DRIVING QUESTION: Genetically Modified Organisms – Right or Wrong? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Students will be introduced to work on a project on Genetically Modified Organisms and their implications by watching a video clip: “Super Humans Genetic Mutations”. Students will then work in partners to study the pros and cons...
DRIVING QUESTION: What can I afford with the money I earn? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Students will explore three job/career prospects: a job they hope for, a job they expect to have and a job they dream about. From the monthly income and through mathematical calculations, students explore and breakout...
DRIVING QUESTION: What is your hidden super power? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Students will begin the project by exploring and recognizing their “super powers” – positive attributes and skills of self. Students will discuss known superheroes followed by community helpers and the way that people contribute to society. Students will...
DRIVING QUESTION: What defines Canadian identity? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: After reviewing the “epic fail” of writing citizenship test on The Amazing Race Canada, students will explore what it means to be a citizen of Canada. In groups, they will brainstorm topics they think every Canadian citizen should know. The...
DRIVING QUESTION: Am I my digital me? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Students will begin by doing a place-mat activity answering the question “Who Am I?”. The will learn what identity is through poetry, reflective writing and protocols. Students will then dig deeper by discussing who the “digital me” is and...
DRIVING QUESTION: How can I save my green space? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Students will choose a topic of interest that can be connected to saving or preserving green space. It can be at home, school or in their neighbourhood. Students must identify the problem or issue, then evaluate its...
DRIVING QUESTION: How can exploring Canada’s history like time travellers help us define Canada’s identity today? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Students will individually research a key person or event in Canadian history by taking the perspective of a time traveller gaining “first hand” experience and knowledge. They will explore how...
DRIVING QUESTION: Why is it such a struggle to bring healing/restitution/restoration when we have wronged someone? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Who is my neighbour? Through studying the history around WWII and the treatment of Japanese Canadians students will gain a better understanding of what happened and the wrongs that were...
DRIVING QUESTION: How are people the hands and feet of Christ through the week? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Students will interview people who work, and through a series of open-ended questions, elicit from the interviewee an explanation of how this person envisions their work to enable them to be the...
DRIVING QUESTION: Can a city of 140,000 people ever have no depressed neighbourhoods? PROJECT DESCRIPTION: After a guided tour of their local city’s core, the students will debrief and discuss what they learned about their city. They will then select a topic to research and investigate to better...