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TCAP Projects  

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 Areas of Expertise

All areas have content that overlaps with a transportation and problem solving/ goal achieving  focus. Content is delivered through authentic projects tied to real world situations. Projects give students the opportunity to apply mathematic, verbal, written, and visual communication skills.

 

Electronics/ Robotics/ Animatronics

Drawing Painting

Animation

Media

Architecture/ Construction

Design/ Engineering

Computers/ Technology

 

 

 

Project #	Name	Description	Price	Due Date/ Estimated Time	Resources	Experts
A	Paper Car	Build a paper car that travels atleast 20 feet down hill	2,000		Use only School Glue- NoGlue sticks or staples!!	p1. Carlos
B	Paper Car Plus	Bonus for going above and beyond the "box"	1,000		Use only School Glue- NoGlue sticks or staples!!
1	Roller Coaster	Build a Marble Roller coaster using the sized paper provided. Must change directions 3 times. Length and time must be measured and accurate. Must work consistently	1,000	2-3 Days 4/24/08	must change directions 3 times (Minimum) Use only School Glue- NoGlue sticks or staples!!	P.1 p.4 Veronica
2	Research essay	Write an essay from your research- Take essay quiz Research History of roller coasters and What are the forces envolved. Take the quiz again and see if you learned anything.	2,000	4 days	Internet
3	Presentation	Present your project as a PowerPoint, WebPage, video, Newspaper article, or propose an idea. (Write directions on how to make a roller coaster.)	1,000	2 days
4	Super Coaster	Connect 5 or more coasters together- Time and measure Must work consistently	1,000		Use only School Glue- NoGlue sticks or staples!!
5	Book Report	Write a book report on a person (biography) or on transportation and take the library test	2,000		Wilson Library
6	Double Book Report	write a book report on two biographies- Compare and contrast both lives.	5,000
7	Science Project	Any science project from the science project book. (See me)	2,000
8	Weekly Sketchbook	Draw for 1/2 hour every week .	200 a week :  Additional 500- 1000 for a complete sketchbook during 15 week and final.		(CLICK HERE)
9	3 d roller coaster	Use Newspaper structures to create a 3d marble coaster. Must consistently work for over 25 seconds	1,000 a foot		(EXAMPLE)(VIDEO) Use only School Glue- NoGlue sticks or staples!!
10	learn a song from the piano	learn any of the 100 songs on the piano	5,000	5- 20+ days Start with an easy song!
11	Scratch	per tutorial	1,000	4/25/08
12	Alice	per tutorial	500
13	GameMaker	per tutorial	500
14	SQUEAK LAND	Per Tutorial	500 * ( 1,000 CAR tutorial)		http://squeakland.org/
15	Money Expert	Negotiable	Resource
16	Transportation in the news	Cut out or print an article pertaining to transportation News and write a summary	500+		Newspapers, Magazines, Internet
FINAL	10 Interesting Transportation Facts		$300 each step $5,000 for step 5	Bonus for step 1 This week 500 (600 5/29/08) Bonus for step 2+3 before Tu	http://www.kyvl.org/html/kids/homebase.html
More Projects will be added !!!!	Check back regularly

 

 

Animation Projects

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 Prices subject to change after May 2 or deadlines

 

Project #	Name	Description	Price	Due Date/ Estimated Time	Resources
1.	Story Board	Panels that tell a story. must have Long shot (Establishing) Full shot and close ups.	500 (was 1,000)  it is Now late	4/25/08 $0 after this date
2	Animatic with timing	30 second animatic from your story board	4,000	4/25/08
3	Animation	A-B animation shots some animation	4,000	5/1/08
4	Book Report	Write a book report on a person (biography) or on animation history and take the library test	2,000		Wilson Library
5	Double	write a book report on two biographies- Compare and contrast both lives.	5,000
6	Any ACME Challenge	Complete ACME Challenge (Must show understanding of animation  principles)	5,000		Go to Acme click on challenges read and understand then do it the best you can
7	Layout Sketches for any ACME challenge	Sketches must be approved	1,000
8	30 second Pixelation	Take pictures using Monkey jam	1,000	1 day  EASY MONEY
9	Helpful comment	helpful comment given to your feedback/ comment	5,000 each 4/25/08 4,000 each  5/2/08
10	Scratch	per tutorial	1,000	4/25/08
	Alice	per tutorial	1,000	4/25/08
	Weekly Sketchbook	Draw for 1/2 hour every week .	200 a week :  Additional 500- 1000 for a complete sketchbook during 15 week and fina		(CLICK HERE)

 

 

 

 

 

Work for Hire

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 Prices subject to change after May 2 or deadlines

 

Project #	Name	Description	Price	Due Date/ Estimated Time	Resources
1.	Sweep the LAB	Sweep up all the trash (1 per period)	500 obo	30 minutes	Can be done before school afterschool lunch or nutrition.
2	Clean Computer Monitors	Spray rag or towel to clean monitors (1per period)	500 obo	20 minutes	Can be done before school afterschool lunch or nutrition.
3	clean Tables	Dust and clean between tables (1 per period)	500 obo	20 minutes	Can be done before school afterschool lunch or nutrition.
4	Class Proposal	See something that needs to be done? Write a proposal or ask.
5	Personal Proposal	Want to create a project? Big projects should be broken down to smaller pieces
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7	Disney Poster & Writing Competition		4,000 -------- 4/25/08 3,000	4/25/08 4/28/08	www.culturela.com www.apahm.org
8	IRON MAN Competition	Drawing- Photography- Painting- Short film- Computer animation	4,000	4/26/08
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For the following Projects you will choose a Due date before starting. Must get an ok from myself or the class manager. Must be in pen

 

3,000 for any of the following projects (animation challenges). Projects must include a presentation.  Webpage- powerpoint- video- Newspaper article.     Challenges More Challenges .

