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Shhh…stop talking! Wait a minute! Be quiet! Too often the pre-teen voice is silenced. This is your moment to express yourself through a multi-media poetry performance—say it, sing it, or scream it!
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8th Grade Musical - "Guys and Dolls"
Students prepared and perform a fully staged musical production of “Guys and Dolls” at the National Black Theatre. In addition, all students will help in the design and creation of the set. At the Showcase students will perform a selection of musical numbers.
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Children will produce a cookbook based on their culinary adventures, learning about foods, ingredients, and tastes while enjoying an awareness of letters and letter sounds in the kitchen.
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The irresistible song “Alphabet Soup” by Tom Chapin and a performance by the Paper Bag Players will combine to inspire a mini musical of handmade letters made from paper bags.
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This group will study the unique techniques of artist-author Eric Carle (his new alphabet book will be released in May), crafting an entire alphabet using colorful painted papers and creative cut shapes.
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A-Z Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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An ever-popular alphabet book by Bill Martin, Jr. will serve as inspiration for alphabet antics, alphabet acrobatics, word plays, and rhyming sounds, while children increase their letter awareness while creating and crafting the ABCs.
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Most people look at a map of some kind almost every day, often without realizing it. As well as helping us find places or plan journeys, maps record information about things such as the weather, the number of people living in a place, even the rocks under the ground! Maps can also show how an area has changed over time. Students will take on the roles of explorers coming to an imaginary land with the intention of creating maps. Each student will also document his or her exploration adventures in a daily journal, taking note of landmarks, topography, climate, encounters with natives or animals, and methods of survival in uncharted territory.
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Around the World on Ms.Wong's Credit Card
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Have you ever wanted to fly around the world? Come to Student Airways to learn all about the world as well as see a hand built plane. Test how much money it will cost to go around the world. Fly with us to Italy, Japan and much much more. Fly with us to see fantastic sites, ride mtorcycles, take a 400 meter bike ride, scuba dive and much more. Eat fantastic food like Italian food famous food in Japan and other tasty delights.
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Become a Web Designer and Server Administrator
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We will brainstorm on how to create a web site that may feature things like online chat, forums, movies, music, and more. We will learn to use applications such as Flash, Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, and the more technical programs such as Apache, PHP, and MySQL. We will also learn how a web server works and functions by working part of the time in the server room with the XSERVE that would host our site. Finally, we will become familiar with the responsibilities and tasks necessary to administer servers and networks, and how to do it efficiently and even-handedly in a diverse community.
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Bridges: Connect and Cover
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We build bridges to get from one stable place to another stable place over something impassable. Many cities including New York and Florence, have multiple bridges traversing waterways and connecting communities. Bridges can be thought of as both physical structures, a feat of engineering, and organizational structures, a connection that shows evidence of reflection and learning. During the Bridge: Connect and Cover IPW, students will build bridges with different materials, study existing bridges and failures and learn to use Knowledge Forum - a way to connect and share our ideas.
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Celebrations Across Cultures
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Have you ever celebrated a holiday in another country? Do people celebrate the same way all over the world? Come learn and experience a different international holiday every day of IPW. There are so many international neighborhoods across New York. We can use the city as our teacher. We will explore food, clothing, games, music, and customs to learn more about holidays and the world we live in.
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Lets get together and change the community! During this IPW you will have the opportunity to create art for a neighborhood community garden. This work will help beautify the neighborhood as well as support community and environmental awareness. Creations include: a bench, outdoor sculptures, mosaics, ceramic tiles, stepping stones, and birdbaths. We will also visit other gardens throughout the neighborhood and create our own reflection journals.
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Dolls from Around the World
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We learned about dolls from many countries. We learned about what they wear and what the clothes might mean. We made Guatemalan Worry Dolls, Russian Matroshka Dolls and Japanese Kokeshi Dolls. We wrote books about the dolls.
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Students will use materials and resources from a lab at Columbia University to isolate DNA from yeast and/or bacteria. We will examine the structure and function of DNA, and learn (and DO!) techniques for extracting, and examining real DNA. We will also examine some basic codes and compare them to how DNA contains the code for every single function of our bodies.
