September: Voting and Chemistry Ideas

Eileen,

Here is some early information on our curriculum projects:

Voting and Anthony Quas:

This unit would examine the complex relationships between voting and statistics using the social studies and math curriculum for grades 6, 10, and 11.  The activity I have proposed is a class or school election where students research and design an election.  They would be using statistics and graphing and how it relates to polls, surveys, and post election results.  Once they have completed a class election on their teen topic, they would then use these skills to analyze a national issue as well.

Chemistry and Scott Mcindoe:

This unit would examine the properties of unknown chemicals and would be using the science curriculum for grades 7 and 11.  The activity I have proposed is a class is a CSI (Canada Version) type mystery where students use the properties of chemicals to identify unknown chemicals.  They would be learning lab safety and how to conduct simple chemical experiments.  They also would be graphing and discussing their results.  Once they have identified their substance they would make the connection with real world cases as well. 

I will have more information when we meet later this week.