Implementing PBL at Gimnasio Superior School part I

Having fun with Dioramas!

A diorama is a 3-D miniature or life-size scene in which figures, stuffed wildlife, or other objects are arranged in a naturalistic setting against a painted background. This time, eight-graders had fun trying to create and recreate their own scenes or special thoughts. Some of them created real-life monuments; others built their favorite videogame or books scenes such as: The Statue of Liberty, a circus, Final Fantasy 13-2, Dracula, Super Mario, Don Quijote, the Taj-Mahal, Dubai, Mount Rushmore among others. Thus, their effort was bigger than they thought when doing their dioramas, but at the end their reward was greater. They could talk about their dioramas like real-pros because all of them got a great training in reading and pronunciation. However, the most important thing for them was the happiness they felt when they had the chance to show what they had built. As an example of this, check out these magnificent dioramas: