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Research your Christopher Columbus Ideas!

Research your Christopher Columbus Ideas!. Project Idea Possibilities. We broke these down into three categories: 1. School Issues 2. City / State Issues 3. Personal Ideas. Project Idea Possibilities. School Issues Computer Security / Filters Elective Cuts / School Budget Issues

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Research your Christopher Columbus Ideas!

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  1. Research your Christopher Columbus Ideas!

  2. Project Idea Possibilities • We broke these down into three categories: • 1. School Issues • 2. City / State Issues • 3. Personal Ideas

  3. Project Idea Possibilities • School Issues • Computer Security / Filters • Elective Cuts / School Budget Issues • Bullying at School • Solar Panels for Schools • More Creative Fundraising • IPods too Loud (Hearing Loss) • School Start Times

  4. Project Idea Possibilities 2. City / State Issues • Increase Recycling • Pets on the Loose / Stray Animals • Domestic Abuse • Cleaner air and water • Community Gardens / Rainwater gardens • Childhood Obesity • Racism in town / schools • A Community Center (more activities)

  5. Project Idea Possibilities 3. Other Ideas • Homelessness (Dorothy Day House) • Fix up old buildings (Small business renovations) • Mosquitoes • Emerald Ash Borer • Diabetes Awareness • Eating Disorders (Bulimia / Anorexia) • Alternative Energy • Recycling (better / more)

  6. Mr. Jopp’s Ideas • Getting Kids outside and active • Decreasing Light Pollution • Invasive Plants (Buckthorn) • Year round schools • Natural Spaces for Schools • Water quality in our streams and rivers • Ebooks and iPads in schools • Decreasing the “haze” over Rochester • Saving ‘Heirloom’ plant species

  7. Project Idea ‘IM-Possibilities’ Some topics have been way overdone in recent years. Therefore: No projects dealing with: • School Lunch • Sports Injuries (the concussion group did a great job with this) • Backpacks or lockers

  8. Today in the Computer Lab • 1. Make sure you sign the sign-up sheet for your group. • 2. Decide on an idea to research. Make sure your idea is important enough to make a difference in people’s lives. • 3. Find as much information about your topic as possible! (Become an expert on your topic)

  9. Today in the Computer Lab 3. Become an expert on your topic! • What is the history of your issue? • What have others done to solve your issue? • What data can you find about your issue? • Can you create a timeline of events that relate to your issue?

  10. Still can’t think of anything??? • Try going to the Christopher Columbus website to look at past ideas that have won.(www.christophercolumbusawards.com)

  11. What is due? • Your ‘5 First Questions’ is due by the end of class on Thursday. • You will spend 5 minutes sharing your ideas next Friday. (This is all of the questions on your ‘5 First Questions’ worksheet and your solution idea.

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