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**PBL Projects - Other**

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 * Julie - Assistant Principal**
 * Rebuilding Ellet**
 * Building wide**
 * Project Idea:**
 * Students will design, plan, research, promote and present ideas for a new Ellet High School facility.**
 * Driving Question:**
 * How can Ellet High School students solve the problem of a currently deteriorating high school building?**
 * Content:**
 * **Environmental sciences**
 * **Fiscal responsibility**
 * **Technology**
 * **Ratios and proportions**
 * **Professional and/or persuasive writing**
 * **Effective communication**
 * Major Student Products:**
 * **Scale drawing/model/floor plan**
 * **Website-testimonials/history of school**
 * **On-line surveys**
 * **Sitemap**
 * **Geological report**
 * **Debates**
 * **Presentation to Board of Education, ODE, city council**
 * **Brochure**
 * **Interviews with students and staff of current Ellet and other newer buildings**

Cambridge High School Ruth Anker Dan Oswald Chaleen Tidrick Scott Eldredge Project Title:  A Transformation in Oil and Gas Drilling IN Appalachia

Grades  9-12 Cross Curriculum focus on 10

Project Idea: Investigate oil and gas drilling overtime with regards to methods of drilling, economic, and environmental impacts in the past, present, and future.

Content:  Science-environmental impacts, science and society Social Studies- economic impacts, historic change, citizenship rights. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Language Arts-Persuasive writing, composition, vocabulary, communications <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Math-statistics, areas, volumes, charts, trends <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Technology- critical thinking, collaboration, 21st century skills, ethical use of information

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Driving <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Questions: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How can we, as citizens of Appalachia, prepare for or plan for the environmental and economic impact of modern oil/gas drilling in Appalachia?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Major <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student products: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Science-slides shows or video of pre drilling active drilling and post drilling

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Math - Spreadsheets, charts displaying economic/environmental trends <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Language Arts-Persuasive letters to Governments, Newspaper Editorials, Letters to the Editor, Narrations <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Social Studies-Virtual time lines whit photo essays, news clips, news documentary <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Technology-Wikispace to compile projects and keep students in contact. News Documentary for our school and Local TV Channel 2

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Project name: **"Green Chip" Investments (Same project from Web 2.0) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Secondary Content area (if applicable):** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Challenge or Driving Question: ** Are environmentally and/or socially responsible companies making an impact on the environment and the economy? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Project Summary:** Students will setup, research and manage an environmental and socially responsible mutual fund. Students collaborate to create, develop and implement an investment company to compete in an investment completion. Students must understand the regulations (laws), develop a business plan, setup and research of investments to create mutual fund company. The main requirement is the mutual fund must invest only in environmentally or socially responsible companies. Students would have to understand about the “green movement” (i.e. alternative energy, hybrid vehicles, conservations and preservation).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your name: ** Fred Masuoka

Student will use google docs to create a business plan document, analyze research data using spreadsheets. They can use Skype or Wetoku to interview possible investment opportunities and business leaders in the field of environmental and socially responsible management. Students would use internet resources to learn about and make decisions on “green” companies. Students may also use web 2.0 products to create presentations and brochures for investors.