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  • The Launch Your Dreams unit is an interdisciplinary unit that incorporates Geography, Language Arts, Math, Science and enrichments.  The students will be researching, reading, and creating something in each core area and then put it together on a trifold display board.  The specific assignments for each core area are listed below.  There are two examples of what the end product should look like at the bottom of this page.
  • "Launch Your Dreams Night" is on October 2, 2008 (Thursday Night, 5:00 - 7:00 pm). 
  • There will be games and free prizes in the gym.
  • Display boards will be all over the school, including the 7th grade hall.
  • Rockets will be launched continually at the football field.
  • Members from the Space Foundation, Challenger, and a numbers of other speakers will be present to give out information on their programs.
  • The eighth grade team will be running a barbecue and the 6th grade team is running a bake sale to feed the masses.

 "Launch Your Dreams" Unit Due Dates

Welcome to your first Interdisciplinary Unit in 7th Grade!  Your teachers are very excited about this unit and we hope you will be, too.  Below are the VERY important pieces of information that you will need to share with your parents/guardians and remember yourself.  It would be an excellent idea to put these important dates into your planner for an extra reminder. 

In each of your core classes (Math, Science, Language Arts, Geography) you will be creating a portion of this project.  Each portion will then be put together on a tri-fold poster board for viewing.  7th grade has a few tri-fold boards for sale for only $2 while supplies last. Each portion has its own due date for that core class.  Make sure you are aware when each part is due. (Hint: Write this in your planner!) 

Project Components: (Details for each component will be given by that core teacher.)

Ø      Science – You will build your rocket, write a comic strip, and research a space mission.

Ø      Math – You will be creating a survey about future goals, collecting and analyzing the data, displaying the data, and making predictions based on your sample survey.

Ø      Geography – You will be making a physical and an economic activity map about one U.S. state and be able to write multiple paragraphs by drawing information from each map.

Ø      Language Arts – You will be studying October Sky and completing various assignments. You will be allowed to choose the best of these assignments for the display board.  

*These are the BIG assignments for this project.  Regular classroom assignments will be given as well. 

Tuesday,

September 2nd

      Launch Your Dreams Kick-off Day!

      Guest speakers will discuss achieving their dreams.

      We will watch the movie “October Sky.” 

Friday,

September 12th

      Survey project is due for Math.

Friday,

September 19th

      Newton’s Comic Strip due for Science.

      Maps and Multiple Paragraphs are due for Geography.

Thursday,

September 25th

      Students will choose Language Arts assignments to display on boards.

      Space Mission is due for Science.

Tuesday, September 30th

and

Wednesday, October 1st

      Posters will be assembled during your Math class and must be finished by the end of the day on Wednesday.

Wednesday,

October 1st

      Science (in-class) rockets are due.

Thursday and Friday,

October 2nd & 3rd 

      You will be launching your rocket with your Science class!  Be sure to let your parents know!

Thursday,
October 2nd 

      Launch Your Dreams Night from 5:00 – 7:00 PM @ Skyview.

      Your families, along with some community members, will come to Skyview to participate in a variety of activities and view your project boards.

      You will launch your EXTRA CREDIT rockets (built at home).