About the Project

The driving questions of “How do we create an arcade game that builds community?” is a Project Based Learning (PBL) unit that focuses on 7th grade math standards and includes writing and social justice standards. Students will design an arcade game and look at the probability of winning. They will be innovative with their designs through a geometry unit. This project is part of a school-wide (PBL) for 7th grade students in which they take a deep dive into, “What is a worthwhile life?” Students learn how people have made an impact in their community, society, and world to be inspired to set their own goals to live a worthwhile life. Designing and creating an arcade game will have students looking into math from a perspective of careers in engineering, architecture and entrepreneurship. I would like to connect their creations by comparing their designs with actual games at an arcade. For the culmination of the project, students will visit Two Bit Circus in downtown LA. Students will look at the probability of winning games and create their own design at the arcade.