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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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“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 […]
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Organelles in Motion
Theme Students make a flash animation illustrating distinguishing features of their assigned organelle(s). Project Using a variety of electronic resources, research, and storyboard accurate information about your assigned organelle(s), citing your sources. Select one or more distinguishing features to animate. In your animation, at least one micrograph should be included. Include a written summary.
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Documentary: WHMIS Safety in Science Lab
Theme WHMIS Project Electronically produce a web-based short film that demonstrates your understanding of safety in a high school science laboratory. Include in this film safety procedures and close-up shots of school equipment bearing any/all WHMIS symbols, with narrative explanations.
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Students in Deep Freeze
Theme It takes the addition of significant amounts of energy to defrost a freezer. Project Create a digitally designed report including 3-5 zoom(8-10x) photos illustrating the following science phenomena: Add thermal energy to a water and ice mixture at 0ºC, and record the temperature every 30 seconds until the water is boiling and the temperature […]