Category: Illustrative Examples

  • Pupils Prohibit Plastic Polymers in Personal Product Packaging Project

    Theme Plastic is used to package all manner of household goods. Six polymers constitute the bulk of the material incorporated in household plastic packaging. Since there is no commercial market for mixed plastics, numbers from one through six adorn all plastic packaging to aid recycling depots. Project Using a suitable source of information, electronic or…

  • Students Photoblog Alberta Aquatic Ecosystems

    Theme The intent is to build a database of information on the aquatic ecosystems of Alberta. Opportunities should be made available for this information to be expanded, updated and refined by other school groups over time. Project Your task is to: identify at least five abiotic factors that are crucial to an aquatic environment create…

  • Students hold local officials accountable

    Theme Accountability Project In a group of two or three students, research the annual budget for your town, city or municipal district (or a single project, initiative or department). This information may be on an Internet web site or available in a print form from your municipal district, town or city office. Determine the categories…

  • Blog: Online News Bias

    Theme Online News Bias Project Study perspectives and biases of different online news sources. Examine a current news event of international interest as it is portrayed in several internet news sources. Read from local, national and international perspectives and from sites with recognized biases or focuses. Identify and discuss the purpose and usefulness of the…

  • Poetry Performers Produce Podcasts Proficiently

    Theme Poetry Study Project As your contribution to an anthology of poetry, choose one poem from the poetry that you have written this year. Prepare a presentation that will include the following: the text of the original poem an explanation of the poem your reading of the poem a visual that will connect to and…

  • Personal understanding of symbol

    Theme Explore your personal understanding of symbol. Project Explore your personal understanding of symbol. Select one symbol from a particular piece of literature that you have studied this term. Plan a presentation—audio, video, animation, photo blog—in which you teach the concept and your understanding of that particular symbol. Your presentation may include some or all…

  • Literature In the News

    Theme Literature Study published as a Newpaper Project As part of a literature study unit, work in small groups to create a newspaper that reflects the time period and the language used in a particular work. Your newspaper or magazine should address some of the issues that emerge from the particular literature that you are…

  • All the World’s a Stage: Fair and Foul Media

    Theme Macbeth Project As a culminating activity to the study of MacBeth, prepare an effective presentation for your classmates. The presentation will incorporate multiple-media forms, such as printed text, still visual, and video and audio recording, from a variety of sources. The purpose of this task is to demonstrate how the use of multimedia technology…

  • Digitally Enhanced Membership: A UN Poster

    Theme Canada belongs to a number of international organizations, one of which is the United Nations (UN). The UN provides a forum for the nations of the world to work cooperatively with one another. Project Create a one-page digitally designed poster that outlines the membership and purpose of the following: General Assembly Security Council Secretariat.

  • “Hot ’nuff Fer Ya”

    Theme Compare weather forecasts to observe weather phenomena Background The maintenance of meticulous weather records over very long periods of time has given meteorologists and climate researchers the tools to monitor global climate changes. Researchers in all the scientific disciplines have known for some time that relationships between different sets of data often are only…