Third Term Project Beyond the Waves Value: Thirty points applied to English, Social and Science marks You will research your topic using the internet, McConnell Library, school library, UCCB library. You must show references from at least three of these places. Magazines and old newspapers are good information sources. You will work in pairs on the topic. Each person must contribute to the building of each section. The research work can be divided up, but then all presentation material must be compiled and completed together. Work on the sections together. Brainstorm together about how you want to do the project. Both people will work on completing a section and then move on to another part together. A working rough draft must be passed in as well. You are to keep a record of what each person does for the project. Some of the work will be done in school but a lot of research must be done on your own outside of the school. You will then bring your research to class to work on in assigned periods. Every presentation must have a visual part –THIS CANNOT BE A POSTER! Some suggestions would be a video clip, a TV hook-up to an interactive internet site, a skit or dramatization, make a magazine, produce a brochure or a newsletter. Check with me on suggestions that you might have. You must present your project to the class. Remember that this is something new to them, and you are teaching it. Values: 5 - creativity 5 - class work time 5 - rough draft 10 - content 5 - presentation All projects must be typed and have a cover page. Bonus points are available!!! TOPICS Oceans: name and locate the four major oceans of the world; draw a map and illustrate where the oceans are; make up a riddle for each of the oceans for the class to try and solve; make a Jeopardy game using facts you discovered about the four oceans; describe the oceans - area, coastlines, countries around them; discuss one “ocean issue” example - oil exploration versus fishing rights Endangered Species of the Ocean World: what is an endangered species; what are some specific things that people do to cause species to become endangered; Chose one ocean animal that is endangered and research it; come up with a slogan for a bumper sticker to protect your animal; create a brochure that gives people tips for saving the animals Ocean Legends and Tales: Read
understanding of how the oceans work. The hope is that as a result, we will
I created each section, following the requirements of the project, while adding in slides that would help further the understanding of the case. Moreover, I was in charge of allocating each member a part of the project and did so by starting a group chat, which I would check and regularly correspond with each member, helping them find information in both academic journals and online resources. For my specific part in the slides I focused on the controversial aspects of the case such as the guarantee of acquittal and stereotypes that may come about due to the branding of battered women and the use of expert testimony in which I focused on the charge to the jury and the usefulness of the expert. I used the textbook along with online resources and academic journals to understand both issues and to solidify a comprehensive anecdote on the topics. Finally I proof read each of the group member’s work and formatted it so each side looked the same and were appealing. I then compiled the sources used and put them into APA format in accordance with the schools citing
Before applying this strategy, the teacher have to concern that assistance could be given in ensuring that resources to support the project are available. Also, the teacher can facilitate the process by providing explicit directions so that the students will not get some confusion during the
I never made presentation in front of “foreigners” in English before, so I was very nervous, however, the feedbacks from professor and other student were very important. I used the form, short story, but after the presentation, professor told me that I cannot use short story as form and some students suggested me to use an advertisement to convey my message. My project’s target was also kind of ambiguous. I did not specify the audience, actually I did not come up the audience of my project, but when I finished the presentation I realize who my audience is. In the end I used news report as my form and made university students as my
Two important, mighty Asian empires in history are the Ottoman Empire and the Ming China. These two empires are in totally different areas of Asia – the Ottomans were in the very west, the Chinese were in the oriental east. Therefore, these two empires, naturally, formed completely different cultures. However, surprisingly, these empires had many parts in common as well. The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty had both many different and distinct parts, as well as many similarities.
Senior Project Senior Project Outline Introduction: Let the reader know what this Essay is about. I. What I already know A.
As a species, humanity, henceforth, people, will never go out of business, but as individuals and specified groups, people can and will fail, because people don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan. In the modern society, it has become mandatory that all high school seniors are required to complete and present a “Senior Project,” to show the world that they can be taken seriously. Covering these points will include: what the project is, examples of different advocators of the project, and the different viewpoints of why it is useful verses why it is not.
When I was planning my senior project I knew I wanted to make something I could keep and use for myself but I wasn’t quite sure who would be my mentor. Then I thought it would be special to do something like this with my grandpa who is now 84 years old and has 40+ years of experience with construction. He even built his home that he and my grandmother are living in today, in 1954. My grandpa started making canes for himself, to donate and just for fun and I thought it will be cool to make myself a cane and customize it with designs. Before starting my project, I had no previous knowledge of working with wood or heavy machinery. The only time I worked with wood was hammering a nail into a wooden wall. Now after I have completed my project, I know how to stain and varnish wood, use a table saw, stationary sander, wood burner and a drill press machine.
"Oceans." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2014. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 8 May 2014.
One lesson I found that I would like to report on is called “Sampling the Solid Earth” and is a unit project. This is a very organized plan, that states the materials needed, how to plan, different steps to building the project, and ways of assessment. What is expected in the project is clear, but I would say that the goals and objectives are not clearly stated in the plan. The lesson is tied in with National Science Education Standards, and the project connects with life science. There does not seem to be a variety of teaching methods within the project, although the lesson seems to be both discovery and teacher-directed. This is because the project allows students to do their own research and building of a rock collection, but there is a strict guideline laid out by the teacher for students to follow, not leaving much room for inquiry. The project does not actually state a grade level that I can see, but it seems to be aimed for upper elementary
The ocean itself is vast and abundant of organisms and products that people do not even know exist yet. Around seventy percent of the world is the ocean and on top of that ninety five percent of the ocean has yet to have human eyes set upon it. What people do know is that the ocean is an “underwater tourist heaven” containing huge volcanos that are 2 times as large as the ones surfaced as well as trenches that are about twenty five percent larger than Mount Everest! This alone demonstrates that people of this world do not know enough about the ocean and exploring more in depth will open the door to new discoveries and opportunities. The ocean is home to many as well, but houses a multitude of materials, compounds, and knowledge that can benefit
Finally, in the last part, I will explain how I organised my work and how I carried out my research project, including the methods I used to achieve it.
Project based learning is easily incorporated into the ever-broadening world of technology supported learning. A teacher can conveniently use such technology tools such as Chromebooks, tablets, digital cameras, interactive whiteboards and the internet into both their teaching and the research and presentation of the students’ projects. (Edutopia)
Bowermaster, Jon. Oceans: The Threats to Our Seas and What You Can Do to Turn the Tide: A Participant Media Guide. New York: PublicAffairs, 2010. Print.
Project Based Learning PjBL is also defined as a process of learning through the practical application of theoretical knowledge (Wurdinger et al., 2007). Certainly a teaching and learning process needs practice activities to apply what have been mastered from the theory. Hence, the project-based learning taps into students’ interests by allowing them to create projects that result in meaningful learning experiences. Moreover, the teaching and learning process in the classroom is relatively insufficient to accommodate the students’ needs. Additionally, project based learning (PjBL) is recognized for reducing absenteeism owing to students’ active involvement in stimulating projects (Kolmos,