Extra Credit: CONNECT! Transform the Future

Check out this game from The Center For Science, GE and National Geographic (as well as local energy companies)! It's a fun way to learn more about green energy and energy conservation while playing an interactive game. Enter GREEN2013 for a special game bonus! You can earn extra credit by playing the game and teaching the class about what you've learned from it. How you share the information is up to you!

Plan It Green, the Big Switch is an online game that allows players to design and create their own energy-efficient city of the future!

• Build new energy technologies and advance energy research;
• Rack up points based on eco-friendliness, energy production, citizen happiness, and more!
• Compete with other “mayors” for the highest city rating;
• Tackle challenging quests and earn rewards for your outstanding achievements;
• Advance through game levels by exploring and building a diverse energy portfolio;
• Check out new game play elements as fresh features are added on a regular basis. 

Plan It Green, the Big Switch is part of CONNECT! Transform the Future, a new collaboration between the Center for Science (a network of leading science centers), National Geographic, General Electric and local energy companies across the country.

The goal of CONNECT! Transform the Future is to enlighten, educate, and engage the nation’s youth in a conversation about the future of energy.

The CONNECT! Transform the Future project is a portfolio of media and outreach resources that will integrate with each science center’s unique experiences and outreach programs.  Each of the project resources are being developed by National Geographic with input from scientists, technical advisors, educators and science center partners to ensure what is produced is of the highest quality.

Extra Credit: Celebrate National Poetry Month!

This excerpt from a Robert Frost poem, introduced to us by Kid President, has become a favorite in our classroom. April is National Poetry Month ~ it's a great time to discover this wonderful form of writing!

For extra credit this month, create some poems of your own and publish them for your classmates to read, create an Animoto based on a favorite poem, perform a poem for the class... basically, find a way to share poetry with us!

Iditarod Prezi by CD

Here's another terrific extra credit project about the Iditarod...

Iditarod by MS

This is the first EXTRA CREDIT project for our class! Well done MS ~ I am very proud of your hard work. :)Ms. G

Extra Credit: What is the Iditarod?

We've got a room full of curious students who really enjoy using technology and writing about things that interest them so I thought it might be fun to offer a challenge for some extra credit!

The Iditarod is a very famous sporting event that takes place every year at the beginning of March. Here's a video to give you an idea of what the Iditarod is all about...



Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to research this incredible race and then share what you've learned with the class. You can create a Prezi, PowerPoint presentation or video, write a book, give a speech... or whatever you'd like! Most of the work for the project will be done at home but I am happy to help you with any resources you need. You can do the work on your own or team up with a classmate or two. There is no due date for this assignment.

http://iditarod.com/