Monday Student Blog

Monday, December 3, 2012

Today at communities students continued on with the recently added block schedule. In the block schedule, students spend time learning as a class, instead of the normal project groups.  The blocks are all part of the investigation stage of the current project "How The Body Breaks Down." This will be the second week of this investigation stage. One may think this is to long of a time period if all that is being accomplished is simply finding a project topic, and researching the means in which the project will be presented. This is not true. The investigation stage is the most vital stage of a project. It is essential for creating a firm foundation, which can be thoroughly researched and well presented. Last unit, many students found there was no introduction to the project. These two weeks of investigation will eliminate that problem. Students will also, later this week, be contacting a partner. The initial contact is done by a teacher. This is because a call from a teacher is a much more professional way to attempt partnership. The success rate of actually acquiring a partner is also much higher when a teacher talks to the potential partner before the student. The rest of the week will be fairly similar to today. It is not the average week in the life of a student at communities, but the things done this week will help the students when the schedule is back to normal.