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Projects start with a great question for students to answer. This is not the only method to use to create a project. The question comes from thinking about how the standards relate to real life. Brainstorming ideas of real life problems or professions helps to come up with the "driving question". This section shows the brainstorm of ideas and the end question. =Driving Question= The driving question is what students must answer. It is the heart of the project. It must be open ended, not be able to be easily answered, create new questions and relate to real life (www.pbl-online.org). The group looked at several topics first to come up with the driving question. Below are all the topics considered by the group. The topic highlighted in red was chosen by the group: Travel Agency Oil Food Shopping Video Games American Idol TV Producer Builder Architect Rockets Toxic Environment Music The chosen topic lead the group into thinking about what aspects of the topic did we want to concentrate on to create a question. The following list is the topics we want the students to consider. These elements still may change even after selecting the driving question. It was created to help come up with the driving question. Here is the list: Health Food Pyramid Safety Variety of Food Horticulture Class Eating Disorders Fundraiser of Food Vending Machines Cost Food of Countries/ Cultures Recommended Daily Allowance RDA From this list, the team thought of three questions to choose from for the driving questions. The questions are: 1. How can NWC improve the nutritional needs of its students? 2. How can NWC students do to alter the food options available?
 * 3. What can we do to improve the selection of the quality of food in the cafeteria?**

The chosen question was number three. The team felt it encompassed the first two questions and is stated well.