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We will explore the books of Dr. Seuss and make our own creatures and machines inspired by his creations. We start by going to “Seussical the Musical.” Later in the week we will make oobleck and green eggs & ham. Different Dr. Seuss books will be read during the week to inspire students to Seussify their imaginations when creating. By the showcase, we will have a new, Seussified world for visitors to explore!
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In the Haunted New York IPW, we researched and explored the history and geography of New York City through the lens of its haunted past. For our project, we researched the traditions and beliefs concerning death and the afterlife from various cultures. Then we learned about some places in our city that are rumored to be haunted, and we interviewed people about their own paranormal experiences. Our research was used to create a short documentary that presents our newfound knowledge and appreciation of Haunted New York. We hope you enjoy our film; we had a great time making it!
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How to Have a New York City Experience (without breaking your wallet)
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How can you have a New York City experience without breaking your wallet? Students will research, plan and implement an exploration through Manhattan’s culture with a $30 dollar per person budget. The students will also document their experience by producing and editing a documentary film. Students will use their in-field research to publish a brochure explaining to the reader their budgeted experience.
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Come explore the recorded world of the civil rights movement. We will research famous leaders, find audio and video recordings and finally make a mash-up remix of their words and ideas using garageband and imovie. Students will explore different perspectives on civil rights, learn some history, and place the words and images to music.
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Students involved in this project will begin by contemplating what they already know about islands. They will look at photographs of different islands and discuss islands they have visited or upon which they have lived (both teachers have lived on islands, and will draw from this experience as well). They will then visit several local islands; Coney Island, Staten Island, and City Island. They will reflect upon the commonalities and differences between the places they have visited, considering the way the imagination of the inhabitants allowed them to adapt to their space or to adapt their island space to their needs. The children will then analyze what they have observed in order to come up with a plan for their own island. A model of the island will be built. The island’s components will be limited only by the imagination of the participants.
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Want to learn how to throw the perfect party? In this IPW we will work together to plan a party for a neighborhood pre-school. We will organize our week, plan, budget and prepare food, decide on entertainment, create decorations and invitations. We will visit our site and boogie down with the kids!! Afterwards, we will create guidelines for how to plan the perfect party and share our wisdom with others. Must be willing to think outside the box and have FUN!
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iMovie Madness: Bring Homer, Hercules, & Hera to Life in Original Anachronistic Television Commercials
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Are you interested in acting, screenwriting, costume design, or using iMovie? If so, then this Integrated Project needs you! You can become part of a team that creates and produces anachronistic TV commercials. Can you imagine Emperor Qin walking up to the Hertz counter? Or, perhaps Odysseus taking a Mediterranean cruise on the Carnival Cruise line? We’re looking for your creative ideas to make these commercials come to life. Come learn more about ancient civilizations, write clever scripts, bring historic figures to life, and produce memorable commercials for your favorite products.
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The Lorax Teaches Us to Clean Up
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On the first day of IPW, we will watch a performance of “Seussical” at the Colden Center in Queens, NY. On the second day we will read “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss and discuss the students’ experiences with pollution and its effects on the Earth. On neighborhood walks and visits to Morningside and Riverside Parks, the children will observe and photograph different forms of pollution. They will then think of ways to clean up our environment by looking through various Dr. Seuss books. Finaly, each child will create a model of a machine that cleans up our world as well as a write a users' guides for her/his invention.
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The focus of this project is to use art and music to contribute to several organizations around our neighborhood. These will include the elderly, the environment, animals and children. Some ideas in our community include: Amsterdam House, Children for Children, and Angels on a Leash program. Visits to these areas give children ideas on how to best provide handmade gifts, crafts, care packages artwork or songs. The focus of this IPW is not money; it is giving of themselves whether in terms of time or producing things that may become a permanent display at the site.
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Mobile Making: A Balancing Act!
