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Our school’s mission is to provide interdisciplinary, hands-on learning that involves students in all aspects of the learning process. Students will be able to move beyond worksheets and lectures and apply their learning in real-world projects. In my Algebra II class, my students will research the decline of wild salmon populations and the deterioration of their natural spawning habitats and migration routes. I am requesting two drill kits and building supplies to be used in conjunction with knowledge of current fishways. These materials will aid my students in creating ballistic devices that facilitate the movement of salmon to spawning grounds, as well as speed the smolts’ return to the sea. Students will design, prototype, and build full scale models to grasp the concept of projectile motion and how it applies to the real world.
My students will step away from their desks and outside of the traditional classroom to “catapult” their learning to the next level.
Students will map the trajectory of their salmon’s flight upriver using quadratic functions, and incorporate such variables as length of fish ladder and angle of incline. Then, students will create and graph exponential growth and decay functions to reflect both the rate of decline for the salmon population and the expected increase in population due to their device. Students will display their device, tests and findings for industry professionals, parents and community members at a public exhibition later this year.
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Our school’s mission is to provide interdisciplinary, hands-on learning that involves students in all aspects of the learning process. Students will be able to move beyond worksheets and lectures and apply their learning in real-world projects. In my Algebra II class, my students will research the decline of wild salmon populations and the deterioration of their natural spawning habitats and migration routes. I am requesting two drill kits and building supplies to be used in conjunction with knowledge of current fishways. These materials will aid my students in creating ballistic devices that facilitate the movement of salmon to spawning grounds, as well as speed the smolts’ return to the sea. Students will design, prototype, and build full scale models to grasp the concept of projectile motion and how it applies to the real world.
My students will step away from their desks and outside of the traditional classroom to “catapult” their learning to the next level.
Students will map the trajectory of their salmon’s flight upriver using quadratic functions, and incorporate such variables as length of fish ladder and angle of incline. Then, students will create and graph exponential growth and decay functions to reflect both the rate of decline for the salmon population and the expected increase in population due to their device. Students will display their device, tests and findings for industry professionals, parents and community members at a public exhibition later this year.