Topics per Group by Period
Topics for English 5 Paragraph Essay
Project Explore Mars (Miss J’s Period 1)
Project Skydive (Miss J’s Period 2)
Project Lunar Base (Miss J’s Period 4)
Project Birdman (Miss J’s Period 5)
Project Rocket Launcher (Miss J’s Period 6)
Project Save the Oceans (Miss J’s Period 7)
Topics for English 5 Paragraph Essay
Project Explore Mars (Miss J’s Period 1)
- Mars’ Climate and Weather
- Mars’ Surface – Types of Rocks, Soil
- Simple Machines – to Pick things up and to move around
- Mars Rover – History, Reason for being there
Project Skydive (Miss J’s Period 2)
- How does shape, texture and design of the parachute affect the drop?
- What are gravity and friction? How are air resistance and friction related? How will they affect the drop?
- What is the different between accuracy and precision? What is surface area? How are surface area and mass related to design?
- How do parachutes help humanity? How are they used? Why are they preferable to other methods?
Project Lunar Base (Miss J’s Period 4)
- How does space affect the human body? How do humans stay fit in space?
- Why is water important? How can you create water in space?
- What is a sustainable food source? How would you provide/grow food in space?
- How/what can you do to get rid of trash in space? How do things biodegrade?
Project Birdman (Miss J’s Period 5)
- The life of Charles Darwin
- What is natural selection? What are some examples of natural selection? Explain.
- Why do birds have different shaped beaks (examples and reasoning)?
- Genetic Traits – what are they? What are some that have changed over time? Viruses changed quite quickly? Why give examples.
Project Rocket Launcher (Miss J’s Period 6)
- Discuss different styles/types of rockets. Why is one better than the other?
- What is force? What is motion? What is the relationship between force and motion in a bottle rocket?
- How can you build a bottle rocket that can fly both straight and high? What science principals will you need to understand? Explain
- How do rockets help humanity? How are they used? Why?
Project Save the Oceans (Miss J’s Period 7)
- What role do humans play on Earth’s oceans? How do humans affect the ocean ecosystem?
- What is the impact of trash on an ecosystem?
- What inventions already exist to fix the problem? How do they work?
- The Pacific Trash Vortex – why does it exist?
- Microplastics – what are they? Why are they harmful?