2025-2026

• Pre-Work - Thursday August 28th - In Design Tech

  • Field Trip Wednesday Sept 3rd

    1. 1. • NCAR - Engineering for Climate Change

            • 9:20 - 3:50 (6 hours 30 minutes)

            • 2 tours of 30 students

          • 52 IB students total

            • 10 groups of 5-6 students each

              1. 1. 1st Period - Physics, TOK

                 2. 2nd Period - Chem, ESS, Biology, Physcis

                 3. 4th Period - Design Tech, ESS

                 4. 5th Period - TOK

          • Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental, Design Tech, CompSci

          • Reflection (30 minutes)

          • Final Product???

            • Posters

              1. Videos

              2. Presentations

              3. Gallery Walk

Mrs. Steensen's Magical Project Proposal Form

Pre-Assignment Form

Group Presentations 

• Team 1 - Extreme heat events/Urban heat islands - July 2021 - Heat Dome in Colorado

  • • Arath Alvarez-Juarez (C, CS)

    • William Berhost (P, DT)

    • Lucia Dale (B, DT)

    • Willoe Hartman (B, DT)

    • Sally Odorizzi (B)

    • Fabian Woeger (P, DT)

• Team 2 - High wind events/Tornadoes/Hurricanes - Windsor Tornado of 2008

  • • Mazie Dickinson (C, E)

    • Ethan Bonnell (P, DT)

    • Claire Flaherty (B, DT)

    • Mary Messenbaugh (B)

    • Lamija Balic (B, DT)

• Team 3 - Flooding: Heavy rains - September 2013 - Colorado Front Range Floods

  • • Teresa Elliott (E)

    • Joe Danforth (P, DT)

    • Audrey Knight (B)

    • Elle Peckham (P)

    • Gavin Short (B, DT)

    • Audrey Wojtalik (C, DT)

• Team 4 - Landslides/mudslides - July 2021 - Glenwood Canyon Area

  • • Ramona Chen (C, DT)

    • Ammon Grigg (B, DT)

    • Harper Lively (B)

    • Max Siedler (B, DT)

    • Sienna Spinney (E)

• Team 5 - Drought - Current - Colorado River Basin Drought & Depletion of Lake Powell

  • • Ayla Cole (P, DT)

    • Emmy Link (B)

    • Madeline MIles (B, DT)

    • Kai Parker (P, DT)

    • Sienna Lee (E)

• Team 6 - Snow/Avalanches - 2020 Colorado Avalanche Season

  • • Raleigh Barnett (C, DT)

    • Eva Cotton (P)

    • Noah Mayer (P, DT)

    • Raymond Catlos (E)

    • Maya Zehren-Thomas (E)

• Team 7 - Ice - January 9, 2017 - Western Colorado Ice Storm

  • • Emily Claus (C, DT)

    • Casey Holloran (E)

    • Daniel Martin (P, DT)

    • Kaliyah Schimpf (P, DT)

    • Amelia Foote (E)

• Team 8 - Wildfires - East Troublesome Fire - October-November 2020

  • • Elizabeth Wheelock (C, P)

    • Henry Brubaker (P, DT)

    • Emma Mueller (P, DT)

    • Samantha Gomez (E)

    • Sonya Racz (E)

• Team 9 - Thunderstorms/Hail - May 8, 2017 - Front Range Hail Storm

  • • Lachlan Earheart (P, DT)

    • Mateo Cremaschi (B, DT)

    • Isabel Sanders (E, DT)

    • Alejandra Oliver (P, DT)

    • Lilian Talbot (E)

• Team 10 - Extreme Cold - 2011 Cold Wave (“Groundhog Day Blizzard”)

  • • Aiden Byers (B, DT)

    • Vibeke Andersen (P, DT)

    • Liam Spencer (P, DT)

    • Will Zezula (P, DT)

    • Isabella Gore (E)