G.E.T. Big 11 Lake/ Watershed Examination Project- PLC  October 24th


Julie brought up that the SLC's girls didn't get the intro into data bases for searching articles to examine for the Big 11 writing project.

Julie will pull the girls before next Thursday so that they can get their articles.

Articles will be due November 1st.

We will give the students the article questions on November 5th GET SMART global integration questions, with the answers due on November 12th -at 8:00 am.

Julie delineated the questions for this assignment. Lesley suggested that it would be very helpful if they contained data. Between Julie and Lesley came up with the prospect that students in follow-up pieces to this, they collate sources of data to determine qualities of similarity and how they could be expanded upon.

On Monday, November 19th we will get together with the students and go over their questions, focusing on things they need help with.

This continues from the previous meeting: the request to take Wednesday, November 14 off (the entire day) to continue planning for this project next semester. Jessica and Carolyn (tentatively) will be asked to join us, as they will be taking a great number of freshmen over the next semester.

December 3rd-ish, Lesley will beging teaching data in the science classes.

December 5th or the 12th or one or the other, depending on what Ms. McGinty can accommodate.

Julie asked if there is something we would want to plan today that we could do with the sophomores next semester. Lesley suggested we use the sophomore advisories to continue with the Big 11 lake project, which would be a sensory garden with the Kansas School of the Blind.

Brain Storming for Big 11 Project

• Logistics/materials
• Connection to the Kansas School of the Blind
• Creating interactive terminals at Big 11 lake
• Contact the Kansas School of the Blind
• Talk to Leslie Simons getting a landscape architect for college and career
• Talk to officials from Kansas City, Kansas to discuss the proposal to make changes to Big 11 lake
• Stay with sophomores at this time
• Eventually, to submit this plan to the city
• Get landscape engineer to explain their specialty to students, with the hope that maybe this expert will become a mentor to our students.

We adjourned, in preparations for our SLC meeting.