Senior Project, week 1

Monday
Students will be able to identify the purpose of the class.

• Syllabi
• What is Senior Project class?
• How can I create a project based on a topic?

Tuesday
Students will be able to list a variety of topics to explore this trimester by producing a mind map.

• Mrs. Rose's mind map 
• Need help?
• What do you like to do in your spare time?
• Is there anything that is on your "bucket list" that you could do for this trimester?
• Have you been wanting to learn something and have not had the time yet?
• Discuss your ideas with other people. 
• See the list Mrs. Rose has

Wednesday
Students will be able to list a variety of topics to explore this trimester by producing a mind map.

• Mrs. Rose's mind map 
• Once you develop a topic that you THINK you would like to explore, start a list of questions that you have about that topic. 
• Remember, that it is okay to change topics if you think that the one that you selected is a dead end.

Thursday

Students will be able to list a variety of topics, and questions, to explore this trimester by producing a mind map.

Friday

Conservation, week 12

Article

Digital Media, week 11

This week's goals:

• character sketch and alibi final drafts
• title - final title due Wednesday
• interrogation scenes practiced
• marketing - movie flyer
• costume department - list of all materials needed 
• Where will we be filming?
• time line

Conservation, week 11

Sustainability Notes

Monday
Students will be able to reflect on their car design.

• Take a pic of your team and car. Post it to your blog. 
• Answer (on blog):
• Your team name? How did your team work together to design the car?
• How does your car work?
• What did you use to make your car and why?
• Did you test your car? Did you make any improvements after you tested your car? Why?
• How do you think that your car will do against other cars in the class?
• wind car tests with fan
• Why do you think that your car performed them way that they did?

Tuesday

Students will be able to discuss green building. Students will be able to create a presentation on a career in sustainability.

• PBS - Green Building 
• careers in sustainability

Wednesday

Students will be able to define sustainability. Students will be able to create a presentation on a career in sustainability.

• video on sustainability
• Bambeco.com
• Mary Jane's Farm
• career presentations

Digital Media, Week 10

Monday
Snow Day

Tuesday
Students will be able to create a scene breakdown of their movie.

• Weekly Charge - week 9 group to work on announcements
• review what we have done so far in our preparation for our final project
• Scene breakdown for final project

Wednesday
Students will be able to create a scene breakdown of their movie.

• Let's talk: Creative thinking! Come up with a creative back story for this photo!

• Scene breakdown in small groups

Thursday
Students will be able to create a scene breakdown of their movie.

• Let's talk: Creative thinking! Come up with a creative back story for this photo!

• Character Sketches
• Mrs. Rose's example:
• Name: Barbie
• ditzy, talkative, like Starbucks, like pink, always wear pink dresses, blonde, 

Friday

Students will be able to create a scene breakdown of their movie.

• Let's talk: Creative thinking! Come up with a creative back story for this photo!
  
• What is our ending?
• Create character alibi

Research Investigations, week 10

Monday
Snow Day

Tuesday
Students will be able to determine important details out of information given. Students will be able to successfully work in groups to solve the mysteries.

• In groups (assigned my Mrs. Rose) work together to answer the questions

Wednesday
Students will be able to demonstrate skills in determining details and working through word problems.

• Let's talk: Creative thinking! Come up with a creative back story for this photo!

• Assessment 
• What is a projectile launcher?
• NO FUEL
• NO ELECTRICITY
• NO FIRE

Thursday
Students will be able to successfully create a projectile launcher.

• Puzzle: Bill and Ben are identical twins. They are physically very alike, fit and healthy. They are both good runners and always run at the same speed. Each runs against the clock on the same track under the same conditions. Yet Ben takes ten times longer to finish than Bill. Why?
• Project requirements designing
• Start step 1!

Friday
Students will be able to successfully create a projectile launcher.

• Puzzle: A young couple was inspecting a house they were considering buying. In the middle of the kitchen floor they found a single brick. The real estate agent did not know why it was there, nor did the builder, so they sent for the architect. He took the brick outside and threw it up into the air, whereupon the brick vanished from sight. What was happening?
• launcher design

Conservation, week 10

Alternative Energy Review materials

• Tesla Video
• Nuclear Power video - Thorium

Monday
Snow Day

Tuesday
Students will be able to discuss alternative forms of energy. Students will be able to define the various alternative energies and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each energy source.

• review

Wednesday
Students will be able to discuss alternative forms of energy. Students will be able to define the various alternative energies and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each energy source.

• alternative energy test
• What is sustainability? It means a lot of different things to different people. Find something interesting on sustainability and email it to me! (Video, picture, info-graphic, article, etc.)

Thursday
Students will be able to work productively in a group to design a wind powered car. 

• Group discussion on how cars impact the environment.
• Work in groups to design a wind powered car. You may only use the materials in the picture below. Remember you have a budget of $40. You can go over, but it will be penalized!

Friday

Students will be able to work productively in a group to design a wind powered car. 

• Wind powered car creation
• Take a pic of your team and car. Post it to your blog. 
• Answer (on blog):
• Your team name? How did your team work together to design the car?
• How does your car work?
• What did you use to make your car and why?
• Did you test your car? Did you make any improvements after you tested your car? Why?
• How do you think that your car will do against other cars in the class?
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