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CIRCLE OF POWER & RESPECT 72 - ROWS 1 & 2 CIRCLE OF POWER & RESPECT 72 - ROWS 3 & 4 CIRCLE OF POWER & RESPECT 71 - ROWS 1 & 2 CIRCLE OF POWER & RESPECT 71 - ROWS 3 & 4

@SEVENTH OLD

Section 1 Section 2 Section 3

**AUP - FIRST DAY**

Download the AUP Sample Quiz and take it! -

Assignment 1 - Website Evaluation Unit Watch the following video first:

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 * Essential Question**: Why is it important to evaluate the source and validity of the information found on a website?

a) **Step 1**: Download Part 1 to your computer and open it with Microsoft Word. Complete it!

b) **Step 2**: Watch the following video next. media type="file" key="Website Evaluation - YouTube-2.flv" width="654" height="654"

c) **Step 3**: Discuss with a partner what the word bogus means. What are some things that might be bogus?

d) **Step 4**: Click on the following URL: California's Velcro Crop

e) **Step 5**: Download the Website Evaluation Checklist. f) **Step 6**: Work with a partner to evaluate two of the websites below. The Dog Island RYT Hospital Male Pregnancy Whidden Hospital The Museum of Jurassic Technology United States Holocaust Museum Improbable Research Burmese Mountain Dog The Jackalope Conspiracy g) **Step 7**: Download the organizer below to start your bogus or biased web page draft.

h) **Step 7**: Students learn the website evaluation process and create a bogus or bias web page using Centricity (the school's website provider). Weeks of September 21st - September 28th - Website Evaluation Process. (100 pts.)

Rubric:

Assignment 2 - Research Process, Web 2.0 Technology, and Presentational Skills - Science //**Students will create a Glog about a natural cycle.**//

//**The glog will include the following:**// //**1. A student created movie**// //**2. 3 Pictures with** **links to web pages with additional information about your cycle/process.**// //**3. 2 Facts in text boxes.**// //**4. A school/teacher tube movie or news movie (cnn, fox, etc) with content that pertains to your cycle/process.**// //**6. A title.**//
 * STEP 1 - PROJECT REQUIREMENTS**

//**Glog Sample: Life Cycles**//



//**1. Select one of the following topics.** (I placed a similar table in your section page, under Assignment 4. You will need to type your first name next to the topic chosen).//
 * STEP 2 - DAY 1 INSTRUCTIONS**

**Fertilizing the Earth with Nitrogen** **Releasing Nitrogen Pollutants to the Air.** || **You are a carbon atom.** **For millions of years you were underground in fossil fuels. Now, you have been released into the atmosphere as humans burn fuels. You will travel the carbon cycle.** || //Resources:// //Use the pages below as your starting point. They provide links to additional web pages.//
 * Science Topics || Information ||
 * Rock cycle || **Include the Sedimentary rocks, the igneous rocks, and the metamorphic rocks.** ||
 * Water cycle || **Include the process of Evaporation and Transpiration.** ||
 * Nitrogen cycle || **Include Changing the Nitrogen Cycle**
 * Carbon cycle || **Include the Green House Effect and Global Warming**
 * Photosynthesis process || **Explain why leaves change color in the fall and how plants prepare for winter.** ||
 * Amphibian metamorphosis || **Include a frog, a toad, and a salamander metamorphosis.** ||
 * Jellyfish metamorphosis || **Include the dangers of the Jellyfish** ||
 * Seasons cycle ||  ||
 * Migration cycle || **Choose one type of migration and explain the steps involved in the cycle.** ||
 * Contagious disease parasite cycle ||  ||
 * ** Insect metamorphosis ** || **Include incomplete and complete metamorphosis, choose an insect, and explain its metamorphosis.** ||
 * Lunar cycle ||  ||
 * Other (to be approved by teacher) ||  ||
 * butterfly metamorphosis ||  ||

http://www.lincnet.org/Page/1155 - Library's Databases Page

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//**2. Download the following file:**//

//3. Complete the organizer and download the following handout://
 * STEP 2 - DAY 2 INSTRUCTIONS**

//4. Do a storyboard of the movie using Inspiration.//
 * STEP 3 - DAY 3 INSTRUCTIONS**

//5. Create iMovie.//
 * STEP 4 - DAYS 4 - 6 INSTRUCTIONS**

//6. Go to Glogster// //7. Start your Glog.//
 * STEP 5 - DAY 7 INSTRUCTIONS**

//Rubric**: **//

Assignment 3 - Pages - Ancient Egypt Tabloid

Egyptian Project

For this assignment, you will become a reporter and a “paparazzo” to create a two-page tabloid for a community in Ancient Egypt.

__**Your magazine must contain**__: • A front page story about one of the following topics: the Egyptian life of a slave, servant, farmer, or wealthy lord, an Egyptian god or goddess, mummification, a pharaoh, a pyramid, a temple, or the Egyptian writing. • A picture to go with your front page story, plus a caption and a quote that the pharaoh may have heard saying. • A crossword puzzle using terms and information about Egypt. You must have a minimum of 10 clues. • A colorful map of Egypt labeling the following places: Nile river, Nile Delta, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Sahara Desert, Thebes, Giza, Memphis, Phoenicia, and Mesopotamia. Choose two of the above places and write about their significance or how they relate to Egypt. • A second page with two additional stories (choose from the above topics). • 2 additional pictures with captions • A hieroglyphic puzzle or sentence • A comic strip about Egypt.

__**Guidelines**__: • All stories must be based on events and characters from Ancient Egypt. • Your front-page story should be the longest, most important story in your paper. • The stories must reflect your knowledge on the topics chosen, but must appeal to the readers of tabloids who enjoy reading up on fashion, trends, and celebrities. • All stories will be based on true facts but must be original (plagiarized stories will result in a zero for the entire assignment). • The magazine will have an original name and should contain the date. • Each story should have a sensational headline. • Each story should include the 5 W’s: • Where? • When? • Who? • What? • Why? • Each picture should have a proper citation in the form of a caption.

__**Checklist**__: • I wrote an original name for the magazine. • I included the date of publication. • I wrote a front-page story about one of the suggested topics. • I created a crossword puzzle using terms and information about Egypt. • I included a map of ancient Egypt and labeled the required places. • I wrote about the significance or relevance in Egyptian history of two of the places included in the map. • I wrote 2 additional stories. • I wrote three sensational headlines. • I included a hieroglyphic puzzle or sentence. • I included a comic strip about Egypt. • I have 3 pictures with proper citations in the form of captions • I used proper grammar and spelling • Each of my stories answers the 5 W’s.

__**Resources**__: 1. Use Destiny, which is located in the Wiki’s navigation pane under Tutorials and Other Resources. 2. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html 3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/ 4. http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/nefertari.html 5. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/ 6. http://www.ancient-egypt.org/ 7. http://www.eyelid.co.uk/

Assignment 4 - Excel - NYC Trip

The students will create and itinerary and a budget for a New York City trip using Excel.

Go to the following [|web site]. __**Templates**__

Assignment 5 - Video Montage

The students will create a video montage for the eighth grade graduation ceremony using iMovie. For this project the students will review how to insert pictures, how to use the photo settings to add effects to the pictures, how to add titles, transitions, and video effects. In addition, the students will learn how to use GarageBand to put a series of music files together and to split the music files to select parts of songs. They will also review the copyright law for music use on media projects.

**Rubric** :