Exhibition Portfolio

Student Portfolio March/April 2012

Name:____________________________

Group Members: _________________________

Topic:______________________________

Mentor: ____________________________________

Week One Checklist

Central Idea Lines of Inquiry

Group Members

Topics of Interest

Topic Chosen for Exhibition

Questions to guide your inquiry

Mentor Meeting #1

Journal Reflections

Teacher Comments

Week One: March 7th – 11th

My Central Idea:

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My Lines of Inquiry:

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Choose 3 topics of interest that relate to your Central Idea:

For example:

Your Central Idea may be the Environment and 3 topics that relate to the Environment and that interest you may be: Converse water, Use recycled paper and save electricity.

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The topic I’ve decided to choose:

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Student Questions: (These are questions that I have about my topic to guide my inquiry)

1. Are there issues in the world that concern us? (Reflection)

2. What actions can we (students) take locally to address these issues? (Responsibility)

3. How will our actions today help the world in the future? (causation)

4. How are our actions, locally, connected to a better world? (connection)

5. Will our actions today help the world in the future? (causation)

Mentor Meeting

Our group’s mentor is: ___________________________________________________

We will meet with our mentor on Day ____ and Day _____at _______ (time)

Here are some ways my mentor can help us in Week One:

• Narrowing our focus (for example: “conserving energy” is too big, instead we can look into “ways we can conserve energy”)

This week we would like our mentor to help us with:

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We met with our _______________________________________________ (write the date)

Complete your daily Journal Reflections found in the journal section of your Exhibition Binder.

Journal Reflection for March 7th




Transdisciplinary Journal Reflection for March 11th

Teacher Comments:

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Week Two Checklist

Create a list of people and/or organizations to talk to outside of the school

Create a list of people to talk to inside of the school

Begin to gather sources for your background research

Begin recording the information you gather from your research

Mentor Meeting #2

Journal Reflections

Teacher Comments

Week Two: March 14th-17th

People or organizations inside or outside of school with whom I can discuss my topic include:

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I can gather background information from the following sources:

Source #1

Type of Source: ___________________________________

Title of Source: ___________________________________

What information will I be able to find in this source?

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Source #2

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Title of Source: ___________________________________


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Source #3

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Title of Source: ___________________________________


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Source #4

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Title of Source: ___________________________________


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Source #5

Type of Source: ___________________________________

Title of Source: ___________________________________


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Record the information you find in your resources on the following pages. Put any printed material in this section of your Exhibition Binder. ***Make sure you are filling in the Works Cited pages for all sources!***

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Mentor Meeting

Here are some ways my mentor can help us in Week Two:

• Review information gathered • Mentor suggests other available people to talk to or resources to consider • Mentor helps students organize information as is necessary • If interview are going to be used, mentors help student group devise questions


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Teacher Comments:

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Week Three Checklist

Exhibition Presentation Format

Materials needed

Proposal

5 W and H Organizer Chart

Mentor Meeting #3

Timeline

Journal Reflections

Teacher Comments

Week Three: April 21 – 25 – Last week before spring break

Exhibition presentation format decided:

Use the space below to identify the way in which you will present the information that you’ve gathered along the way at our Exhibition at the end of April. Ideas might include a “science fair” type display board, a multi-media presentation, a drama, music or art presentation, a scrapbook…your options are limitless.

Presentation Topic: ____________________________

Identify again what the topic of your exhibition project is.

Presentation Title: ___________________________

Try to be creative in the development of a title. Don’t simply just re-state your topic.

Presentation Genre: ___________________________

How will you present your exhibition so that it best reflects the process that you have been going through and the product that will be the end result?

For example:

• dance • song • posterboard • mime • drama • mural • multimedia • Be creative/think of your

own

Materials needed: What materials will I need to bring or prepare for my presentation?

Proposal: In three to four sentences, please explain:

• WHY you have chosen the presentation genre you have, and identify

• HOW you will use it to present your exhibition. The way that you present your information will be as important as the work that you put into preparing and gathering your research.

• For example: You might think a PowerPoint will be the easiest way to present your information, but will it be the best?

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5 W’s and an H organizer for Mentor Meeting #3

Title of Exhibition Presentation:

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Prior to your mentor meeting, complete the following chart, identifying the resources you will need to complete your exhibition project.

WHO

• Who are people that you will need to talk to, who could share expertise about your final project?

• Who (group member) will be responsible for the jobs that are needed to put our final project together?

WHAT

• What will our final project look like? • What needs to happen between now and

then to ensure our final project is complete? • What information do we still need in order

to complete our final project?

WHEN

• When will aim to have our project completed?

• When will we bring our materials to school so that we can complete our project?

WHY

• Why will this particular presentation approach be most appropriate for our final project?

HOW

• How will our exhibition look when it’s finished?

Mentor Meeting

Here are some ways my mentor can help us in Week Three:

• Review my completed WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, Why and HOW organizer (previous page)

• Finish completing timeline (below) • Ensure we have not overlooked anything.


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Timeline for the Completion of our Exhibition Project: March 21 – April 22.

In your mentor meeting, use the space below to create a timeline that shows how you will break down the task of the final project. Be sure to keep in mind that everything for exhibition must be completed by Wednesday, April 14, 2010.

WEEK TASK

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April 18 – 22

• Exhibition Week • April 18 – set up and rehearse as a class • April 19 - Grades 3 & 4 students in the morning. • April 19 – Exhibition open to AIS students in the

afternoon • April 20 – Exhibition open to parents and guests (in

the afternoon) • April 20 – Clean up after parent Exhibition • April 21 – Celebration of learning!







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Week Four Checklist

Check in with classroom teacher

Research to be completed

Mentor Meeting #4

Journal Reflections

Teacher Comments

Week Four: April 5-8

Check in with classroom teacher to ensure you are on course according to the timeline that you’ve set as a group.

Ensure all research has been completed by April 8, 2010

Mentor Meeting

Here are some ways my mentor can help us in Week Four:

• Making sure our tasks are completed according to the timeline • Reviewing our completed tasks • __________________________________

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Journal Reflection for April 5th



Transdisciplinary Journal Reflection for April 8th

Teacher Comments:

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Week Five Checklist

Publicity for Exhibition

Invitations

Exhibition Project Completed

Mentor Meeting #5

Journal Reflections

Teacher Comments

Week Five: April 11 – 14

Publicity for Exhibition created (Invitations and Posters)

Give invitations to family, friends, and mentor

Exhibition Project completed by Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Mentor Meeting

Here are some ways my mentor can help us in Week Five:

• Editing and revising ___________________________

• Preparing for dress rehearsals __________________

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Transdisciplinary Journal Reflection for April 14th

Teacher Comments:

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Week Six Checklist

Bring all materials to school for set up on Sunday morning

Set up and show exhibition to class mates (Sunday)

Dress rehearsal for Grade Three and Four (Monday morning)

Exhibition for AIS students (Monday afternoon)

Exhibition for parents, special guests (Tuesday 2-3:00pm)

Clean-up

Celebration of learning (Wednesday)

Mentor Meeting #6

Journal Reflections

Teacher Comments

Week Six: April 18 - 22

Mentor Meeting


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Journal Reflection for April 21st

Transdisciplinary Journal Reflection for April 22nd

Teacher Comments:

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Week Seven Checklist

Final Reflection on the Exhibition process and product

Thank you notes for mentors

Documents

Exhibition Portfolio