The Community Challenge project provides learners with opportunities to explore communities of the past, present and future. Students examine topics such as education, politics, environmental characteristics, population, economics and art in determining how to make a community a more desirable place to live today and in the future. The Exploring Space project offers students the opportunity to explore past, present and future space technology. They will be challenged to connect the historical perspective with present data in order to logically predict and analyze future innovations, job options and moral and ethical dilemmas. The project includes exploration of the natural balances of the ecosystem and how humans can improve them.
Students develop an awareness of the environment and how to act responsibly to preserve it.
Through the Design and Build project, students will learn how to design and build a house, community, garden, transportation system or other structure. They will plan, design, identify materials, determine location and complete a model or the actual structure. During the Mass Communications project, students study the major communication mediums in the world today, including print, broadcasting, advertising, public relations, telecommunications and the Internet communications. Emphasis is given to the impact of communication on the world today and the skills necessary to work in these fields. Students develop an understanding of all aspects of the government, the election process, and the law.