January 3 Finish up your future dream home project, 4 major grades, begin to present what you are comfortable telling us a bout, for the rest, keep it in your science journal. Most importantly for me is the alternative energy systems that you include in your future! is not always better and alternative is fun! Efficiency too
December 24-January 2 Enjoy your holiday break. If you travel, interview your family. If you receive gifts, question their process of production. Can you produce "stuff" in the future to make life better for you or all of us?
December 23 What a great week, many of our students have been giving back to the whole school. All students have been thinking about their future and creating a future dream home project. be inspired by the amazing opportunities that we all have available! Enjoy your holidays and enjoy your break!
December 22 vibrant found us another site, a better CAD housing site transportation
December 21 This is the link to two CAD free programming sites, you may also try others Also consider space in your home, useful space too of the least expensive building materials are shipping containers December 20 Today we begin our most important project all year! Your future dream home! This is an all encompassing project to include a high school plan, an after high school college/trade school plan, a family plan, a lifestyle plan and most importantly the steps to take you from where you are to where YOU want to be! This is exciting for students and a lot of work!In the end you will enjoy your hard work. Really, 15 years from now you are supposed to return to WMS and explained to all of your teachers how it really worked out for you! Some of the requirements are as follows. 1. Multiple drawings of your home (birds eye view, front, yard included) 2.10 explained alternative energy forms explained. Some options included are solar panels (electricity), wind turbine, geothermal heating cooling, LED lighting, energy star appliances, passive thermal heating, windows, building materials,up-use materials, reused materials, second hand materials, family wealth(shared) garden, pond, pool, public spaces, public transportation and all others of interest to you. 3. Tentative town, taxes, cost of living and amenities 4. Motivators- very important to have a plan for when you will struggle at times. 5. Role models- I suggest real people that you can speak with, family members, people you could interview over the break 6. A relative plan- grades necessary through high school, scholarships, clubs, extra-curricular activities to maintain your focus. All of this being said 80% of thecareer paths that you will work in have not been created! You do NOT need to know what you will be. You only need to focus on paths that you would like to be! Omar has an interest in coding, maybe he can begin down this pathway Emily, would you participate in Poetry in America class? maybe you can start here may be inspired by Theresa
December 19 Today we are taking on our dependence on energy especially fossil fuels! Alternative forms of energy and lifestyle differences. How about this one the US economy to a developing nation such as, China, India or Brazil about comparing the east coast states to the Midwest.Maybe the economy of California to that of France.
December 16 Now that we know where the elephants came from, what do you think? What is the story that you would tell. Watch the following video, tell me what did they get right and what did they getwrong? What did you learn about your power? Check out US and world debt, spend some time exploring the nation, individual states and other countries December 15 We dissected rodents yesterday to better see a commonality between them and ourselves as other land mammals. Begin 20 minutes into this video and tell us what really happened.
December 14 Today we dissected mouse bones from owl pellets, gross but fun. Compare the virtual from yesterday to the actual today. Which format did you prefer? How about a surgeon game? try surgery squad We rearranged the bones into an array based on anatomy. Is this like looking in a mirror different, explain!
December 13 Today we looked through a reflecting telescope, the image was upside down. When we look at stars we get the same effect. You can dissect a salmon today. Define the steps, just like in class what did you see? you liked the female salmon, try an owl pellet Become energy aware play energy hog , takethequizzes along the way, like the scavenger hunt Try this energy game and finally One more logic, magnets
December 12 Be inspired by space exploration, check out Ken Warby setting the world speed record in 1978 is this important for understanding space exploration? We also explored a disaster of pushing our limits, the disaster at Chernobyl. This is the video we watched in class you were not excited, sorry, try this one, less views but more entertaining