Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Our SDL topics. Can you be a consultant?

JCOS Bridges 2014-2015

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


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