I.D.K.

The "SOLE" model

November-December, 2013

Current Events & Global Issues

1. The government shutdown effect on kids (Brian) -- game

   1. what happened during the government shutdown?

   2. why did the government shutdown

   3. what did children lose during the government shutdown

   4. did the government affect kids health

   5. could the children have learned something for the government shutdown

   6. do the children even care about the shutdown

   7. did certain programs stop running when the government shutdown

   8. what did the government fund or did they not fund anything

   9. can the government keep children programs running still

   10. what kinds of things and places were actually shutdown and were there no taxes

2. Trend-setting features of Apple products (Jared, Kinsey, Cris) -- parts & box

• 1. What are the differences between the MacBook Pro and Air?

  2. What is the latest Apple devices?

  3. What is the difference between

  4. What is a graphics card?

  5. What is a motherboard?

  6. How do you build a desktop?

  7. What is a hard drive?what is ram?

3. Child labor and abuse (Addie, Hannah, Paola) ppt

• 1. What is the definition of child labor vs child abuse?

  2. Why is child labor used even though it is "bad"?

  3. What are the laws regarding child labor, in this county and other countries?

  4. When and why did child labor become regulated/illegal in the US?

  5. Are child labor laws/regulations/policies being created in other countries?

  6. What are the statistics regarding child labor?

4. Saving our world's ocean life (Alec, RyanC) -- swimmers

• 1. What is hurting ocean life?

  2. What solutions do we have to help them?

  3. What is the death count and is it decreasing or going up?

  4. What animal has the least amount of population and why?

  5. What animals are the most affected

  6. How many sharks are killed worldwide?

  7. How many companies are helping ocean life and which ones are helping the most?

  8. What is trawling and why does this happen?

  9. How can we help nets not catch by catch?

  10. Whats TED?

5. Current events in China (Luka, Hunter) --

• 1. What is the rubber ducky in China?

  2. What is going on with the heat wave in China?

  3. What do kids in China think/assume about kids in the US?

  4. Why is China communist and what does that mean?

  5. is china going to get nuked by the north koians

6. Invisible Children: Soldiers and Slaves (Prerna, Maya, Chelsey) -- Zaption: Joseph Kony

• 1. Where/why/how are kids getting kidnapped, and by whom?

     1. Are child abductions are more common in Africa, and if so, why?

     2. What is being done to prevent this problem and what more can be done?

     3. What are the statistics on this problem (now, past, predicted)?

     4. Kony?

  2. Where is Kony located, and why can’t we just capture him? Why does Kony believe he is right? Is this part of his religious beliefs?

  3. How old was Kony when he started abducting and what are his intentions?

  4. Was Kony an orphan? Did he have a family? Where did he live as a child?

  5. Why do people in the LRA work for him?

  6. Does Kony pay them or simply threaten to kill them?

7. Submersibles that study deep sea creatures (Devan, Theodor) -- ppt

• 1. How do submersibles work (design, power, features, functions, etc)?

  2. What are the statistics/records regarding submersibles?

  3. What are some recent innovations/inventions in submersible technology design and abilities?

  4. Where was the name submarine derived from?

  5. When was the submarine discovered and was it by accident?

  6. Why is most of the research done by the australian government?

  7. How did the first submarine look like?

  8. Who discovered submarines and how?

  9. What will submarines hold in the future and how might it look look like?

  10. Will we ever have space submarines?

8. Typhoon in the Philippines (Shradda)

9. Effects of fast food on the human body 1 (Yahya, Sean, Enrique, Gleb) -- ppt

• 1. What kind of bad stuff is in McDonalds products

  2. What is the quality of the kitchens in which the food is made?

  3. What are the statistics on this issue?

10. Effects of fast food on the human body 2 (Marc, Nate, Avi) -- ppt & samples

• 1. What are the main ingredients in fast food that cause obesity?

