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
It’s the moment that we’ve been dreading: it’s mPOL time. Twice a year we have Presentations of Learning. It’s basically Halloween if it was 12 minutes and way scarier. We have to talk to a teacher about our work and learning so far this year. But, I only have to talk to them for 12 minutes, so hopefully it will be fine. “‘Nervous?’ ‘Yes’ ‘First time?’ ‘No, I’ve been nervous lots of times.’” – Robert…
Humanities: Reflection on the Middle Ages Work In Humanities, we’ve been working on answering the question of how did the quest for power impact peoples lives in the Middle Ages? In an attempt to answer the question, we made Keynotes detailing our learning and what life was really like in the Middle Ages. My Inquiry Portfolio My inquiry portfolio was the first of my three Keynotes. I made the title slide background a picture of a…
The Winter Exhibition Twice every year, we have an exhibition were we get to showcase our learning. At exhibitions, we have a different theme; this year it was Avatar. The driving question was “What does James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ reveal about our own society?” Here is the process of our project and the winter exhibition. The Project For the grade 8 project, we made a theme box to represent a theme present in Avatar. I chose…