Academies
@ Englewood
2005/06 Trimester 1 Projects
Amusement Park Physics
Enrollment Limitations: Juniors Only
Cisco Labs For IS Juniors
ISA Juniors are invited to use their
project time to complete the CISCO labs toward getting their CCNA Certifications.
This time will be used to get "hands on" experience
with CISCO Routers and Switches and to build up and test network configurations
similar to real world tasks.
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Computer Analysis and
Statistics
The student will complete a series of guided one hour projects which will explore topics in statistics using realistic data and also precalculus. A student is required to have completed Algebra II in order to enroll in the project. Problems relating to real life and science will be analyzed using a powerful statistics and graphing computer software program call Fathom. Problems in precalculus will be explored using another powerful computer graphics software program called the Geometer’s Sketchpad. Tests on the subject matter will be given.
Enrollment Limitations: The student must have completed Algebra II
Creating an Online Business
Have you ever wanted to create an online business? In this class you will develop a product, create a business plan and create a web site to sell that product to the public. This will be a fictitious web site but you could use it in the future to sell products on our own outside of school.
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Criminal Psychology
Students will look at their preconceived notions about crime. Then, they will learn about terminology used in discussing criminal behavior, different theories of criminal behavior, the different influences on crime, how to analyze a criminal case. They will then research and analyze a major criminal case and present the analysis.
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Documenting the Problems of
Society
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Dr.
Grieco Scholarship Fund
Ever wonder what it takes to start a charity from the ground up? Are you up the challenge? This class teaches students how to design a fundraising plan, publicize your efforts in the press, design a brochure and other marketing materials, organize fundraising events, and choose winning candidates for scholarship money. We have speakers and take local field trips. This is a shared effort between students at Dwight Morrow High School and Academies @ Englewood.
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Entrepreneurship
Students will learn how to start their own businesses. They will learn about analyzing needs in the marketplace; they will learn from case studies how some multibillion dollar businesses started with just an idea, and blossomed out of a basement, garage, or dorm room. The students will learn about accounting, incorporation, and other legal aspects of starting their own businesses.
They will calculate what expenses they will have, and how much their payroll will be (to pay their employees). The students learn to project income, and think about advertising and marketing for their businesses.
Students will write a detailed business plan to culminate the project. This business plan could be presented to a bank for a loan, or to a “VC” (Venture Capital) Group to request start-up capital.
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Exploring Colombia, Ecuador,
Venezuela and Peru
The purpose of this project is to expand the students’ knowledge about South American countries. The goal is to investigate the history, geography, politics, economics, music, literature, art, food, education, and natural resources of those countries. Students will be divided into groups to research the information and will be responsible to teach the class about their country in a Power-Point presentation. Videos will demonstrate lifestyles in each country. A variety of resources will be used as well as information given by corresponding embassies and/or consulates of every country. Students will prepare a dish from the particular country they are representing and bring it to share with the class. At the end of the project, the students will have a general knowledge of each of the four countries studied.
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Figure Drawing
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Human Anatomy
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Madrigal Dinner
The Madrigal Project gives its participants an opportunity to journey back in time to the Renaissance. The culmination of this project will be the creation of a Madrigal Dinner. This is a festive event that includes music, food, dance, acting, and elaborate costumes. It wouldn’t be complete without a Royal Court, so of course, there is a King, Queen, assorted Princes and Princesses, Lords, Ladies, wandering minstrels, a jester, knaves, wenches, etc., etc., etc. If you participate in this project, you will be required to stay after school for rehearsals, and of course, performance in all of the dinners is mandatory. There will be two or three dinners, scheduled over a weekend.
Enrollment Limitations: Acceptance into this project is by audition only.
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was the code name given to development of the
atomic bomb in World War II. In 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, ushering in the Nuclear Age. We will study three
aspects of the bomb's development:
1) The history of development of "The Bomb";
2) The science of fission, fusion, and radioactivity;
3) The world in the shadow of nuclear weaponry.
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Mock Trial
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National Parks
We will cover and view quite a few
of our National Parks; however, we will only focus on some of them. We will
study their flora and fauna, as well as their geological history and some earth
science related information.
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Online Traveler’s Guide
In this project students will be able to create individual articles on various travel destinations. As a group, students will combine their articles to create a travel guide. In a first phase, students will have to research specific information on the destination they chose. In a second phase, students will create a written article presenting the information they collected. Finally, students will create a slide show that they will present to their classmates.
