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Camp Creaser Obsevation Platforms
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This year students will be creating their own companies that are being commissioned to design and construct vernal pool observation platforms at Camp Creaser. Working in cooperatively with Mr. Eric Trott, 8-B students will learn about local and state building codes. Our goal is to design and construct observation platforms that may be used by school groups and the greater community. View more about the project....
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Science Chapter 1 & 2
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Working in pairs, students will research a given topic from chapter 1 or 2. Student pairs will produce an interactive project in the form of a powerpoint, song, dance, music video, TV commercial, class demonstration or documentary video. |
National Education Technology Standards
CT Standards |
Social Studies
Presidential Greatness |
Soon, students will be examining individual presidents and measuring presidential greatness. Working in groups of three, students will explore both the achievements and failures of our Cheif Executives in office. They will mount their findings on displayboards, which will be presented to parents at an evening viewing. This project was funded by a Coventry Board of Education grant. |
CT Standards
National Council for the Social Studies Standards
National Education Technology Standards |
Social Studies
Black and Women's History |
During the months of Februrary and March, students will be writing competetive, interpretive essays in celebration of Black and women's history months. Awards will be given at promotion exercises held at the end of the year. |
CT Standards
National Council for the Social Studies Standards
National Education Technology Standards |
Language Arts
Hound of the Baskervilles |
Students have begun Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Hound of the Baskervilles. We will examine the life of the author and his famous creation Sherlock Holmes. |
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Social Studies
Exploring Regions |
Working in collaboration with Mr. DiBattista, period 7 social studies class will investigate regions of the world through history, geography, illustrations, and the arts. Teaching objectives include CMT preperation, Bloom's Taxonomy and
the National Standards in Social Studies. |
CT Standards
National Council for the Social Studies Standards
National Education Technology Standards |
