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Engineering 101: Pop-up Book! In this task, students will explore the various professional fields of engineering and create a pop-up book showcasing their newfound knowledge. This task includes: |
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Family Math In this task, teachers will work on incorperating the parents in their student's learning process by working on problems together at home. This task includes: |
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Gaga Pit In this task, students will become carpenters and create their own play arena for the Israeili game "Gaga", which is similar to dodgeball. This task includes: |
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Globe Project In this task, students will begin their exploration of world history by becoming familiar with geography and creating their own globe. This task includes: |
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I Am an Artist In this task, students will explore self expression by creating a double sided painting, with each side representing their inner and outer selves. This task includes: |
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Judo Math In this task, students will take place in a new math program which is more individualized and set at their own learning pace rather than the entire class moving forward at the same speed. This task includes: |
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My Space, My Element In this task, students will create an electronic board game based on the world geography in 1492. This task includes: |
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O, The Places You'll Go In this task, students will roleplay as themselves attending their ten year highschool reunion. They must come up with the dream life and research and calculate the costs of having this life to talk about at the reunion. This task includes: |
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Open Ended Math Problems In this task, teachers will be intructed on how to implement open ended math problems in their teaching. This task includes: |
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School Leadership Project: HTH Structures in Action In this task, teachers will be learning how to structure their classes to implement problem based learning. This task includes: |
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