  2. What are the effects and/or problems that fast food causes?

  3. When was fast food considered bad and why?

  4. How often does someone have to eat fast food to become obese?

  5. What is the science behind fast food?

  6. How and why did fast food become popular/famous?

  7. Whats the environment their food is being cooked in?

Epic Moments in History

1. Assassination of John Lennon -- Khael, Rikesh, Ra-ra -

2. First cell phone/inception of iPhone -- Ali, Avi D, Sebastian

3. Flight -- Logan

4. Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson -- Robby and Chase

5. Battle of Britain -- Steven, Ryan, Ali, and Ryan 2-

6. 9/11 -- Juliana, Yorsabell, Gina-

7. Pearl Harbor -- Naya, Oscar, Lukas-

8. End of the Cretaceous Period -- Elliot, Dakota Kevin-

9. ? -- Oliver, Eliki of Nick

10. Discovery of the Theory of Relativity -- Naya & Riki

Science & Technology (Heumann, September-October, 2013)

1. Computer Programming (Tom, Dakota, Gleb)

2. Computer Security (Liam, MJ)

3. Rotorcraft (Yahya, Sean, Enrique, Devan)

4. Gravity & Light (Juliana, Riki, Eula, Chase, Oscar)

5. Bulletproofing (Ryan, Steven)

6. 6. Building A Mac vs PC Computer (Jaxson, Jared)

7. 7. Electromagnetic Technologies (Ali, Theodor)

8. 8. Shark Finning (Lukas, Alec)

Sports & Games (West, September-October, 2013)

1. World Cup (Prerna, Hannah, Paola)

Arts (Vatannia, September-October, 2013)

Sports and Sciences (Winter, 2013):

Groups:

1. Sign Language: Tatyanna, Jillian

2. Computers: Jason, Anthony, Jeffrey, Josh

3. Skateboarding: AlexS, Nicolas

4. Biology: Karen, Zaynab

5. Parkour: Thomas, Minh, Makenna

6. Martial Arts: Anish, JP, AlexC

7. Codes & Body Language: Miranda, Allie, Ellie, Francesca

8. Environmental Issues: J, Brian

9. Tweeking Gravity & Time: Colin

10. Colonizing Space: Patrick, Parker, Anand

11. Threatened Language: Katya

From other rooms:

1. Evolution of the Disney Princess (Gale, Kumi, Daria)

Day 1:

• 1. Each person write a list of 5 things that interest you (within our theme)

  2. Circle the top 3 and then say them to the group and field questions.

  3. Get into groups of 2 or 3 or 4 and write names on the board

  4. Get 2 computers for your group

  5. Create a shared doc and invite me at chrisheumann@gmail.com

  6. Title of doc = topic of your group

  7. Write ten specific questions that you want to investigate

Spring, 2012: Sports, Games, and Hobbies

Spring, 2012: Current Events and Continual Controversies

Friday, March 18, 2011

• 1. Get into groups again and get your poster

  2. Show me the questions

  3. Do research to answer your questions (and or find others)

  4. Decide on how you are going to communicate your results

  5. Organize your findings into the media you chose in step 4

Friday, March 11, 2011

Groups:

The kinds causes, and effects of censorship: Kevin, JoMo, Alex

Capitalism & SocioEconomics: Cade, Ted, Joshua, Rory (PPT)

What is the United States economy?

Animal Abuse: Hayden, Molly, Madi, Marisa

Why is animal abuse such a big problem?

Japan's Disasters: Jenna, Samir, Peter, Evan

What are the causes, effects, and aftermaths of the 2011 Japan earthquake?

The Black Gold: Disha, Riti, Zahra

What effect does foreign oil have on society?

Video Game Regulation: Martin, Parker

How do first-person shooter games effect kids, and what control should adults have over it?

Create a "poster" with the following things

• 1. Title of Your Topic

  2. The Essential Question

  3. Ten detail statements and/or questions

Friday, March 4, 2011

What confluence of concerns led to these sessions.

Our Topic:

What is Going On These Days That Concerns You A Lot?

1. How do you know what is going on in the world? (group discussion)

2. Four columns: Don't Understand -- Don't Care -- Care a Bit -- Care a Lot

3. Find two other people who have similar item(s) in the last column (groups of 3)

4. Create a "poster" with the following things

• 1. Title of Your Topic

  2. The Essential Question

  3. Ten detail statements and/or questions

  4. Evidence of preliminary research

  5. Present and propose path

November-December Thursday Ideas (19 people)

• 1. Work Time 0

  2. ---Non-Computer Free Time 12

  3. Documentary Movies 8

  4. Cal Coast Planning

  5. Class Meetings

  6. Cooking 8

  7. ---Game Master 11

  8. ---Art Projects 10

  9. ---Jokes/Seriously Funny 9