“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings
Topics
There will be 4 major topics.
1. Architecture & Engineering
-Famous bridges from around the world.
-Types of bridges
-Paper bridges with pennies
-Popsicle stick bridge (major project)
2. The Natural Environment - Observatory textbook
-Understanding our impact and what we can do
-Global warming, greenhouse effect, energy audit
-A look at where our food comes from and how it gets to our plate.
-Documentaries: An Inconvenient Truth, Food Inc. Tapped, Hungry for Change, No Impact Man, End of the Line, All I Can, Revenge of the
Electric Car, Addicted to Plastic, Blue Gold
-Activities: Being Green Poster, Ecological Footprint worksheet, Geography research project, Website designing
3. Technology - Observatory textbook
-Communicating with symbols, lines and geometry in technical drawings, projections.
-What's in an engineering drawing?
-Building websites (www.weebly.com)
-Bitstrips.com
-Typing lessons
-Understanding social media
-Wood shop lessons (working with tools, building items for the school)
4. The Material World - Observatory textbook
-What is matter?
-Mixtures, pure substances
-What is energy?
-Forms of energy, transformation, physical/chemical changes
-What is a fluid?
-What is pressure?
-What is a wave?
-Sound waves & light waves
1. Architecture & Engineering
-Famous bridges from around the world.
-Types of bridges
-Paper bridges with pennies
-Popsicle stick bridge (major project)
2. The Natural Environment - Observatory textbook
-Understanding our impact and what we can do
-Global warming, greenhouse effect, energy audit
-A look at where our food comes from and how it gets to our plate.
-Documentaries: An Inconvenient Truth, Food Inc. Tapped, Hungry for Change, No Impact Man, End of the Line, All I Can, Revenge of the
Electric Car, Addicted to Plastic, Blue Gold
-Activities: Being Green Poster, Ecological Footprint worksheet, Geography research project, Website designing
3. Technology - Observatory textbook
-Communicating with symbols, lines and geometry in technical drawings, projections.
-What's in an engineering drawing?
-Building websites (www.weebly.com)
-Bitstrips.com
-Typing lessons
-Understanding social media
-Wood shop lessons (working with tools, building items for the school)
4. The Material World - Observatory textbook
-What is matter?
-Mixtures, pure substances
-What is energy?
-Forms of energy, transformation, physical/chemical changes
-What is a fluid?
-What is pressure?
-What is a wave?
-Sound waves & light waves
What is Matter? |
States of Matter |
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Mass vs Weight
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Pure substance vs. Mixture |
Heterogenous vs. Homogeneous |
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The Periodic Table of Elements
blank_periodic_table.jpg | |
File Size: | 193 kb |
File Type: | jpg |
Atoms and Molecules |
Sensory Organs |
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GMO's
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Chemical Energy |
Mechanical Energy |
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Physical vs. Chemical Changes
Greenhouse Effect |
Sustainable Energy |
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An Inconvenient Truth
ecological_footprint_worksheet.pdf | |
File Size: | 2740 kb |
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being_green_poster.pages | |
File Size: | 146 kb |
File Type: | pages |
Food Inc.
food_inc._worksheet.pages | |
File Size: | 239 kb |
File Type: | pages |
food_inc_movie_assignment.doc | |
File Size: | 29 kb |
File Type: | doc |