My First Attempt at the Scottish Storyline Method!

Scottish Storyline Method... Love It!!  Check out the book (very informative, few pics):

I've used other's storylines before, and loved it but this year I took my first shot at creating my own storyline.  The premise: (You'll have to excuse the fact that the students are running a pretend candy factory.  My excuse: We found a "healthier alternative to sugar," AND students find it very motivating).  The students run a candy factory and we've discovered a new species of sugar cane called the candy flower which offers a healthier alternative to sugar.

ODE Standards Covered:

Persuasive writing

EL.03.WR.27 Write brief reports:  Include observations and information from two or more sources. Use diagrams, charts, or illustrations that are appropriate to the text.

3.2L.1 Compare and contrast the life cycles of plants and animals.

SS.3.19. Identify and compare different ways of looking at an event, issue, or problem.

SS.3.20. Identify how people or other living things might be affected by an event, issue, or problem.

SS.03.CG.03 Identify ways that people can participate in their communities and the responsibilities of participation.

SS.03.EC.01 Understand that limited resources make economic choice necessary.

SS.03.GE.01 View and draw simple maps and pictures to locate, describe, and show movement among places.

3.16. Describe the relationship between producers and consumers.

3.17. Explain the issue of scarcity to personal, community, regional, and world resources.

3.4D.1 Identify a problem that can be addressed through engineering design, propose a potential solution, and design a prototype.

The Frieze (ever-changing of course):

In this episode the candy flower crop is being plagued by too many bugs.  Students as small groups have to find a solution to the problem.  Our solution: bringing in mongoose, spring-boarding a discussion on invasive species.  Each week one student's product is selected as the best selling product and is given a billboard on the frieze, a certificate for the student, and a class money bonus.

Photos:

 The candy flower crop diagram, life cycle of a candy flower, the employee and product handbook and my ridiculous hat (Dr. Candi B. Goode, lol).

Wanted poster for the Boll Weevil which is destroying the candy flower crop.

More to come....