Water+Culminating+Project

 As a culminating assessment project, you will play the role of a Native American designing/creating a canoe that can float on both fresh and salt waters and carry a maximum number of passengers and cargo. A fire took out the tribe's fleet of canoes and a new canoe must be designed and created as soon as possible that can hold a maximum amount of passengers and cargo. Boats must be presented to chief of the tribe for evaluation. The purpose of this project is to assess your understanding of how boat design affects buoyancy. The purpose of this project is also to assess your ability to predict, observe, and examine how different substances mixed with water (e.g., salt) affect the boat's ability to sink or float. The purpose of this project is also to assess your understanding and participation in the engineering design process. Each group must document the engineering design process and prove the validity of the claim through a presentation.

The students of Class 401 will also be writers researching how water was integral to lives the Lenape or Haudenosaunee. You will digitally publish an historical fiction text that integrates facts about Native American life & the properties of water. Images and a glossary should be included to enhance the text. By playing the role of an author/researcher of historical fiction novels your peers will need to learn important facts about Native American life & the properties of water. The purpose of this project is to assess students' understanding of the everyday lives of New York State's Native Americans& the properties of water. The purpose is also to assess students’ ability to weave these facts into a well though out story map leading to a published historical fiction text.