Environmental Project Update

In 50 - 100 words, tell me what you have accomplished on your Environmental Project.

I would also like to know...

- What do you have left to accomplish?
- How long do you think it will take you to finish your project?

Discussion 11

Some people feel that the public school system does not adequately prepare students for the real world. 

Identify one improvement you think schools need to make in order to better prepare students for life after high school. 

In approximately one hundred words, describe this improvement and explain why it is needed.  

Discussion 10

Music plays an important role in every culture and in every individual's life. Explain the role music plays in your culture or in your own life. 

Responses should be 50-100 words.

April Project

Presentation Requirements

4-6 Minutes

Include Resources

Appropriateness

Presentation is used as a tool, not a script

Eye Contact

Voice

Illustrations

Implications of the topic and solutions/improvements

Ways we can help make a change.

Recycling -- Taylor

Pollution -- Ashley Harris

Toxins -- Dylan

Mammal Extinction -- Leah

Conservation -- Hayli

Land Degradation -- Ashley Hudson

Population Explosion -- Lena

Nuclear Issues -- Sawyer

Destruction of the Rain Forests -- Mallory

Climate Change -- Kennidy

Waste -- Kaitlyn

Ozone Depletion -- Micaela 

Discussion 9

27 Days Remaining...


We only have 27 days of school left for this year! The year will be over before we know it!

Either respond by telling what you have done to be successful this year or how you are going to finish the year strong.

Responses should be approximately 100 words.

Women's History Month Questions

	Answer the questions about each of these influential women and turn them in by next Friday, March 30th. Rosa Parks How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last? http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee How many Olympic medals did she earn? http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016055.html
	Sacajawea What famous team of explorers did she travel with? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/sacajawea.html
	Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony What prominent organization was led by these two women? http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/women/suffrage.html
	Janet Reno and Madeleine Albright What jobs did these women hold during Bill Clinton's presidency? http://www.wic.org/bio/jreno.htm http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/biography/albright.html
	Betsy Ross Who asked her to make the first American flag? http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagtale.html
	Harriet Tubman By what nickname did slaves call her? http://www.civilwarhome.com/tubmanbio.htm
	Sally Ride What sport did this famous astronaut play as a young woman? http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/ride.html
	Helen Keller What is the title of her autobiography? http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=91
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg Which president nominated her to the Supreme Court? http://www.supremecourthistory.org/justice/ginsburg.htm
	Amelia Earhart What was Earhart's role on her first transatlantic flight? http://www.ninety-nines.org/earhart.html
	Georgia O'Keeffe Which museum presented the first retrospective exhibit of work by a woman artist? http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/okee-geo.htm
	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis What job did Jackie have before she married John F. Kennedy? http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/jk35.html
	Hillary Clinton To what official role did President Bill Clinton appoint her? http://www.wic.org/bio/hclinton.htm
	Equal Rights Amendment Who wrote the ERA, passed by the Senate in March 1972? http://www.now.org/issues/economic/cea/history.html
	Molly Pitcher What heroic acts did she perform during the Battle of Monmouth, in June 1778? http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/notable/pitcherm/
	Clara Barton Why wasn't she permitted to work with the International Red Cross? http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/bart-cla.htm
	Gloria Steinem Which two magazines did she help found? http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=150
	Sandra Day O'Connor What "first" did she accomplish in the Arizona Senate? http://www.loc.gov/rr/women/oconnor.html
	Eleanor Roosevelt What was the title of the newspaper column she wrote? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/peopleevents/pande01.html

Discussion 8

Spring break is just around the corner!!! If you could do anything you wanted that week, what would it be? Explain your reasoning and be descriptive.

Minimum 50 words