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Week 1: (8/29 - 9/2)
Welcome To HTH! Humanities: Critique, Quality Work, and Digital Portfolios Physics: Vocabulary Building |
Week 2: (9/6 - 9/9)
Monday, September 5: Labor Day Holiday Humanities: Critique, Quality Work, and Digital Portfolios, Amelia Earhardt's thoughts on Education Physics Activities: Balloons Field Trip: Air and Space Museum Guest Speaker: Military Pilot |
Tues., Sept 6:
21 Word Due Friday, Sept. 6: Digital Portfolio (Email with Partner) Choose an aircraft |
Week 3: (9/12 - 9/16)
Question: What drove humans' initial desires to take flight? Humanities: Monagolfaire Brothers' Hot air balloon and the beginning of flight. Icarus' story - Socratic seminar. First book club starts Physics: Parachutes. Thursday, September 15: Open House 5:30-7:30 |
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Week 4: (9/19 - 9/23)
Focus: How can flight, as a technology act like a window to a time period? Humanities: World War I and the first 20 years of flight as a case study. Collecting primary sources. First Book Clubs continues. Physics: Parachues and Scale Models Friday, September 23: Community Service Day |
Thursday, Sept 22: First attempts Primary Source Collection |
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Week 5: (9/26 - 9/30)
Focus: How can flight, as a technology act like a window to a time period? Humanities: Conintued... World War I and the first 20 years of flight as a case study. Collecting primary sources. First Book Club wraps up. Physics: Egg Drop Field Trip: Research Library or Downtown Library |
Thursday, Sept 29: Primary Source Collection
Friday Sept. 30: World section RD for wall poster |
Week 6: (10/3 - 10/7)
Focus: What were the circumstances around the development of your aircraft? Humainities: Writing the plane section from 2 perspectives (third and first person). Physics: Water Rockets and Momentum |
Tuesday, Oct 4: Description of the plane
Thursday, Oct. 6: Pilot's version of the plane. Friday, Oct 7: Plane section RD for wall poster |
Week 7: (10/10-10/14)
Focus: How did your plane change the world? Humanities: Movie Clubs Start. Synthesize Research Physics: Rocket Presentations and Scale Models Cardsotck STUDENT LED CONFERENCES Friday, October 14: Fall break, NO SCHOOL |
Thursday, Oct. 13: World Section Complete
Thursday, Oct 13: Cardstock Model |
Week 8: (10/17-10/21)
Focus: How have aircraft changed over the years? Humanities: Book Club Continues. Movie Clubs start. Drafting Cards. Physics: Physics Gliders |
Wednesday, Oct 19: Wall Card Complete Drafts
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Week 9: (10/24 - 10/28)
Humanities: First Book Club Continues. Wall Card Print Ready. Categorizing Aircraft Physics: Gliders Continued |
Friday, Oct 28: Wall Card Final Draft
Thursday, Oct 27: Final draft Models Files |
Week 10: (10/31-10/4)
Monday, October 31: Staff Day, NO SCHOOL Humanities: Movie Club Continues. Intensive Wood Model Week or Day. Physics: Quad Chart and Design Field Trip: Midway or Leatherneck Museum |
Week 11: (11/7 - 11/11)
Humanitie s: Roll Out letter treasures: Writing first Letters. Writing Second Letters, planning out Letter holderS Finalizing Letters and drafting Letter Holder outsides Physics:Drawings 1st prototypes Thursday, November 10: College Day Friday, Novbember 11: Veteran's Day Holiday |
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Week 12: (11/14 - 11/18)
Humanities: Letter Responses and Final drafts of letter holders Physics: 2nd prototype Reading: |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
Week 13: (11/28 - 12/2)
Monday November 28: No School Humanities: Writing Workshops Physics: Finish Pitch |
Week 14: (12/5-12/9)
Physics: Final Competitions |
Wednesday, December 7: Final Drafts
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Week 15: (12/12-12/16)
Thursday, December 15: All School Exhibition |
Exhibition night: December 15th
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