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7th Grade  Math & Science

An International Collaborative Project

HTMNC team: Clark/Voss/Jacob

Winter/Spring 2017

 

Project Description: In this international collaborative project, students will explore what it means to be a student in the border regions of both the United States and Mexico. How do current political climates impact those on both sides of the border? How do access and privilege impact education? What are the environmental implications of living in various socio-economic climates, and how do we impact one another’s environments from such a distance? Students will use Skyped discussions, class novels, academic texts, scientific writings, labs, and an inquiry-based approach to answer these questions and more. This project will culminate in 2 separate murals designed by student groups in both schools. The HTMNC-designed murals will be executed by both HTMNC students, as well as students from Preperatoria Federal Lazaro Cardenas in Tijuana. This will allow student work to live on, symbolizing our developed relationship and learning.

 

Major project milestones: (To take place from November to beginning of February)

Project launch at The Museum of Tolerance, field work (visiting the border area, working with Border Angels), skype interviews/email interviews getting to know one another between schools.

Begin mural designs, understanding ecosystems in border region

Revising mural designs, fieldwork (water drop)

Revising mural designs, ecosystem labs, Mural painting

Student Ambassador visits

Mural painting

Exhibition!

 

Mathematics Common Core State Standards addressed:
Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

7.RP.1 Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions

7.RP.2 Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities.

Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.

7.G.1 Solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.

7.G.2 Draw (freehand, with ruler and protractor, and with technology) geometric shapes with given conditions. Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.

7.G.4 Know the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle and use them to solve problems; give an informal derivation of the relationship between the circumference and area of a circle.

7.G.6 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.

 

NGSS Science Standards addressed:

LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

LS2.B Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

LS2.C Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS4.D Biodiversity & Humans
ESS3.A Natural Resources (human dependence on natural resources)
PS1.A Structure & Properties of Matter

*Will also cover Cross Cutting Concepts: Cause & Effect, Energy & Matter, Stability & Change, as well as Science & Engineering Practices: Construction Explanations & Designing Solutions, Analyzing & Interpreting Data, Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information, Engaging in Argument from Evidence.