Thinking About the World Around Us

Bulletin Board — Great Job!

mb1307 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:16:23 +0000

Our final step in our project was to present our work to the school by creating a bulletin board. We posted our presentations along with the rubric that we used to evaluate them. Here are some pictures.

Our Bulletin Board !

The rubric we used to evaluate our presentations:

Some pics of our presentations:

7th and 8th Grade Presentations

mb1307 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:45:12 +0000

The 7th and 8th Graders Present their Power Points!

They decided to present their research about their community issue by creating a Power Point designed to educate others about the importance of their issue.

Topics:

Drugs
Gangs
Homelessness
Teenage Pregnancy
Gay Rights
Pollution
Global Warming

Students think about issues in their community

mb1307 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:05:12 +0000

Students were given the opportunity to think about issues in their community. This was the process that we followed:

1. They chose various topics such as high gas prices, homelessness, poverty, lack of school supplies, and gangs.

2. Then they were told to rank those issues in order of importance. Once finished with the ranking, students selected their top issue and wrote a paragraph explaining its importance.

3. For homework, students wrote a paragraph outlining possible solutions for their community issue. One of the students mentioned creating a Power Point presentation to showcase their issue and research.

4. We took a vote and students chose to create presentations.

5. Students were given the choice to work individually, in pairs, or in groups of three.

6. After choosing groups, students drafted their presentations/research. Students drafted slides to depict the following: Introduction, importance of issue, questions to research, and conclusion.

7. Once students drafted their slides, they researched online.

8. After finishing up their research, students jumped right into creating their Power Points.

9. Some groups got a chance to present and were evaluated by their peers using a rubric.