The most recent project I completed in my biology class was to create a self-sustaining ecosystem, sealed inside of a jar. The purpose of the ecosystem was to demonstrate the different cycles, processes, and chains that matter and energy flow through. Through the unit, our class discussed food webs and pyramids, […]
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The Life of a Carbon Atom
After creating an ecosystem in a jar (see My Ecosystem in a Jar), one of the final products I had to complete was composing a narrative entailing transformations that could happen to a carbon atom within my ecosystem. The story needed to include processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, consumption, defecation, and the water cycle. […]
The Dangers of Prescription Drugs
Throughout the Drug Unit in my Health class, we learned about the different varieties of drugs, both legal and illegal. These included, opioids, stimulants, depressants (including alcohol), steroids, hallucinogens, inhalants, and cannabinoids. The final project for this particular unit split our class into eight groups, each with a different category of drug to research and […]
An Era of Progress
The Progressive Era was the period of time in the U.S. where the ills of society were no longer pushed aside, and progress was finally made regarding working conditions, food and safety regulations, equal rights, and much more. Throughout the Progressive Era unit in my history class, I learned about the progressive amendments, the literature […]
Defining Self Reflection
During a recent project in my English class, we explored the concept of theme, as well as many writing strategies that authors use to enhance their work. As a final product, I created a personal narrative that describes an important event in my life. I chose to write about an incident that occurred when I […]
Le projet de vêtements
In my French II class, we just completed our clothing unit. For a final project, my partner, Jean, and I created a video using verbs, possessive adjectives, colors, and clothing vocabulary. In the video we produced, we talked about the clothing we were wearing and visited a department store where we reviewed and purchased a […]
What is Bipolar Disorder?
During our Mental Health unit in Health Class, my group and I created a presentation about a mental illness. Our group chose Bipolar Disorder, which is an illness including mood swings that range from depressive lows to manic highs. This disorder affects nearly 2.3 million American citizens today. Embedded above is the presentation we created, […]
The Anti-Federalist Papers
In a recent project about the U.S. Founding Documents, my group and I created a presentation on the Anti-Federalist Papers. The Anti-Federalist Papers were the collective voice of the local and state politicians who disagreed with the ratification of the Constitution, the papers argued that a Bill of Rights needed to be added first. To […]
Personality Collage
Personality is defined as the emotional, physical, and mental characteristics of an individual. Each trait in an individuals personality is determined by one of four factors. These would be the persons’ self-concepts or beliefs, their environment, cultural influences, and hereditary traits. In Health class, I was tasked with creating a collage that represented how I […]
Mon Arbre de Famille!
In my French 1 class, we just finished our third unit, La Famille (the family). The unit covered family members, descriptions, personality, -ir and -re verbs, showing possession, and adjective verb agreement. Once we finished La Famille, we did an End of Unit Assessment on verbs and family vocabulary, and were then given a project. […]