HCPS Middle School

Play "Ancient Mummies"

Students in Ms. Searle’s  cross-curricular reading classroom read and researched about the ancient Eygptian pyramids. After a general introduction to the material, her students picked a specific topic and learned how to safely search the internet and gather information. A big part of the lesson involved how to determine a website’s accuracy, reliability, and validity, and a clear understanding of copyright law. In collaborative groups her students created informational presentations and shared them with the class in formal presentations.

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Play The Cell Cycle

Ms. Raine’s science students teach each other about the cell cycle using digital artwork and presentation software. Students used Appleworks draw tools to create original artwork portraying the cell cycle and they used powerpoint to create presentations a then movies to illustrate and teach the process.

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The students in Mr. Cross’ 8th grade English class spent some time studying abridgements. (Specifically- The Princess Bride)  After finishing their study, they were given the task of taking one of the Grimm, Perault, or Anderson  fairy tales and abridging it.  In groups, they wrote, directed, filmed, edited, and starred in their own “abridged” versions of the fairy tales.  Students used iMovie to create their movies.  Here is an example from a group that abridged “Little Red Riding Hood”

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The WUWW staff had a blast hashing out some very creative photos and video to use for the new What’s Up Wilder Wolverines Morning Announcement Intro. They worked collaboratively on taking snapshots and shooting video of each other. Once everything was edited and compiled they uploaded their work to animoto.com for the final product.

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Ms. Myers 6th grade Reading class worked collaboratively using the ActivStudio software to summarize and illustrate the journal, Trapped By the Ice, written by Michael McCurdy. Their small group projects where then collected to form a short story video about the real-life story if Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance.  Click on the links below to find out what happened to these brave men in 1914!

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