Learning Goals & Products

Learning Goals

1

Students will be able to describe how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Balloon Parade uses props and visual design to tell a story and bring joy to a community.

2

Students will be able to sketch and label a simple parade float or balloon display that shows a school story and meets the project challenge.

3

Students will be able to test, revise, and justify improvements to a parade creation using evidence about safety, stability, and movement.

Products

individual

Labeled Parade Design Sketch with Material Plan and Revision Note

Each student creates an original labeled sketch of a parade float or balloon display, identifies needed materials, and writes a brief note explaining one change they would make after testing.

team

Class Parade Float or Balloon Display with Before-and-After Photo Evidence

Teams build a shared parade creation, test it for safety and stability, revise it at least once, and present it in the school parade with a short explanation of the story it tells.

Rubric

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