Thursday, April 7, 2016

Central American Ambassadors Project

President Obama meets with Nigeria's ambassador
to the U.S., Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye.
You have been named an ambassador for a Central American country.

A successful presentation will include each of the following:

  • A 6-slide (minimum) PowerPoint
    • The slides should include the following information:
      1. Title Slide
      2. Your country’s physical geography, including any important landforms. Include a map and description on this slide.
      3. Your country’s history. What important events have happened there? When?
      4. Your country’s environment and conservation issues
      5. Your country’s culture and human geography
      6. Free Space! Use this slide to include any information you found interesting that does not fall into the categories above, or to expand on something which does.
      7. Sources. Include a bullet-point list of websites you used during this project.
    • Each slide must include a picture taken from an approved source. This will most likely be the same source you used to find the information you include on the slide.
    • Your slide show must feature an attractive design. Be creative!
Complete a slideshow presentation using Google Slides
  • Share your slide show with my e-mail address: nramin@nlcphs.org
  • Name your project (in the upper left hand corner) YOUR LAST NAME - YOUR COUNTRY (Example: Ramin - Venezuela)

Here are your possible sources:
  1. If you really are stuck, let me know and we'll find another source!

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Mars Online!


Use the slide show at this link to find more information on what resources are available on Mars.
If those links don't work, go here: http://mars.nasa.gov/imagine/students/

We'll be able to use the information you gather today when we set up our colony on Mars!

Monday, March 21, 2016

Martian Physical Characteristics

A rover inspects the Martian soil.
Today you will conduct some research focused on the resources human beings might be able to use on Mars. Use the following links to complete your research packet.

When you write your answers, include the name of the article you used at the bottom of the answer box.

Monday, March 7, 2016

Freshman Project: What role should the arts play in schools?


Sources 1-2
You read and annotated the first two articles. You should have two note cards from each. If you need them, you can find online links here:

Source 3
Now that you've read and annotated two articles for your freshman project, take a look at this online Re-investing in Arts Education, an article from Education Digest published in 2011.

Choose three quotes from the article that will help you answer our World Studies question: What role should the arts play in schools?

If you need help, you can see the Slide Show with Note Card instructions at this link.

Typing Your MELCon
To finish up our part of the Freshman Project, you will type a MELCon paragraph answering our question: What role should the arts play in school?

First, start a new document on Google Drive.
Formatting:
  • 12 point, Times New Roman font
  • Type your heading (name, date, period number, teacher name, class name) in the upper left hand corner
  • Double space your text
  • Title your paragraph and center it. The title should tell the overall main idea of your paragraph.
Then, follow these directions to write your MELCon.
  1. Sentence 1: Introduction. Start by linking our question to the overall Freshman Project question. "A good school encourages students to learn by using art.
  2. Sentence 2: Main Idea. Answer the driving question based on what you read in the articles. "Schools should use arts to..."
  3. Sentence 3: Introduction to first evidence. Introduce your first piece of evidence and paraphrase it. "First of all, according to the article Encouraging teens to be expressive through poetry..."
  4. Sentence 4: Evidence 1. Type your first quote. Make sure you put it in quotation marks! "In the text it states..."
  5. Sentence 5: Link 1. Explain how this quote helps you support your main idea. "This shows me that..."
  6. Sentence 6: Introduction to second evidence.
  7. Sentence 7: Evidence 2.
  8. Sentence 8: Link 2.
  9. Sentence 9: Introduction to third evidence.
  10. Sentence 10: Evidence 3.
  11. Sentence 11: Link 3.
  12. Sentence 12: Conclusion. Re-state your main idea. "In conclusion..."