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Do-It-Yourself (DIY) LandscapingOur school’s landscaping is way too dull. The principal needs some ideas for a new design. i

want you to come up with a yard design that would make our school look amazing!

Project TasksWork in teams of three to design and present the plans. Make sure that you come up with a

name for your landscaping company. First, you will create your own design. Then, you will share it with your group and decide which plan would be the best. Afterward, present the chosen design to the class. Next, you will use SmartDraw to create your design. The principal wants to make sure that the school will have unique landscaping, so you have to include at least four different geo-metric shapes in your design. After the plan is complete and you have recorded all data, create a technology presentation for the principal to convince him or her that your plan is the best. The total presentation should be about five minutes. Finally, the class gets to implement the plan that the principal selects. in other words, the class will help plant the shrubs and flowers as your class designed it!

The principal will come to class and tell us what our budget is, and he or she will return on presentation day to see all your hard work come together!

1. The principal presents your class with the idea. He or she requests your help in redesigning the school landscape, but you must remain within a given budget.

2. Complete the “Redesign Worksheet” with your group of three. State the problem in a ques-tion format and list the project’s restraints and criteria.

3. Walk around the building and decide which area you would like to redesign.

4. Begin working individually to create a preliminary design with the graphing paper and rulers provided.

5. After the initial plans are complete, present your ideas to the other members in your group. They will decide among themselves which plan looks the best, seems to be the least ex-pensive, and includes four or more geometric shapes.

6. You decide on a model and begin researching the types of plants you wish to use in the plan. Use computers to fill out the “idea Sheet.” The “idea Sheet” will help you not only keep track of the cost of each plant but also any other important information about the plants.

7. if you decide to use other objects, such as benches or gazebos, include those items in the “idea Sheet” as well.

8. Once the “idea Sheet” is completed and the teacher approves it, transfer your plans onto SmartDraw. You have a day to get acquainted with SmartDraw, and you will have a checklist to complete that day to understand the basics of the program.

9. Use the information in the “idea Sheet” and the design from SmartDraw to present your plan to the class. Classmates will give constructive feedback on the presenting group’s plan.

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11. Once the group finishes its final SmartDraw landscape plan, create a presentation of your proposal using any teacher-approved web 2.0 presentation tool (such as SlideRocket, Smilebox, Prezi, and so on). Other options could be to create a model of their design or design a printed pamphlet.

12. Your group and the others will then present your proposals to the class and the principal.

13. Finally, after the principal selects one or more designs, the class will get to assist with im-plementing their designs. You can plant the shrubs or flowers yourself!

Redesign Worksheet

Use the following sentences to summarize the task.

1. How can i design a             that will            ?

2. What criteria must be met?

3. What are possible restraints?

4. Use the back of the page for your ideas.

Idea Sheet

SHAPES AREA FORMULA AND CALCULATIONS

PLANT SHAPE PRICE OTHER INFORMATION(INCLUDE GROWING RESTRICTIONS, THE BEST CLIMATE TO GROW IN, AND SO ON)

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Scoring Rubric

1SIGNIFICANT REVISION NEEDED

2SOME REVISION NEEDED

3PROFICIENT

4EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS

Objective 1: Students will create a landscape design for their school, which includes geometric shapes, and the area and circumference of each shape.

• Student design only uses two different shapes.

• Student miscalculates area and circumference for all of the shapes in the design.

• The landscape design is unclear, poorly designed, or is not different from the current design.

• Student design only uses three different shapes.

• Student miscalculates area and circumference for some of the shapes in the design.

• The landscape design is unclear or does not improve the school property.

• Student design uses four different shapes.

• Student correctly calculates area and circumference for each of the shapes in the design.

• The landscape design is clear, logical, and improves the school property.

• Student design uses five or more different shapes.

• Student correctly calculates area and circumference for each of the shapes in the design.

• The landscape design is clear, logical, well thought-out, and significantly improves the school property.

Objective 2: Students will present their landscape design to the class and principal.

• Student-presentation design presents only a small part of the landscape plan.

• Students do not participate equally in the presentation.

• Student-presentation design does not clearly present the entire landscape plan.

• Students do not participate equally in the presentation.

• Student-presentation design is adequate and clearly presents the landscape plan.

• Students participate equally in the presentation.

• Student-presentation design is excellent and clearly presents the landscape plan.

• Students participate equally in the presentation.

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