Career Research

8th grade students recently completed career research and are creating power point presentations.  They will present these to their classmates for peer review.

Some highlights from 2009-10 school year

McDonald's Grant (2008 and 2009) and JSchramm Mini Grant (2009):

"How Quickly Can You Burn off Those Calories?"

Students drank a beverage or snack of their choice, calculated the amount of sugar in the beverage or snack, created a visual and then determined an exercise that they could perform to "burn off" the calorie intake.

The students calculated the amount of sugar found in their beverage or snack of choice (converting grams to teaspoons), filled the bottles with exact amount of sugar for a visual display or created an informative poster. Bottles on display in the hallway case.

Students created mind maps to share research on their chosen career:

The 8th grade boys at Roberts designed and sewed scarves for the Special Olympics participants to wear during the Opening Ceremony, 2010:

The 6th grade students learned hand sewing and the elements of design and applied these skills to create a patchwork pillow: