<h5 id="71-introduction">7.1 Introduction</h5> <ul> <li>Project based learning is a practical educational approach where students gain experience in organizing and completing projects.</li> <li>It promotes group work, fostering skills like collaboration, problem-solving, decision-making, and investigating activities.</li> <li>The process includes analyzing the problem, breaking it into modules, applying methods to solve each module, and integrating the solutions.</li> <li>Data collection and processing are crucial steps, requiring team members to work together and report results in a predetermined format.</li> <li>The project’s final solution is achieved by integrating the solutions of all the modules, following a systematic and organized process.</li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="72-approaches-for-solving-projects">7.2 Approaches for Solving Projects</h5> <ul> <li>The approach for a project can be modular, top-down, or bottom-up, with the modular approach dividing the project into manageable modules with well-defined tasks and outputs.</li> <li>The steps in Project Based Learning include identification of a project, defining a plan with specific roles and tools, fixing a time frame, providing guidance and monitoring, and understanding the outcome.</li> <li>The project idea can come from any real-life situation, and students are encouraged to undertake interdisciplinary projects.</li> <li>The project leader ensures monitoring, with additional monitoring from the guide teacher, and guidance can be obtained from various resources.</li> <li>The outcome of a project can be single or multiple, and can be peer-reviewed and modified as per feedback.</li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="73-teamwork">7.3 Teamwork</h5> <ul> <li>Teamwork is a collective effort of individuals to accomplish a task.</li> <li>It is essential in complex real-life tasks, such as sports.</li> <li>In cricket, for example, all team members must contribute in batting, bowling, and fielding to win.</li> <li>Even if one player performs well, others must also perform well, as all contributions are interconnected.</li> <li>Therefore, teamwork requires coordination and cooperation among all team members.</li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="731-components-of-teamwork">7.3.1 Components of Teamwork</h5> <ul> <li>Teamwork consists of skilled individuals with specific roles working together to achieve a common goal.</li> <li>Effective communication is crucial, which can be achieved through emails, telephones, or group meetings.</li> <li>Active listening is necessary for understanding the ideas of others and following agreed-upon steps.</li> <li>Sharing of ideas, images, tools, and expertise is essential for successful teamwork.</li> <li>Respect for all team members and their views is important to avoid problems and ensure active participation from everyone.</li> <li>Helping others, both within and outside the team, is key to accomplishing the job within the given time frame.</li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="74-project-descriptions">7.4 Project Descriptions</h5> <ul> <li>Project-based learning is a method where students undertake projects to learn different concepts.</li> <li>The text provides examples of projects, but students can choose any other project in consultation with their guide teacher.</li> <li>Projects are typically group-based.</li> <li>The aim of this learning approach is to enhance students’ understanding of various concepts through practical projects.</li> <li>Equations or formulae are not provided in this text.</li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="741-project-i--online-shopping-platform">7.4.1 Project I : Online Shopping Platform</h5> <ul> <li> <p>Murugan is planning to launch an online shopping platform, “APPAREL EASY”, with two main categories: Men and Women.</p> </li> <li> <p>Each category will have sub-categories: Clothing, Footwear, and Accessories. He plans to hold two mega events annually: Festive Sale and End of Season Sale.</p> </li> <li> <p>The platform will store data in a file with fields like Apparel Code, Name, Category, Size, Price, Customer Name, Payment Mode, Discount Code, etc.</p> </li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="742-project-ii-automating-a-books-donation-camp">7.4.2 Project II: Automating a Books Donation Camp</h5> <ul> <li> <p>The Book Donation Camp, organized by the Bookworm club, collects books and notebooks, assesses their condition, and categorizes them as Fit, Needs Mending, or Unfit. Unfit books are repurposed into paper bags and envelopes.</p> </li> <li> <p>The club intends to create a software that stores data about the camp using Pandas, with details stored in a CSV file. Item categories include Books (Academic or Non-Academic) and Notebooks, with corresponding item IDs and conditions.</p> </li> <li> <p>After items are refurbished, data is stored in another CSV file with headings: Item ID, Item Name, Item Category, Quantity, and Price. Item Category can be Paper bags, Notebook, or Books, with Class entered for Books.</p> </li> <li> <p>An orders CSV file is created to store Item Category, Item Name, Quantity, and Price. The refurbished CSV updates the quantity for orders.</p> </li> <li> <p>Data visualization is essential for effective decision-making. Plots should be created to show sales, items refurbished, and items collected.</p> </li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="743-project-iii-a-survey-of-the-effect-of-social-networking-sites-on">7.4.3 Project III: A survey of the effect of social networking sites on</h5> <ul> <li>The text discusses a project focused on the impact of social networking sites on the behavior of teenagers.</li> <li>The project involves creating a survey questionnaire using online tools and storing responses in a CSV file.</li> <li>After importing the CSV file in Pandas DataFrame, statistical computations such as mean and median are performed on the identified questions.</li> <li>The findings of the survey are visualized using appropriate charts.</li> <li>There is a mention of potential negative effects of excessive use of social networking sites on mental health.</li> </ul> <p>======</p> <h5 id="744-project-iv-utilising-an-open-data-source-to-use-a-national-state">7.4.4 Project IV: Utilising an open data source to use a national, state</h5> <ul> <li>The text provides a summary of creating a bar chart from certain data sets.</li> <li>The data sets are not explicitly listed in the text.</li> <li>The bar chart is created using the matplotlib library in Python.</li> <li>The kind=‘bar’ argument is used to specify a bar chart.</li> <li>The plt.show() function is used to display the chart, with the final output being Figure 7.2.</li> <li>The y-axis of the chart uses scientific notation due to some numbers being outside a specified range.</li> </ul> <p>======</p>