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Writing on the Walls In this task, students will study and research the issue of graffiti, exploring its history and modern sociological impact. They will represent their journey through a photo journal. This task includes: |
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Xbox Xponential In this task, students will write an exponential function based on Moore's Law and a gaming console. They will further develop calculations through two additional project tasks. This task includes: |
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Yogurt In this task, students must calculate the amount of yogurt produced. This task includes: |
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You Be the Author In this task, students will explore what three events they would write into a textbook on the First World War and create an outline to be sent to the publisher. This task includes: |
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Youngcast Project The Youngcast Project task is a tandem exchange project in English-Spanish and just in English which provides a structured program of student activities using audio and video podcasting to help students to exchange their ideas and to improve their second language. The task includes a description of the phases of the project. |
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Your Birthday in History In this task, students will research BC history and discover events that coincide with their birthdays. This will culminate in a Fair presentation. This task includes: |
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YouthCaN In the YouthCaN task, students will share their interest in environmental topics and collaborate on projects year round through online forums, video conferencing and meeting at conferences. This project is co-sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, iEARN , Caretakers of the Earth/USA and a number of high school environmental organizations. |
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Zulu Chief This task assesses students’ ability to source, contextualize, and corroborate a photograph of a Zulu Chief by American photographer Frank Carpenter. Students must reason about the content and the circumstances of its creation to evaluate its reliability as evidence. Students also must determine what additional information might help corroborate the evidence in the photograph. Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment as well as the Rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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iMagzz - Making Myself Heard In this task, students will create a student magazine on any subject they deem important through writing advertisements, banners, newspaper articles, diary entries, interviews, etc. This task includes: |
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iMagzz-Making Myself Heard In the iMagzz-Making Myself Heard, students will create a magazine of student writing. Students can write articles and news stories, create advertisements and banners, take interviews and pictures, make collages and calenders, write diary entries and poems, or any other means to express their thoughts and feelings on any issue in any creative way. |
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