Posted: January 28, 2016
All courses:
Due to the importance of being and active contributing members of a group for many of the projects marks will be earned based on the days present and working on a project. For example, if a project takes ten class days to complete and a student only attends five they will receive 50% of the mark that the group received.
All marks are based on a scale where a “C” indicates that work is sufficient but needs in improvement; a “B” is proficient; and an “A” indicates exceptional work. Students will have many opportunities for feedback and to improve their work before they hand in a final project.
Supplies: All courses need a USB, headphones, binder, paper, pen and maybe colouring stuff
Digital Productions 120 – period 1 - February 2016
This course is designed with the intention of learning how to use a wide range of digital media tools to communicate with an audience. Students will explore editing photos, websites, video, audio, and animations. The emphasis of this course is on continuous learning as a community of learners. Students with limited computer skills can do very well in this course; however, students with irregular attendance are not likely to succeed as all the work is done in class using our software.
Tentative assignments
Semester 1 | Smart Notebook Photoshop assignment x3 Web Design | 35% |
Semester 2 | Audio editing Green screen Stop Motion | 35% |
Final | Final project that includes aspects of all of the previous units | 30% |
Histoire Ancienne FI10 – period 3 – February 2016
This course is designed to explore history including learning how to read documents, reflect on primary documents, and do research projects. Students will learn about Early Humans, Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and the Middle Ages. This course includes many projects and hands-on activities. Students will not have homework every night, but there will times where they will be working on big projects.
Tentative assignments
Semester 1 | Diorama – Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Hammurabi assignment Egypt research project Quizzes and tests | 35% |
Semester 2 | Greece – Wanted poster and comparative film essay Roman project Middle Ages castle Archeological dig Quizzes and tests | 35% |
Final | Final exam in June | 30% |
Graphic Arts 110 – Period 4 - February 2016
This course is designed with the intention of learning how to critically appreciate and create graphic designs. Students will explore taking and editing images. It can be an introductory for students interested in doing design as a career or for personal use like making cards, posters, brochures and re-touching pictures. The emphasis of this course is on continuous learning as a community of learners. Students with limited computer skills can do very well in this course; however, students with irregular attendance are not likely to succeed as all the work is done in class using our software.
Tentative assignments
Semester 1 | Blending and layering Colours Photo re-touch | 35% |
Semester 2 | Photo restauration Digital Drawing or 3D drawing or 3D printing Typography Door project | 35% |
Final | Final project that includes aspects of all of the previous units | 30% |
Environmental Sciences 120 – Period 5 - February 2016
This course is structured very differently than most courses currently being offered. It structured around student interests and current environmental issues. Students will consider the environment from the perspective of their own personal behaviours, government, Indigenous perspectives and sustainable development.
Most importantly students should realize that this will be a project-based course where they choose their own environmental concerns and implement strategies to improve that problem. They will need to be active learners. They will work from a scientific perspective to research, experiment and present their findings with respect to a current issue.
Tentative evaluation:
Unit 1 | Explore human population issues and an overview of current environmental and world issues including the history, context and methods for the study of environmental science and issues. |
Projects (50%) Blog (30%) Class work (20%)
| 35% |
Unit 2 | Explore environmental issues specific to NB and its people. Consider sustainable development in terms of stress on the natural environment and the maintenance of dynamic healthy ecosystems. | 35% | |
Final | Project – worked on throughout the course | 30% | |