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Students will construct an original three-dimensional mobile, while examining the works of Alexander Calder, who is considered the Master of Balance. Students will investigate Calder’s influence on the art of sculpture. This proposed investigation connects to several disciplines: primarily Visual Art, Math, and Science. The learning connections in Visual Art are: three-dimensional art, sculpture, mobile, balance, composition, and asymmetry. The learning connections in Math are: equations (i.e., algebra, area, and finding the mean), logic, patterns and sequence. The learning connections to Science include: balance, and the process of finding equilibrium, kinetic energy, and physics. Students will create food sculptures, experiment with levers, read about Calder, and view a film on his work. Students will meet young sculptors enrolled in Columbia University’s school of Fine Arts, and visit their studios. In addition, students will visit the Guggenheim and Whitney Museums and the Hall of Science where Calder’s works and other types of sculptures are featured.
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The Museum of Modern Art is like a giant treasure chest. So much to discover! We’ll explore different parts of the museum on our morning visits, becoming familiar friends with artists who use their imaginations in very different, creative ways. We’ll look, ask questions as we wander, and make art along the way. Our school afternoons will be playtime through experimenting with paint, printmaking and found materials. Finally, we’ll set up our own mini-MOMA to display our creations.
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My Family, My World, My Podcast
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Students will share and discover traditions, food and history of their families. They will learn how all of these have been passed from generation to generation, and how media can help preserve and enhance these traditions.
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Parks, Poetry, Percentages and Painting
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While visiting various local parks students will have the opportunity to express themselves in a variety of ways and through a variety of individualized projects. Their work will reflect the experience of being in an urban park environment. Writing, watercolor or a math project incorporating their surroundings will all be options. This will be a fun and creative way for students to soak up the spirit of their surroundings and incorporate this spirit in a project of their choosing.
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Did you know that all those pigeons you see in our city are descended from pets, racers, and mail carriers? The pigeons went wild and have learned to live with us for over 400 years. Some famous pigeons like Cher Ami and GI Joe have been heroes, delivering messages that saved thousands of people’s lives. They are great athletes. Some people hate pigeons and call them dirty, flying rats. Learn to identify the 7 different morphs of pigeons, and watch them flirt and fight right in our backyard. Decide for yourself if they are good or bad members of our community.
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Project Bird Brain is an I.P.W. for adventurous student environmentalists who care about New York City’s feathered friends. After spending time in Central Park observing, photographing, mapping (with GPS) and collecting data on migrating and resident birds, students analyzed and drew conclusions from their data to learn about the park’s role as an important habitat for bird species. They have developed a community awareness campaign about New York City birds and the challenges that our feathered friends face in the city.
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"Own...what you can carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people." Aleksandre Solzhenitsyn
It is ever a wonder to invite young students into the world of William Shakespeare and to observe how naturally they enter into that zone of story, richly imagined language, and big ideas. There are the historical and cultural facets of the material to consider, the beautifully crafted and imagined plots to deconstruct, and the reflective opportunities to connect all they can understand of a story such as Romeo and Juliet and relate it to their own lives. Finally, there is the unavoidable thrill of the drama of it all; the opportunity to play with each element and perform it! Come and see: Act 111, scene 1, swords clashing, tempers flaring, and all in the name of love!
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The students will learn to perform a complex and fun sword dance from North Skelton, England. They will help make the swords and travel throughout the city performing the dance in Times Square, Lincoln Center, CU campus, and Central Park. The Children collected money for a humane animal shelter.
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Students will create a musical/play that will tell the story of the Undergraound Railroad. The students involved in this IPW will first help brainstorm the big ideas of the musical. Afterwards with the help of teachers and other students will create a script and will be assigned roles for the play.
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There is Music: set designers
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Students will design, build, and paint a set that will be used in the New Amsterdam/NY History musical. The students involved in this IPW will first help brainstorm the big ideas of the musical. Afterwards they will brainstorm ideas for the musical’s set and begin designing it. During the performance, the students will be in charge of changing and rearranging the set, as well as helping sing at least one chorus song.
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Finding different ways to reach a balanced lifestyle within their community. We will travel to different locations within the community to work out for part of the day. The other part of the day will be spent planning meals, cooking and keeping a wellness journal. During the week the students will study the food pyramid, food labels and serving sizes. We will compare heart rates for different activities while incorporating pertinent math skills such as fraction, decimals, and ratios.
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