 

StockMarket Game

 

1,000 for ideas sketches plans to make braintoolz/ TCAP/ School/ etc.  better

 

 3,000 Art Contests

Grid drawings.

 

 

Sketchbook Scribble solid design LETTERS

 

 10 items minimum $1,000 for  Grocery List  No taxes ($8.25) can be repeated (1 a month) Must include receipts

1,000 use the Grocery Charts to estimate student waste during lunch and nutrition the cost of a tray lunch

 

 

COSTCO            By E. Chavez 3/30/2008

Item		unit	Price	Micro units	Prices
Milk	1	Gallon		quart - Cup- drop
Baby Carrots	2	5 lbs	4.49	1 lb	.898
Raw Broccoli florets	3	3 lbs	3.79	1 lb	1.26 333
Eggs	4	5 Dozen	9.29	1 dozen- 1 egg	1.858 -  .1548 333
Sliced Ham	5	3lbs. =2 packages (24 oz 1.5 lbs- 24 slices)each	7.49	1 package- 1lb  - slice	3.745- 2.49666 -  .1560416
Soy Milk	6	12 quarts	11.39	- Gallon-Quart-  pints- Cup	3.79666 - .9491666 - .47458333 - .23729165 -
Mixed Vegetables	7	5 lbs	5.59	1lb	1.118
Liquid Laundry Detergent (generic)	8	Kirkland Ultra      300 Fl ounces=2.34 Gal  (8.87 L) 96 wash loads	11.99	Gallon- Wash load- oz	5.1239316- .1248958 -  .0399666
Corn SW premium Whole Kernal	9	8 cans     15.25 oz each   (432g)	10.58	can- serving (1/2 cup)-oz	1.3225- .3778571-  .0867213

 

 

What is the number 1 brain tool? what is the #2 braintool? What is the #1 belief? What is the golden rule?

 

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Space.Shuttle.Glider.html

 

Anything from this website presented $3,000

 

look at http://www.kyvl.org/html/kids/homebase.html

 

http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/vsmenu/vsmenu.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Consultant Learning is a new method of structuring courses in a way that is designed to empower you and place you in control of your own learning process.

Consultant Learning turns the classroom into a laboratory for the free enterprise system,

using price as the allocation mechanism for grades earned.

You determine your own grades by completing projects (Challenges)which earn “consulting fees.”

The amount of consulting fees you choose to earn determines your grade.

Consultant Learning is built upon a significantly different paradigm from the

traditional school course. Traditional courses operate on a system in which all students are

required to do the same quantity of work and the quality of the work performed is judged and

graded. Accepting low quality work and simply lowering a student’s grade for poor quality

is the predominant assessment paradigm used in schools and universities.

In Consultant Learning, the required quality of the work you must perform is held

constant at a very high level – “professionalism” – and low quality work must be redone and

resubmitted until it meets that professionalism standard. Then the quantity of professional

quality work you perform during the semester becomes the basis for your grade.

You will earn consulting fees for projects which you select from a menu of project

choices or that you design yourself on topics that are of interest to you. Completed projects

will be submitted to your professor. Projects which are not of professional quality will be

returned to you along with notes on what needs to be done to the project to make it

professional quality. You must rework and resubmit the project in order to get “paid” for it.

Once a project is professional quality, it will be returned it to you with “Paid $2,000 (or

whatever amount was agreed upon in the proposal) on the cover page.

You will also receive consulting fees for in-class work, such as attendance and being

prepared for class. Near the end of the semester you will compile all your paid projects into

a portfolio that will be submitted to your professor. In your portfolio will be two accounting

sheets showing what you’ve earned, both from in-class fees and project fees, and the grade

for which that amount of fees qualifies you.

The table below shows the amount of fees that you will need to earn to receive each

specific grade.

Assigning Grades

Fees Earned Grade

$25,000 up A

$23,000 to $24,999 A-

$21,000 to $22,999 B+

$19,000 to $20,999 B

$17,000 to $18,999 B-

$15,000 to $16,999 C+

$13,000 to $14,999 C

$11,000 to 12,999 C-

Below $11,000 F

NO D's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LS Add dreams,email and expert pages Sketch book

 

Animation Load work to sheltered site Best work folder. Cam problems review  stories How to give feedback good class examples

 

Dzine ENERGY BUS  contiue with standards fix last weeks work

 

 

 

email former students

 

Camera for events occasions reports,

 

Top Expert- Expert- Amatuer- Novice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(SAMPLE) TCAP Career Day

The day involved many practical activities - an opportunity to see City student projects, tour around the cars from the Formula 1 project and discover more about the use of model cars and CAD systems.

 

In the afternoon, current City students took centre stage to tell of their experiences. The highlight of the day for many was Omar Mares, a former TCAP student and employee of Lotus, who gave a detailed talk about his career.

 

Academics and students from the department of Automotive and Motorsport Engineering facilitated these activities and visitors found them enthusiastic and helpful, with some invaluable insights.

 

"It has cemented my interest in taking Engineering at University," one student commented. Another added that they were "very impressed by the facilities and the atmosphere" and that "the Lotus talk gave me lots of ideas of what to do after university".

 

 

 

 

Project samples