Welcome Back to D.A.T.A.!

Welcome back to another wonderful year at De Anza Academy of Technology & the Arts!  Miss Lukins is excited to embark on another fun-filled year of learning with her new batch of scholars in Room A-4!  This classroom blog highlights student learning and technology and art driven projects aimed at inviting students to think critically and experience literature and history firsthand.  Enjoy a few "sneak peeks" of projects to come below and enjoy the school year!

Photo taken by Nick K. 7th grader of Photography Club 2012-2013

Click on titles or images for more detail about each project:

Renaissance Revival Faire:

 

  

Cross-curricular STEM - CNC Mill & 3D Printing!

CNC Mill:

 

 

 

3D Printing:

  

      

Virtual Reality Field Trips Around the World!

S.E.E.K. Project - Students Independently Engage in a skill and Explain Knowledge learned

 

Yearlong ePorfolios of Best Work & Reflections

Ninja Turtle Renaissance Art Activity

   

History Alive! Medieval Europe Video Newscasts

Mission Impossible - GMOs Save Civilizations!

Mesoamerican Museum Day!

Medieval Europe Sketchnotes & Google It! Project:

Connecting with Common Core - 

GMO Socratic Smackdown! Collaborative Discussion  & Class Debate:

   

Designing Infographics

Silk Road Animaps (Animated Maps)

Sahara Survival Games/Guides

Trans-Saharan Trade Simulation:

   

   

Africa Trans-Sahara Trade Journals:

Africa Speaks! Mural Making & Storytelling

Utopia Project

The Fall of the Roman Empire Project-Based Learning Community Service Project:

My Silk Road Journey

"Hire me as your next samurai!" Project: