Your Google Form is due on Monday June 9. Submit the link to your form here. Here's how you do it:
You must be ready to present your final Keynote by Monday June 16.
Examples from previous years:
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Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Math Data Management: The 'I Wonder Why...' Project
Click the image below for the project description.
Examples from previous years:
Examples from previous years:
Documentary Film Project
Click the image above for the project description.
How to use Google Presentations:
Choose your film from cbc.ca/player. Choose Doc Zone, The Passionate Eye, or The Nature of Things:
Or nfb.ca/channels:
If you are watching a documentary from somewhere else, make certain it is approved by your parent and is G or PG rated.
Presentations begin on Tuesday, June 10.
Click here for the schedule of presentations.
See Mr. Lee's example below:
Dear Parents/Guardians of Grade 7,
We have just begun a unit in class exploring documentary films. Students will be deconstructing these films as they would a novel, summarizing them, making predictions, inferring, and reflecting on their meaning. As part of the unit, students will be preparing a culminating task where they are to choose and watch a documentary by themselves, and then present their ideas about it. We are asking students to choose the documentary from either cbc.ca/player or nfb.ca/channels, as much of the content is educational, Canadian, and free and legal to view.
To make certain that your child chooses a film which is appropriate for their level, please have conversations with your child about the documentary he/she chooses to view, and, if possible, watch the film with him/her.
Thanks again for your incredible support of our program.
Sincerely,
Mr. Lee
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Math Assignment: SPG Data Analysis
PRESENTATIONS BEGIN TUESDAY MAY 20.
Click the image below for the project description.
Click the image below for the project description.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The T-Shirt Logo Project
What's the project?
Design a logo which represents the grade 7 2013-2014 school year at BAPS. The entire grade will vote on which logo should go an a t-shirt that all grade 7s will be able to order. Any logos that tie for first will go on a t-shirt.
Why No Evaluation Rubric?
7S and 7L will create the evaluation rubric after studying logos.
What must I hand in at the end?
You must hand in your final digital or hand-drawn logo as well as at least 4 different sketches of versions you considered.
When is it due?
Friday, May 16. If you hand it in later, your logo will not be considered for the t-shirt.
Where should I do my drawings?
In your thinking book.
If I'm doing my final version in digital form, what app will I use?
What are the design requirements of the logo?
The logo must use a maximum of 2 colours, and be designed for a white background.
Click here for our Logos iBook.
Friday, April 11, 2014
The Meaning of a Song Project
Written Assignment Due: Friday, April 11
Presentations Begin: Monday, April 14. Click here for order.
Get ready to write and speak about a song that means something to you. Click the image below for the project description.
Mr. Lee's Example 1
Song: Karma Police
Performing Artist: Radiohead
Songwriter: Radiohead
Click for lyrics and song
Description:
Karma Police hits me deep in my stomach. As soon as I hear the sound of the A minor chords from the piano, guitar, and bass, I feel like I'm falling down a gorgeous hole in a dream. I first heard the song while travelling in Europe and would hit rewind constantly on my Sony Walkman (this was before the iPod and MP3s). I'll never forget the feel of being on a bus in Ireland, looking out the window at the Irish rain and bright green rolling hills, with Thom Yorke singing "I lost myself" over and over again. I believe the song is about the joy of being different and not fitting in, and how horrible it is when people try to force you to be something you are not. The lines about a girl with a "hitler hairdo" and a man who "talks in maths" appear to make fun of them, but I believe the song is trying to express their beauty. Karma Police is a song for outsiders who don't fit in and don't mind.
Mr. Lee's Example 2
Song: Killing Me Softly
Artist: Fugees (originally performed by Roberta Flack)
Songwriter: Charles Fox and Norman Gimble
Click for lyrics and song
Description:
There may not be a singer in the world like Lauryn Hill. Her voice feels high, low, and in-between to me. It expresses joy, sadness, and anger all in the same breath. I heard this song for the first time while walking through a shopping mall. I remember thinking, "What is that voice? It's giving me an intravenous hit straight to my veins." The funny thing about this song is it's a song about loving a song. It's almost like Lauryn Hill is singing exactly what you're feeling about her while she sings it to you. Although there have been many versions and covers of this track, including Roberta Flack's great original, I love this one best because of the addition of some fresh hip hop beats and flavour. It's a song you can lie in bed and cry to, or drive your sleek sports car to on the freeway
Mr. Lee's Example 3
Song: Live it Out (acoustic version)
Artist: Metric
Songwriter: Metric
Click for lyrics and song
Description:
Metric's "Live it Out" can be listened to in both their electric and acoustic versions. The great thing about both is how different one sounds from one another. My favourite one is the acoustic because you can hear the melancholy in the song much more definitively. It's not too hard to figure out what this song is about. To me, the track is a call to arms to everyone in the world. Emily Haines wants us to live our lives to their fullest and to not have any regrets. This song always reminds me to do that in my life. I love the lines "No concrete adversity/Only traps of our own actions" which always makes me think about the importance of not letting your fears rule your life, to avoid trying to make your life perfect and comfortable, and to seek passion and challenges instead. It's also a special song for me because it makes me contemplate the love I have for my wife and family when she sings "But I don't want to live it alone". "Live it Out" makes me want to reach for the stars and climb every mountain with the ones that I love.
When you are ready, use the form below to hand in your assignment. If you have trouble seeing it, click here.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Math: The Business Project
Thursday, February 20, 2014
OWA Persuasive Writing Task
Monday, January 20, 2014
The IKEA Bedroom Project
Click the image below for the math project description.
Due: Monday, January 27
Due: Monday, January 27
Monday, January 13, 2014
Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study
We are going to read Veronica Roth’s Divergent together as a class.
You can read it:
Online for free at www.divergent.cc;Or using a class or personal copy.
How much/fast do I have to read?
You must read at least a chapter per day (5 chapters per week; Monday-Friday).What do I have to do in my Thinking Book?
Starting Monday, January 13th, there will be a new question posted on bapslee.com every day for 39 days (total chapters in the book).Every week, you must complete at least one of the chapter questions.
Each weekly assignment must be completed as a feature page using one full page of your Thinking Book. There are 8 weeks, so you will end up with at least 8 feature pages.
So…
- You must read at least 5 chapters per week.
- You must complete at least 1 of the chapter questions from each week as a feature page in your Thinking Book.
- You must be done reading and working on your chapter questions by March Break.
Click here for the evaluation rubric.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Technology and Health Movie Project: I Forgot My Phone
Click below for the project description and evaluation rubric.
Here are the two videos we viewed in class comparing media spin on technology:
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
BAPS Wonderland Probability Project!
Due date (date of event): Tuesday, December 17
Click here for the project description and evaluation rubric.
Click here for the project description and evaluation rubric.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Best Story Ever Presentations
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Perseverance Recount Writing Assignment
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Healthy Living Reflective Presentation
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Healthy Living Log
Keep a Healthy Living Log where you document what you do and eat for at least 7 days. You may keep your log digitally or on paper. If you do it digitally, you can use this template in your Google Drive.
For each of the 7 days, you should keep a log as follows:
For each of the 7 days, you should keep a log as follows:
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