How do we use energy to improve our lives?

Science

In this project, students engineer designs to keep things either hot or cold. They had 4 clients to choose from and then they design, build, test, re-design, build, and test their ideas again! Below, I have included slides with the 4 clients that the students chose from.

Dont Feel The Heat Client Descriptions.pdf

The Client List

Final Product ((Don't) Feel The Heat)

Student 1 Report

Report to Client (Science Class)

Student 2 Report

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English

Students first read The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind to frontload the conversation about alternative energy and how it can make a difference in our lives.

Students began the unit learning about fossil fuels and the dangers they pose to our environment, as well as learn how these nonrenewable sources can be used more responsibly.

Students then learn about different alternative energy (AE) sources and how they work. At this point in the project, students choose which AE they will be using for their proposal to the school.

Once students have conducted research on the benefits of the AE for PiSTEM, they will create a written proposal along with a model of the school (to include their AE choice in relation to the building)

STUDENT EXAMPLES *will update after project deadline*

History

In History, we studied the opinions held about Immigrants during the the wave of immigration during the Antebellum Period of U.S. History. After reading on the Antebellum, students wrote an answer for the relationships between the historical time periods of the era and the opinions held on immigrants. As they drew upon a common opinion or a fluctuating opinion as one moment in history led to the next.

After reading on the Antebellum, students wrote an answer for the relationships between the historical time periods of the era and the opinions held on immigrants. As they drew upon a common opinion or a fluctuating opinion as one moment in history led to the next.

Math

Students examined a system of equations (1 linear and 1 quadratic equation) that modeled a laser and a projectile and determined when they would collide or intersect.