Purpose:
- To provide extended education and personal learning opportunities in areas of special interest.
- To improve students' written communication skills.
Requirements:
- Choose 8 goals, one from each area.
- Keep a journal recording:
- What you plan to do,
- What you did,
- How you feel or what you learned.
- Parents sign off on completion of each goal. Turn in completed journal into your teacher by he deadline. Due by the first Friday in May.
Art, Drama, Music
- Attend a professional quality fine arts event (Concert, play, art museum, art fair, etc.)
- Enter Reflections
- Research an artist, performer, or a piece of artwork. Write a one-page paper and present it to the class.
- Get your teacher's approval on your own idea for a project.
Literature
- Submit a piece of your writing to a children's publisher. (i.e. Cricket Magazine, Deseret News)
- Attend Author's Night and read a part of your story aloud.
- Write a chapter book and share with the class.
- Get your teacher's approval on your own idea for a project.
Personal Investigations
- Great Brain
- Attend a Career Day at your parent's place of employment while you are off track.
- Get your teacher's approval on your own idea for an investigation.
Physical Fitness
- Set a goal to become more physically fit. Record activity for at least three weeks )i.e. 30 minutes of exercise 3 times per week)
- Plan and carry out a healthy eating program for three weeks.
- Keep a diary for 2 months (or make 8 diary entries) about your involvement in a sport, dance, or other physical skills class.
- Prepare for and participate in the Fun Run.
Service
- Plan and carry out a service project that takes 5-8 hours to complete.
Science
- Plan and conduct an experiment using the scientific method.
- Complete a research project on a scientific principle, topic, or person. Present your findings to your teacher or your class.
- Get your teacher's approval on your own idea for a project.
Social Studies
- Complete a report or project on a historical figure or event from Utah.
- Visit a historical site of Utah. Write a report and present to the class.
- Research the different forms of governments. From State of Deseret to present.
- Get your teacher's approval on your own idea for a project.
Technology
- Create and present to your class a Power Point, Kid Pix, or similar presentation. (This can be combined with any of the above reports.)
- Participate in an on-line learning program. For example, NASA Science Files.
- Get your teacher's approval on your own idea for a project.