Handbook of Engaged Learning Projects

Sight and Sound in Nature

Timeline

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Timeline for Project Completion:

The following calendar is representative of a typical schedule for the year-end project. The schedule shows usual classroom activities being run alongside the year-end project. Year-end project acvities are highlighted in red.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		3/18 Student Project Info Sheet -assigned as HW	3/19 Year-end projects introduced and discussed; Sound and Light unit activities	3/19 Projects/topics discussed - 4 minutes; Sound and Light unit activities
3/23 Projects/topics discussed - 4 minutes; Sound and Light unit activities	3/24 Projects/topics discussed - 4 minutes; Sound and Light unit activities	3/25 Project sign-up begins at 7 a.m.; first-come, first-served; Sound and Light unit activities	3/26 Student groups receive their project folders; exemplars are distributed and looked at for 10 minutes; Sound and Light unit activities	3/27 Sound and Light unit activities
4/7 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/8 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/9 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/10 IMC reserved; students use resources to conduct a literature search.	4/11 IMC reserved; students use resources to conduct a literature search.
4/14 Class discussion of projects/goal of lit. search; Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/15 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/16 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/17 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/18 First draft of lit. search is due; 10 min. spent doing peer assessment; Reflection and Refraction unit activities
4/21 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/22 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/23 Rough draft of lit. search due; students spend entire day investigating potential use of lab equipment.	4/24 Time allowed to discuss project proposal (20 min.); Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/25 Reflection and Refraction unit activities
4/28 Rough draft of lit. search returned to students - 5 min. allotted to read comments and plan editing strategy; Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/29 First draft of project proposal is due; 10 min. spent doing peer assessment; Reflection and Refraction unit activities	4/30 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/1 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/2 Rough draft of project proposal is due; Reflection and Refraction unit activities
5/5 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/6 Rough draft of project proposal returned to students; 10 min. allotted to read teacher feedback; Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/7 Groups allowed 10 min. to discuss tomorrow's activities; Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/8 Student groups begin their experiment; entire 55 minutes devoted to collecting data	5/9 Student groups reflect on yesterday's successes and failures (10-15 min.); Reflection and Refraction unit activities
5/12 Entire 55 minutes allowed for experimentation	5/13 30 minutes allowed for experimentation; Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/14 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/15 Entire 55 minutes allowed for experimentation	5/16 Reflection and Refraction unit activities
5/19 Entire 55 minutes allowed for experimentation	5/20 30 minutes allowed for experimentation; Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/21 Planning time (10 min.); Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/22 Presentation sign-up; Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/23 Reflection and Refraction unit activities
5/26 Reflection and Refraction unit activities	5/27 Project Presentations given and lab reports due	5/28 Project Presentations given and lab reports due	5/29 Project Presentations given and lab reports due	5/30 Reflection and Refraction unit activities

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