Design for Deeper Learning

create executive functioning skills to teach and practice over a semester with middle school students.

How might we help students understand and tell the story of their own growth as learners? alternative to traditional portfolios that only highlight finished products

The main topic is invasive species. It is under the large umbrella of the PBL theme Human Impact. We will explore ways humans shape the world around us through the choices we make, the resources we use, the environments we change, and the solutions we create. The tagline is every choice leaves a footprint. what will yours leave behind. Students are home schooled so they won't come in on campus. Their project will be mainly completed by themselves. They can go to parks and other places on their own for discovery. Students can choose their target focus on a specific species or an event that was caused by invasive species or change of habitat of native species. The end project can be variety but I would like PSA to be part of the choice.

Save the trees. explore heat islands, help increase tree canopy in our school community, study effects of a decrease in tree canopy, and improve tree inequality.

How do buildings come together to create a community

6th, 7th, 8th grade Historical Inventions through the Ages (Ancient Civilizations, Medieval World History, U.S. History) and then comparing to Artificial Intelligence Also incorporate cooking and food

Partnering with a 4th grade class to have students compare and contrast long ago to today. Students will interview their grandparents or other family members and learn about how they grew up compared to their own lives. The culminating project will involve students going to the nearby senior center and doing a performance or something else with the seniors living there. Trying to think about how to make this meaningful and link to purpose