I’ve had the fantastic honor these past few weeks of teaching an online class with Gifted Homeschoolers Forum called the Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey, Project-Based Learning Course. I have eight kids in this Doctor Who-themed class, from ages 9-13 who live on the east and west coasts, and several places in between. We’re having a blast. I… [Read More]
The Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey, Project-Based Learning Course
Calling all Doctor Who fans! Remember last fall when Eva built her TARDIS (the spaceship from Doctor Who), and we used that project to study math and engineering, circuitry and problem solving, consumer ethics and fine motor skills? Well, this fall, I’m building on the success and fun of that project to offer a semester-length… [Read More]
How to Build Doctor Who’s TARDIS: A Case Study in Project-Based Learning, Part 2
After more than three weeks of planning, gathering, figuring, engineering, and building, may I present to you the 11th Doctor and her TARDIS! Eva is so very proud of her blue box on wheels, and I am too. In the first part of this post, I outlined the concepts and life skills we were learning… [Read More]
Hands-On Math and Engineering, Doctor Who Style: A Case Study in Project-Based Learning
Ok, all you Whovians. It’s time for an update on Eva’s T.A.R.D.I.S, which I will from now on simply call TARDIS, because I hate typing all those periods. We’ve been working every day for the past two weeks on the 3-D cardboard replica of the TARDIS that will become part of Eva’s Halloween costume…. [Read More]