5th Grade PBL: Pot Holes in New Orleans
​Mr. Kyle Weidenbacher

​Authentic Problem Scenario:
New Orleans needs a way to reduce and prevent potholes in the metro area so that we can ensure the safety of our citizens and visitors. 

Lenses: Historical, Social, Economical, and Cultural

The Task:
While working in teams, students will examine the issue of potholes concerning the city streets of New Orleans. Teams will develop an idea that will either prevent potholes from forming or provide a more long-term solution to keep potholes from forming. Teams will present their solutions in regard to the Authentic Problem Scenario and defend their proposals through their 4 lenses.

The Problem:
How can we find a solution that will prevent or reduce the the number of potholes from forming each year?
The Good Shepherd School
1839 Agriculture St
New Orleans, LA 70119
Tel: (504) 598-9399
GSS Mission Statement
The Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School, Inc., seeks to help low-income, urban youth in order to realize their fullest potential as productive members of society by providing them with an extended-day, year-round, quality education, integrated with personal, moral and spiritual development, and continued guidance during the students' further education.

The Judeo-Christian values which have inspired the Nativity model include a respect for the dignity and potential of each person, a responsibility to assist the poor and those in need, a strong sense of community within the one family of God, and the obligation to promote a society characterized by social justice. In this Nativity model, students are enrolled without regard to race, color, religion, or ethnicity.