TPOL prep:

Presentation Schedule:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-FNy0Nfzk6iA96xraL-Ue70bFuAt3kfqSEz5-o2eQ6w/edit?usp=sharing

TPOL prep documents: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f4YzlCLGnnbfUPlAxgfjHCblj3aBEaqTaSfEXjhL8zU/edit?usp=sharing

TPOL example videos:
https://drive.google.com/a/animashighschool.com/file/d/0B4rDlTO-PUWvaUMwU0hBczh3RWs/view?usp=sharing

Last week of class checklist

It is all project worktime this week!
Look at this end-of-year checklist to guide your work.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pe6oZDMYbVBz4VrKceZU-ZAhi5PIUHRY61qE44xXc_k/edit?usp=sharing

Reminder--all academic work for this class is due this FRIDAY MAY 13th

Year-End Project

Your mini-project is due THURSDAY MAY 12.  Here's what we've gone over class.

*Decide on a topic that we have covered in Big History.  Topics include...

Big Bang
Creation Stories
Origins of Life
History of Cosmology
Evolution
Social Darwinism

*Decide what your final product will be (story/essay/art piece/film)
and customize this template to decide how you will grade your own product: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhBksEGWsy584dmHXB-GzSsoa0HMl8mE99bYkndb-dE/edit

*Your final product should be answering a driving question about the topic.
For example, if your subject is evolution, a driving question might be, "Why did humans evolve to walk on their hind legs?"

*If you want to get extra credit and raise your grade in this class, first focus on doing a good job on your mini-project.  Then, you can earn extra points through the extra current-event curriculum on the New York Times.  Click on this link to begin and let me know any questions.  Show me how many questions your respond to. NYTimes Current Events extra credit

4/19

Agenda:
Mind-mapping to prep for exam (1st hour)
During exam prep:  Conferences w/Matt about cosmology essays--if grade is not passing, it is likely because you did not include enough evidence or did not have a clear thesis in your essay.  Check with Matt during this time to get it right.

Homework:  None, unless essay needs to be revised.

Exam Prep

The three in-class essay questions tomorrow...
a.  Describe and explain the significance of the 6 mini-thresholds of the development of life
b.  Define evolution and give examples--include Darwin's example of the finches.
c.  Explain and define the 3 Goldilocks conditions for life