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Calligraphic Arts In this task, students will learn about the art of Calligraphy and then write their own short piece in the style. Their work will be presented through multiple mediums and in online galleries. This task includes: |
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Candy In a Strange Land In this task, students will take part in an artistic collaboration between the classes to create pieces of artwork. This task includes: |
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Cat Food Commercial In Cat Food Commercial students will create, compose, and perform a commercial that demonstrates an understanding of how tempo, rhythm, and dynamics relate to the cat food. This task includes:
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Ciencilandia In this task, students will participate in science activities in order to better understand the world around them. This task involves multilingual components. This task includes: |
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Come to the Fair In Come to the Fair students will listen to and compare and contrast two musical compositions. This task includes:
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Dancing Art In Dancing Art students will choreograph and perform a dance based on one of two works of arts (visual). This task includes:
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Digital Citizenship In the Digital Citizenship task, students will learn about Digital Citizenship and develop responsible on line behaviors through focused awareness raising activities. The project aims at making students aware of their responsibility while working online. Students will understand the term ‘Digital Citizenship’ and what it means in their context. They will learn Digital etiquettes, make conscious efforts to practice them and spread them amongst their friends and family. They will become aware of e-safety by learning about common web threats such as computer viruses (spyware, malware, adware, phishing, & pharming) and web issues such as copy right laws, cyber bullying, and plagiarism. |
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Digital Citizenship In this task, students will explore the concept of Digital Citizenship and use activities to raise awareness on appropriate online behavior. This task includes: |
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Don't Waste - Create In this task, students will become more conscious about reserving resources through exploring agricultural processes and how to use all of the food product. This task includes: |
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Don't Waste - Create The aim of the Don't Waste - Create task is to awake more consciousness among students about resources, recycling, and avoiding waste. Focus topics include upcycling, water saving, corn is not just corn, recipes with leftovers, and weeds for healing deeds. |
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