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Radio Shack/Panasonic
Engineering Challenge
I’m sure you all have seen it in the plots of many movies and cartoons. The good guys are being chased by bad guys when suddenly a sheer cliff appears with a raging river far below. The good guys are doomed unless they can devise a way to cross safely to the other side. Well, that scenario will be played out in this year’s Radio Shack Engineering Design Challenge. Teams of students must somehow imagine, design, plan and construct a way to transport a ping-pong ball-carrying vehicle across a 36-inch open space from platform “A” to platform “B”, and then drive the vehicle down a 2-foot ramp to a designated area below. The entire mechanical system(s) cannot exceed a beginning volume of 12 x 12 x 18 inches and can be run from a 12 volt (max) power source.
Teams will compete for redeemable Radio Shack gift certificates and will have a maximum of three minutes to complete the task. First team (or best time) by a certain date will be the winner.
Enrollment Limitations: 10th grade (max. 16)
Priority: Pre-Engineering students
School Website
Put your knowledge of HTML and Photoshop to use. Various assignments will be given to maintain and improve the school’s web site.
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Scrapbook Quilting Project
Students will read about the
history of quilting as a uniquely American art form. They will research its historic development and significance, as
well as the symbolism of color and pattern.
Students will each create their own scrapbook quilt which reflects their
personalities, family histories,
interests, and aspirations.
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Spectacular Failures
One way to be successful in business is to simply avoid making any mistakes. This project will be a study of some of the more colossal mistakes made in business. Examples are the Sony Betamax video system, the Edsel car introduced by Ford, and the Iridium satellite communications system. These were all spectacular failures to which the parent companies dedicated years of effort, committed major resources of personnel and hard assets, and on which huge amount of money were spent.
Students will prepare case studies of these failures. They will detail the history and background of each event. This will include the underlying business reasons and justifications for each project. Students will then analyze how and why things went wrong. Last they will offer suggestions as to what could have been done differently to either have avoided the situation or to salvage the project.
Enrollment Limitations: Only
open to members of the Finance Academy
Sports and Wellness
This project combines creativity and business skills to create sports facilities. The facilities are created using a timeline. The students will also produce, film, and edit their own fitness video.
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Starting a Business
Want to work for yourself? Want to make
a hobby a profession? Want to set your own hours? We will be learning the
process that will create an enjoyable business for you based on a hobby and
your own creativity. Understand what it takes to start something from the
ground floor and watch it flourish.
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Topics in Statistics and
Precalculus using Computer Analysis
The student will complete a series of guided one hour projects which will explore topics in statistics using realistic data and also precalculus. Problems relating to real life and science will be analyzed using a powerful statistics and graphing computer software program called Fathom. Problems in precalculus will be explored using another powerful computer graphics software program called the Geometer’s Sketchpad. Tests on the subject matter will be given.
Enrollment Limitations: Must have completed Algebra II
Transport Vehicle Engineering
Challenge
Open to all 9th, 10, and 11th grade Pre-Engineering students. Teams of 3-4 students must design and build a 4-wheel drive vehicle capable of transporting 150 ping-pong balls over a four-foot trestle bridge and deposit the ping-pong balls into a elevated goal. The winning team will be the one whose vehicle deposits the most ping-pong balls into the goal in the fastest within a 2-minute time limit. All vehicles will be tethered to student-built switch controllers and driven by team member. Groups will compete for individual gold, silver and bronze medallions. The school will provide all motors, wires and materials. A class tournament consisting of all functioning vehicles will be conducted at the end of the trimester to determine medal winners.
Enrollment Limitations: Teacher permission only – 18 students
Who Sank the Main
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Who Shot JFK
The mystery of the assassination of President Kennedy has fascinated the nation for over 40 years. Was it a lone assassin? Was it a government conspiracy? Something else, not even imagined? This project will use all the scientific and historical resources at our disposal in order to investigate all existing theories. On the basis of the evidence, our students will develop and defend their own theories about what really happened in Dallas on that fateful day. Help us to finally close the books on this controversial case!
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World Studies Broadway
In this course students will select a period from world history and
write one or two Broadway musical-style scenes about that period of
history. The course will provide a
brief overview of that period of history, and then students will work
cooperatively to develop appropriate songs, dances, dialogue, costumes, and
props. At the end of the trimester,
students will perform their musical for a selected audience. Students currently in Dr. Hall's World
Studies class will receive extra credit toward their third trimester World
Studies grade.
Enrollment Limitations: Open
to juniors and sophomores only
Writing Fellows
The objective of this project is to train Writing Fellows and create a writing center for the Academies @ Englewood. Writing Fellows are students who are skilled writers and qualified to help other students with their writing. Project time will be spent working on writing and tutoring skills, as well as working out the logistics of the writing center.
Participation in this program will look excellent on your transcripts! See Ms. Clark or Ms. Stegmayer if you are interested.
Enrollment Limitations: Students interested in this project must: