JCOS
Bridges 2014-2015
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Topic
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Report
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DO
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Ayalnesh
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Endangered
Elephants
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Why are
elephants endangered?
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Educate,
raise money, and Adopt an Elephant
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Brianna
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Photography
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Different
types of cameras
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Taking
pictures and comparing them
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China
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Paris
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Paris
culture; Paris history
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Cook French
food at home and do a choice time activity
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Chloe
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Autobody
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The tools
and how they are used in the autobody industry
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Go to an
autobody shop and do a shadow/apprenticeship
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Debra
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Las Vegas
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The history
of Las Vegas
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Got to Las
Vegas and see and describe 4 or 5 highlights.
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Elisha
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Knots
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Research the
history of knots and what they were used for
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Practice and
learn 3-5 knots
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Emily
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Ancient
Wonders of the World
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Ancient
Wonders of the World
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Make a
sculpture of favorite wonder and design modern wonder
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Grainne
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Movie acting
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Biography of
Emma Watson
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Writing and
staring in a film adaptation
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Guinness
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Wonderful
Welding
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Different
metals- how they are made and what they do; How to weld safely; What in the
world is welded
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Welding
internship with Scott Rockbear.
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Hayden
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Podcasting
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How to make
a podcast
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Make on
podcast on how to make a podcast
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Izzy
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Animal
Intelligence
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What is
animal experimentation? Pros and cons.
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Train Kululu
to do a trick consistently.
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Jason
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Cooking
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Most
important tools in the kitchen and what they do
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Cook 3
recipes and share mom’s special sauce with class.
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Jerome
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Spray
Painting
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History of
graffiti; difference between illegal and legal graffiti
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Make
graffiti of the five pillars of the open school
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Kate
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French
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Background
of the French language
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Learn some
French and make a mini-dictionary/pamphlet
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Kian
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Restoring a
car
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How to
remodel a car
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Apprenticeship
with Heart and Rodney
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Lars
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Fly fishing
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Define and
compare and contrast fly fishing and “traditional” fishing
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Go and practice
fly fishing; practice the process; learn to tie flies
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Leif
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Japanese
cooking
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History of
Rice and Difference between Korean/Japanese chopsticks
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Make 3
different types of sushi, chose favorite, and serve to IA teachers
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Mackenzie
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Science
behind GMOs
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What are and
what’s the purpose of GMOs
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Go to farm
and ask an organic farmer opinion; blind taste test
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Madyson
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Cake
baking/decorating
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The science
behind the main cake ingredients a
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Make an
animal print out of frosting; make three cakes; visit a baker
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Molly
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Indian
Cuisine
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Commonly
used Indian Spices
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Make some
recipes and then design own.
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Nixon
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New Orleans
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History of
New Orleans
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Identify
what makes “New Orleans” food, chose 3 foods and cook them.
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Riley
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Greek
Mythology
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Origins of
the Greek gods and how they were
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Create a new
god myth (story and statue)
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Rodrigo
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Soccer
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Where and
how soccer was invented
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Try to learn
a new soccer trick; join a club
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Sage
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Fast Food
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Cholesterol
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Eat a meal
at a F.F. joint and calculate the calories and figure out much exercise it
would take to burn that off
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Sofia
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Cake
baking/decorating
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Most popular
wedding cakes and why
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Take classes
in decorating
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Tayler
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S. Korean
Culture
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Intro: S.
Korean Culture: clothing, music, food
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Watch a
documentary and makes notes; memorize and retell a folktale
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