Passion-Based Projects: Intermediate Example - Part 3After 5 weeks of researching and planning, the day had come to present his findings. Billy Joe stood in front of his classmates and introduced his topic and central question. He then proceeded to show his PowerPoint presentation to the class, along with a video clip explaining that the reason Rubik’s Cubes are so hard to solve is because there are 42 quintillion possible permutations! Comments from the class included:
Billy Joe was pleased with the reaction he got and decided that his presentation had been a success. As a final part of the project, Billy Joe wrote a final reflection to his teacher explaining: i) What he had learned. ii) Parts of the project that went well. iii) Parts of the project that didn’t go well. iv) What next? This final reflection helped Billy Joe realize just how much he had accomplished over the past 5 weeks and how much he had enjoyed learning about Rubik’s Cubes. Presenting to his classmates also gave him a boost of confidence and made him truly feel like a genius. *Names changed for privacy reasons
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