SLA

For this benchmark, we had to find the height of an unknown object.  We had to use similar triangles and trigonometry to find out the height.  We used a mirror for similar triangles and we used a clinometer for trigonometry.

This benchmark was to write an essay on a comparison of a spanish and english song.  I chose to use the song "Where is the Love" by Black Eyed Peas to compare with the song "Himno Zapatistia" by The Zapatistias.

We had to do a trifold of an experiment of a question that was approved by one of the biochemistry teachers.

We had to use the book To Kill A Mockingbird to compare with Jim Crow's laws.  We had to either search how the book effected the time period or write how the book made a difference to Jim Crow's laws.

Our group choose to created our own skit.  We wrote about a couple cheating on each other and when the husband brought his wife to the show, there was a huge twist.  The couple's baby didn't belong to the husband, it belonged to the show host and the girl the husband was cheating with was the daughter of the people who owned the show.  

This benchmark was to write a speech to a small town.  We had to talk to tell them what they were doing wrong and what they should do to change it.

For this benchmark, we had to sketch out a town called Geoslaville.  We were given the road names and where to begin the first point.  We had to find where each building went and find the angle measure of each building.  Then we had to prove how we found each angle measure.  Part of our benchmark was to see how much we knew about platonic solids and line of symmetry.  The last part to our project was finding the volume and the surface area of the town hall.

For this benchmark, we had to write justifications into why you could figure out answers for a crossword puzzle and a color square.  Its like explaining how things happen and how finding one answer would lead to another.  We had to prove our answers with the justifications like when we do T-charts to prove a statement.

This benchmark we were assigned a math genius to look up and write about.  My group had M.C. Esher who created designs that doesn't seem to be modeled.  All his designs were complex and takes a while to understand.  

This benchmark required us to know a little about cooking.  We had to pick a recipe with 10 or more steps and translate it into spanish.  For presentations, we were assigned partners and we had to pick one of either ours, or our partner's recipe to present.