessary to complete the project.

Relate the tessellations project to studies in mathematics, literature, writing, art, science, and/or architecture.

Sample Objectives and activities:

Design and complete a school mural and/or school quilt based on tessellations.

Organize teams for
     publicity
     locating community resources
     locating web resources
     organizing design competitions
     drafting models
     selecting color and texture
     preparing and completing the project

Co-activities could include:
     inviting speakers,
     keeping an online web-based journal
     preparing a web site for reporting of activities and progress
     finding examples in other fields
     writing and presenting a play,
     writing stories, interviewing artists and quilters
     preparing brochures and publicity
     holding an open house with invitations and refreshments

Developed April 2000