May 01 2008
Students will construct tetrahedral kites in class as we prepare for our study of geometric solids. The kites will take approximately three days to make. Weather permitting, we should be able to fly them during the first week of April.
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May 01 2008
BubbleShare: Share photos – Find great Clip Art Images.
Feb 27 2008
In this 21st century project, students created promotional travel movies with powerpoint movies.
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Feb 18 2008
Feb 11 2008
In groups of two, students created a faulty inference skit that demonstrates
how faulty inferences can impact our daily lives. Once they created a
screenplay and rehearsed it, they filmed it. Then they created an iMovie using their footage and many other extras to create a polished product (music, transitions, etc.). Download the rubric.
Feb 11 2008
The student designed an experiment to test the best way to prevent an apple from turning brown.
The student investigated the nature of the problem and ways to solve the problem. They had to -
• Research and design various methods to solve the problem
• Plan how to conduct the experiment
• Create and conduct the experiment
• Evaluate the results and determine if a solution was reached, explain how the process could be improved as a result of these evaluations
Check out student examples – Barden/Adams/Harless/Shapiro
Feb 11 2008
1920’s Radio Podcast -
Students worked in groups to conduct research on the culture of the 1920s and produce a 3-5 minute radio podcast to present to the class. Download the directions and rubric here. Ms. Kenzer also provided a downloadable page of links and images, which allows greater quality control while wasting less instructional time.
Listen to here student’s example – .
Jan 03 2008
Click here to download the rubric that was used to score this assignment.
Jan 02 2008
The work of advertisements is grueling and yet exciting. You have been chosen to advertise for the new show “Cultural Adventures.” Click here and can download the viagra for your 1-3 minute commercial advertising the country you have been assigned.
