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Vacant Lot Playground

Vacant Lot Playground. Crystal Vernon Jessica Sprague Amy Bergstrom. Ideas/Construction/Results.

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Vacant Lot Playground

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  1. Vacant Lot Playground Crystal Vernon Jessica Sprague Amy Bergstrom

  2. Ideas/Construction/Results • This unit will involve the entire school and the community as a whole. In order to create a new playground for the vacant lot, students will enlist help from teachers, family members and community volunteers. • The end result will be a playground that provides a place for children of the school and the community to play.

  3. Overview • The students of the school will come up with ways to raise money and decide how to design the playground. They will consider safety issues, who the playground will be used by, and what the playground will be named. They will participate in various lessons to determine the outcome of their new playground throughout the school year.

  4. Essential Question • How can we create a fun environment for all students with consideration for the common good of the entire community?

  5. Standards • Subjects: Social Studies Community involvement, Economics Language Arts Writing letters, Creating the questionnaire Math Measurements, Budgeting Technology Researching on the internet Science Safety, Process Skills

  6. Grade Level Participation • This activity will be designed for the entire school’s participation. Each grade level will have their own responsibility and specific task to accomplish.

  7. Grade Level Responsibilities Kindergarten/1st Grade: • Will draw examples of what they want the playground to look like and will answer the questionnaire 2nd Grade: • Will come up with Safety Rules for the playground 3rd Grade: • Will write letters to community members and local businesses requesting donations and volunteers 4th Grade: • Will write letters to community members and will come up with a questionnaire for students to answer with what equipment they want on the playground 5th Grade: • Will research safe and effective equipment, which includes budgeting costs and measurements for the playground

  8. How Long? How Often? • The students will have the option to work on the project for a portion of the day every Friday for the entire school year. • Time spent working on the project will vary by grade-level as the upper grade levels will require more time to complete their tasks.

  9. Lessons/Activities Social Studies: Community involvement, Economics • The students will participate in a lesson that will increase their knowledge in applying economics that will help finance the playground. • Students will have the opportunity to contact local businesses and corporations for fundraising, and will learn about different jobs offered in their community.

  10. Lessons/Activities Language Arts Writing letters, Creating the questionnaire • Students will write letters to local businesses and community members requesting donations and volunteers for building the playground. • Students will create a questionnaire for other students to complete regarding potential equipment for the new playground.

  11. Lessons/Activities Math Measurements, Budgeting • Students will measure the vacant lot and the equipment to be purchased to make sure that the playground will have enough space for the new equipment, while taking safety into consideration. • Students will come up with a budget for the entire construction of the playground.

  12. Lessons/Activities Technology Researching on the internet • Students will use internet resources to research types of equipment to purchase and other schools that have participated in similar activities. • Students will research the businesses that surround the community for the other students to write.

  13. Lessons/Activities Science Safety, Process Skills • Students will learn about appropriate safety behaviors for playground activities and will come up with their own rules for safety considerations on the playground. • Students will use the Science Process Skills to plan out and follow through with the completion of the playground.

  14. Pitfalls • Weather Conditions • Funding Issues • Deadlines are met • Lack of volunteers/Community Involvement • Safety Issues

  15. Resources • Technology: • www.boundlessplaygrounds.org • Playground equipment • www.gametime.com • Playground equipment • www.beanangel.org • Fundraising/Donation opportunities • www.citysearch.com • Helps find local businesses • www.world-playground.com • Directory of playground equipment and products • http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/ParksandRec/About_Us/benefits.php • Lists the Benefits of Local Recreation and Park Services • www.sparkpark.org • Non-profit organization that helps create community parks • www.dosomething.org • Promotes volunteer work • http://www.pasadenaisd.org/morales/playground.htm • Pictures acquired from

  16. Resources • Books • Playground Equipment Catalogues • The Safety Book for Active Kids: Teaching Your Child How to Avoid Everyday Dangers, by Linda Schwartz • American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space,by Susan G. Solomon Guest Speakers • Guest Speaker from the Nature Discovery Center • Local Police as guest speakers to talk about safety issues

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