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Cafeteria Choices In Cafeteria Choices students will compare nutritional labels and identify positive and negative nutritional components; identify additional foods that would compensate for negative components and explain why. This task includes:
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California, Here We Come! In this task, students will calculate the time and mileage to fly between cities. This task includes: |
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Calligraphic Arts The Calligraphic Arts task is designed to engage students to explore the art of Calligraphy, learn its history, and learn techniques. Students will select or create short text focusing peace, love, tolerance, friendship in the form of poems, slogans, phrase, words, select sayings from Sufis or scholars, and use different medium including software to produce calligraphic pieces and share their completed projects in the interactive forum and a web gallery. Likewise students will get an opportunity to appreciate and comment on the pieces Calligraphic art designed by peers from participating countries. |
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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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Canada's Reaction to the Outbreak of War: 1914-2001 In this task, students will research Canada's reactions to various wars throughout the last couple centuries. This task includes: |
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Candle Box In this task, students must design a 2D form that will be folded to create a 3D candle box. 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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Caption Me In this task, students will write captions for fur textiles from the 18th century. 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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Cause and Consequences as Seen Through Decades In this task, students will explore the different ways that the War of 1812 has been described in various texts throughout time. This task includes: |
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