In this lesson, students will learn about how modern technology can be used to enhance existing museum exhibits. In this lesson, students will explore how technology can be used to assist people with impairments and physical challenges. In this lesson, students will learn about ancient historical sites and create their own projects commemorating them. In this lesson, students will examine the intersection between an individual's right to privacy versus the public's right to know. In this lesson, students explore their personal interests, then design and propose summer learning programs or workshops that fit their interests.
Students also develop lists of Web sites that support their designed programs.
In this lesson, students explore how accurately textbooks account for historical events, then collaborate to write unbiased textbook entries for current events. In this lesson, students develop a guide to the trees indigenous to their city or state. They then conduct a nature walk in their local area and identify different species of trees. In this lesson, students explore the topic of child poverty in the United States and the government's responses to it in different areas and through different programs and laws. They then share their thoughts in letters to their Congressional representatives.