Monday, May 23, 2016

Tomatoes are Growing Fast - Storybird Project


Today the students will begin creating the pamphlets for our Service Learning Projects.

They will be creating a Storybird.com with the following information included.

Title Card :  Growing Tomatoes

Page 1:  Quote: "The greatest gift you can give a person is a piece of your culture.  Cooking allows people to share their culture and it tastes amazing too." - Author Unknown

Page 2:  Tomato growing tips

Page 3:  Specific Tomato type

Page 4:  Recipe #1

Page 5:  Recipe #2

Page 6:  Recipe #3

Page 7-8  What is AVID and your future aspirations.


Storybird.com Tutorial Below


 

Thursday, May 19, 2016

The Rotman Problem Solving Challenge and Team Building

As the students continue to navigate the testing schedule we continue to delve into sharpening our Business Skills and Team Buidling.

Today the students will be working with tutors to complete the Rotman Problem Solving Challenge.  They will be addressing the questions below in their groups and presenting their ideas.

Autonomous vehicles are no longer science fiction. Self-driving cars navigate roads in California, Florida, Nevada, and Michigan. Identify a market opportunity that arises due to the likely growing use of autonomous vehicles over the next 15 years. 

1.  Should an existing firm take advantage of this opportunity, or does it require a new start-up firm? How big (scale and scope) is the opportunity? 

2.  What are the core challenges faced by a firm in delivering the market opportunities identified?

Below is a link to additional resources that will help the students with some background information.

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES


Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Tutorials 2.0......

Today the students will be working through pre-made Tutorials.  They will then be teaching eachother different methods to Multiply.

Multiplication Methods...

7 FLIPPED

LIGHT GOLF

Instant Insanity

Friday, May 13, 2016

Market Testing for the End of the Year Project!


Today the students will be market testing a Lemonade Stand for 30 consecutive days of service.   They will use the information obtained today to develop the perfect Marketing Strategy and Recipe to sell as much Lemonade as possible!


Lemonade Stand Market Testing

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Problem Solving in Tutorials - Math Communication!

Today the students are exploring equations using the Number Machine.  The students will be tasked with exploring how different numbers give different outputs in the Number Machine.  They will then be asked to try to write an equation to represent what is occurring.


CHARLIES DELIGHTFUL LIGHTS