2010-2011+Projects-+Cohort+I


 * < //**School**// ||< //**Teacher**// || //**Description of Student's Science Project**// ||< //**Student's Science Project**// ||
 * < High School for Legal Studies ||< Gil Ferrer, Jr || Gowanus Canal in Great Danger! is a WebQuest that brings the students experience and enables them to become more familiar about the place. They gain background information of what is happening to it and how they can help protect its ecosystem. The students will be involved with the aims of the Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy. They will create newsletter to show the effect of pollution to the ecosystem and then distribute them to the public.

The Living Environment Class Website 2010and 2011 are the collaborative sites where weekly assignments in the form of blended classes (online and or face-to-face) for the School Year 2010-2011 are posted. Students’ assignments are attached in the websites and then evaluated. ||< || The students put up their projects about Human Body Systems in e-portfolio of (D2L) learning management system. Those projects were then transformed into powerpoint presentations. 6.1a Energy flows through ecosystems in one direction, typically from the Sun, through photosynthetic organisms including green plants and algae, to herbivores to carnivores and decomposers. 6.1b The atoms and molecules on the Earth cycle among the living and nonliving components of the biosphere. For example, carbon dioxide and water molecules used in photosynthesis to form energy-rich organic compounds are returned to the environment when the energy in these compounds is eventually released by cells. Continual input of energy from sunlight keeps the process going. This concept may be illustrated with an energy pyramid. 6.1f Living organisms have the capacity to produce populations of unlimited size, but environments and resources are finite. This has profound effects on the interactions among organisms. 6.2a As a result of evolutionary processes, there is a diversity of organisms and roles in ecosystems. This diversity of species increases the chance that at least some will survive in the face of large environmental changes. Biodiversity increases the stability of the ecosystem. 6.2b Biodiversity also ensures the availability of a rich variety of genetic material that may lead to future agricultural or medical discoveries with significant value to humankind. As diversity is lost, potential sources of these materials may be lost with it. 6.3a The interrelationships and interdependencies of organisms affect the development of stable ecosystems. Group Projects: Biodiversity in Pandas- 3 students The Water Cycle- 6 students Grey Wolves of Yellowstone- 5 students Food Chain- 2 students ||< media type="file" key="Eman Elk,Randa, & Khawla.MOV" width="479" height="125" media type="file" key="Danya, Ferdous,Samiyah, Lemia,Tasneem, & Aisha.MOV" width="479" height="130" media type="file" key="Ameena, Anisa, Kanwal, Nidda, Najma.MOV" width="485" height="142" media type="file" key="AbdurRahman Frames Project.MOV" width="483" height="115" || Darline Michel || ==="Energy Conservation" ===
 * < Al-Madinah School ||< Imran Qaisar || 10th Grade Biology students came up with videos, working cooperatively with frames software on one of the Ecology topics.
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 * < M.S. 126 ||< Rose Guerrier

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Newtown Creek which is the dirtiest water in the nation became a concern since all of the students have been affected by its current condition. MS 126 is situated blocks away from the creek which has been polluting the air, ground, and water system of Greenpoint, for many years. The overall message the students try to spread in the community is that we all should recycle, reduce pollution and energy usage because we care for the earth and each other. Through the use of technology, iNACOL and collaboration with Brooklyn Connection, the students did extensive research on Newtown Creek and Greenpoint. The students researched the creek and Greenpoint during the 1800’s to present day. They wrote about the effects of Newtown Creek’s pollution on marine life, community members, and local businesses. They also created an architectural design of their vision for the vicinity of Newtown Creek. The students were provided with digital cameras to take pictures of Greenpoint landmarks. These photographs were used to create a picture book of Greenpoint landmarks because they wanted to focus on some of the beauty of the neighborhood despite the fact that it has been highly polluted. ====== ||< || Grade 6 || Students were charged with the task of teaching others about human impact on earth’s ecosystems through media. The class chose to teach their peers through film media; specifically commercials, and public service announcements. In groups of threes and fours, students researched their assigned topics. Thereafter, students studied the basic elements of a film: image, sound, time, motion, sequence, etc. With this knowledge, the students then wrote a detailed script. Lastly, the groups filmed their commercials/public service announcements; and presented their finished products to their classmates. || Title: “Deforestation#1: URL: Title: "Air Pollution#2": URL: Title: "Water Pollution#3": URL:
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 * //[|MS 126 Recycling Campaign]: //** //Students in two 6th grade Special Education classes helped recycle trays, bottles, and cans in the cafeteria; created slogans, plays, announcements, and recycling competitions to engage student body; raised money for a trip where they recycled old jeans to make bags; brought in old garments and changed them into new artistic pieces; displayed their creations at the Greenpoint Earth Day Festival. The students collected food scraps to feed their classroom worm bins, and using the worm castings in planters they made from old plastic bottles. The students were recognized for their good work and were named the Citywide, Boroughwide, and Golden Apple // || MS 126 Recycles
 * Cobble Hill HS || Sharine Rowe || Ninth Grade Living Environment Class:
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 * Cobble Hill HS || Sasha O'Connor ||  || [[file:Zahra Ali.ppt]] ||
 * ||  ||   || [[file:project #4 nykia williams.ppt]] ||
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 * ||  ||   || [[file:DEFORESTATION aisha collins.ppt]] ||
 * ||  ||   || [[file:Ashgan Baidhani project 4.ppt]] ||
 * MS 88 || Isabel Azcona ||  || [[file:Amber Ozuna 808 Alternate forms of energy.ppt]] ||
 * ||  ||   || [[file:Jennifer Garcia 808 Traditional Forms of Energy.ppt]] ||
 * ||  ||   || [[file:Marco Alonso 808 Clean Water.ppt]] ||