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Seminars
Seminars
Every 2-4 weeks, students will select two of the three “seminars” being offered in each content area: American History, Biology, and English Language Arts. After a student has enrolled in 2 of the 3 seminars, we will mark the seminar they are not enrolled in as “excluded”. That is a PowerSchool term for exempt, not applicable, and they will not be required to submit any assignments for that seminar. For students who want to attend all offered seminars during a rotation they are welcome to zoom in to the additional seminar from home on their virtual days.
By the end of the semester, students are required to attend a set number of each content area seminars. Students will encounter practice with skills in later seminars as well, a research based strategy for long term learning. At this time, at the end of seminar a grade (A-F) will be entered into PowerSchool for transcript purposes based on the evidence collected during the seminar.
Example Seminars- January 11th - February 5th, 2021
Example Seminars- January 11th - February 5th, 2021
Seminar #1 Theme:
What Makes Me Who I Am
Seminar #1 Theme:
What Makes Me Who I Am
American History
American History
Have you ever heard someone being described as "a self made man" or that someone has "pulled themself up by their bootstraps"? These two phrases describe the idea and spirit of the American West. In this seminar you will be investigating the impact of the spirit of individualism that led to the expansion of our nation.
Biology
Biology
Have you ever wondered what instructs your body to create everything in it and to do everything it needs to do to stay alive? Have you ever wondered what makes you different from your parents, siblings, or even your friends? In this seminar you will be investigating DNA (Nucleic Acid) and its importance in making you who you are. We will look at the structure, function, and the importance of this molecule in an effort to understand how people can be so similar, yet so different at the same time!
ELA
ELA
In our ELA "Writing is an Outlet" Seminar, we are exploring aspects of our identity and practicing expressing our identity through writing. This week we've read a short story by author David Sedaris and a variety of lyrical poetry to see how "the experts" express their identities through their writing.
Students are practicing this through their own writing for at least ten minutes every session. Eventually, they will turn one of these practices into a final, polished product.
Seminar #2 Theme:
How Does My Community Define My Identity
Seminar #2 Theme:
How Does My Community Define My Identity
American History
American History
When we examine our nation's history, we can see multiple ways that conflict and war have made an impact on our nation and our global community. Throughout this seminar you will be selecting a topic and investigating how it has been impacted by conflict and war. The ultimate goal for this seminar is to understand the greater impact of war and conflict. You will be investigating this impact through the lens of a specific topic. Take a look at the list below and decide how you are going to examine the impacts of war and conflict for this seminar.
Biology
Biology
Cancer: A term that we are all well aware of and lurks in the shadows of our every day lives. In this seminar we will dive in to understand not only what cancer is and how it happens, but also, what we are doing as a society to proactively prevent this terrible disease. On our journey we will learn about the prevalence of cancer, the cell cycle (life cycle of cells), mitosis (how our cells divide), mutations/damage to our DNA, and what we do on an every day basis to increase and decrease our risk of cancer.
ELA
ELA
In this seminar we will be reading in book clubs to identify the impact of a shared experience in a global community. We will be reading books focused on the following themes:
Empathy: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Grief: deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone's death.
Personal Growth: improving your behavior and habits; techniques for building positive habits, behavior, actions and reactions.
Inspiration: a person, place, experience, etc., that makes someone want to do or create something. : a good idea: a force or influence that inspires someone.
Perseverance: continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition
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