Recently, PLP 9 went on a field school to the Rocky Mountains. It was amazing! Seeing all the nature and wildlife, it inspired me to go back to school to answer our driving question of “How might I use the moving image to tell a story.” Silent Film This film was filmed at the Three-Valley Gap ghost town. By making this video, I learned how to plan a video in advance by using…
Hello everyone! Welcome to my tPol! The tPol is the transitional presentation of learning, in which we have to answer the driving question of “why do I feel that I’m ready to move up to the next grade level?” As evidence, I will show examples of places where I have improved and places where I have room for growth. I have taken some of these categories from my statement of learning intent, which says: “This…
“And all the people bowed and prayed/to the neon god they made/and the sign flashed out it’s warning/in the words that it was forming/ and the silence said the word of the prophets are written on the subway walls/ Teniment Halls” -The Sound of Silence Recently in Humanities, we worked on a project about advertisements and did our Spring Exhibition. Keystone 1 For our first keystone, we did a survey on advertising and how it…
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Recently, we went on our first field school on the Oregon Coast. Let me tell you about it. (If you don’t want to read a 1,600 word blogpost, you can read this book at the end of the post that we had to do on the trip.) Day 1 The day didn’t start off too well. We were supposed to get on the bus by 6:15, but the teachers were late, so we stood around…
For our most recent Humanities project, we learned about colonization. For our finish line, we got to make an augmented reality video. First, let’s look at the keystones. Keystone 1: What Changed About The European Power’s Worldview? For our first keystone, we got to make an Art Chart. We got to pick a piece of art made by C.W. Jeffreys and then decipher implicit and explicit messages. Because of this, I can say that when…
This was our second project in science, and it was all about matter! For our final project, we made a functional video game on Scratch. But before we look at that, let’s look at all the keystones that we had to do! Keystone 1 For the first keystone, we learned about the physical and chemical properties of matter. We used a lot of math, which was unfortunate. The main assignment for this keystone was a…
This is our very first project in Science! I bet you can’t guess what it’s about by the title of this blog post. You can? You think it’s about pathogens? Well, you’d be right. Our first keystone main project was an agar Petri dish. We swabbed some things around the school and then swabbed the Petri dish. Agar is a type of nutrient rich algae, which allows massive colonies of bacteria to grow on it.…
God dag og velkommen! Let’s talk about my most recent Humanities project, Blue Eyed Brutes In Horned Helmets. That’s right, we learned about Vikings (for the first keystone, anyway)! For the first keystone, we had to make a Viking character card. That was pretty fun and interesting. Here’s mine. For our second keystone, we looked at the age of exploration. The main assignment was making a story about a famous explorer from that time. I…
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I think the most stressful part of this project was when I got a revision on my sketch. I had started to make my other panels and I was worried that I was going to have to redo my whole project, even though it basically just said, “Add more innovations.” For me, the part I liked most about the project was making the images. Even though it was probably the hardest part, it was…
Hello! I made a book about a project in Maker about Sketch Pro. We learned lots of things about sketching on the iPad, like learning how to use stencils or using 3d shapes. It was really fun and interesting to make the book. It’s a pretty short book, not too long of a read. I hope you enjoy! Our Journey in Sketches Pro Click to read this book, made with Book Creator https://read.bookcreator.com