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Each self-paced video course includes 60 hours of active learning in multiple STEAM subject areas, and guides middle schoolers to deep learning and personal discovery in the outside world.
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The Scientist Surfs
CoursePhysics and meteorology collide in this unique exploration of surfing. Understand the science of waves, create a forecasting tool, and more.
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Food Entrepreneurs
CourseDevelop and promote a food product that targets a healthy eating for teenagers while you build skills in technology, business, and the visual arts.
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Visiting the Past
CourseCreate a tourism website for an historical era that is culturally competent, while building skills in technology, design and social studies.
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Carbon Couture
CourseLearn how Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) impacts the environment in your community and across the country. Then propose a plan for reducing MSW in your community by designing sustainable jewelry and art from cardboard.
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Lab to Table
CourseExplore the science behind making and preserving food while building skills in biology and chemistry. Use your new skills to create unique food items to bring to a local market, community kitchen, or community meal.
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Dear World
CourseResearch the Civil Rights Movement and develop critical advocacy and networking skills to promote the change you want to see in your community.
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Becoming Your Own Hero
CourseLearn about the Hero's Journey and write an original hero's story that addresses a problem that matters to you. Then build a website to showcase your fiction and unique solutions with a community of your choice.
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Eco Home
CourseLearn about environmental science by exploring the fundamental systems that lead into and out of our homes, including: water, food, biodiversity and energy.
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Game Design for Inclusion
CourseExamine bias in media by designing your own retro-style video game that promotes inclusion, while building skills in coding, social studies and language arts.
Course Structure
Month-Long Courses
- One video lesson per day (20+ school days)
- Emphasis on active learning: students make, build, and do to show what they know.
- Chunked into manageable steps to help pace the students' exploration.
- Four modules, one per week
- 4-5 daily lessons per module
- +/- 60 hours per month
What's Inside Each Lesson
- Up to 20 minutes of online video instruction per lesson
- Interactive checks and guided practice with immediate feedback
- Easy-to-follow digital learning guides with authentic assessment prompts
- 2-3 hours of student-led active learning
- 15 hours of total learning per week
Balanced Online &
Active Learning
- Online direct instruction
- Interactive guided practice provides immediate feedback
- Student-led active learning is supported through digital learning guides with step-by-step instructions
The four modules explained:
Module 1: Inquire
Inquire into a real- world problem by responding to an essential question and identifying key stakeholders and contributing factors of the problem or issue.
Module 2: Explore
Research to explore the contributing factors of the problem, developing and refining the academic skills necessary to address the problem.
Module 3: Innovate
Apply academic skills and content knowledge to design and prototype a unique solution to a real-world problem, driven by the essential question.
Module 4: Transform
Gather feedback to transform your prototype into a final deliverable as you are transformed while curating your process, skills, and knowledge in a portfolio for use in an exhibition.
