Through the use of satellite communication, internet discussion and video,students study aresearch topic then share their results with scientists and other students. This interdisciplinary unit includes a novel study,scientific research and communication skills. It culminates in a research speech on a topicrelated to the JasonProject as described below. Selections are determined annually by The Jason Project. This unit allows students to select a topic from their study of the Jason Project and research it in further depth.
Students are lead through the steps in researching and then presenting a speech on their topic.
The presentations may then be given as part of the satellite downlink activities or for the Science Fair. When sixteen year old S.E. Hinton published her first novel The Outsiders in 1963, little did she realizethat she was creating a new genre of literature aimed at the needs of adolescent readers. It is no wonder that this book remains today on the top ten list of favorite books for teenagers. Set in the midwesterntown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hinton wrote about the divisions she saw among her classmates based onstatus and wealth. Hinton urges her readers to look beneath clothes, cars and haircuts to see the valueof a person.