Web viewWe learned that poaching was defined as the illegal killing of animals which means that it is happening in the United States of America and not just in Africa like we

Roberts Elementary IBPYP 5th Grade Exhibition

Description of 2012 Exhibition

As a culmination of their experience at Roberts, our 5th graders embark on the extended inquiry of Exhibition during the fall semester. This is a chance for our students to dive deeply into a real-life global issue and then take action locally.

We began the unit with a field trip to the Houston Food Bank, where we took local action on a global problem as a class service project. Following our experience, each class discussed what it means to Share the Planet, the Transdisciplinary theme. This led the students to the development of their central idea, “Inequalities can be solved through tolerance and conflict resolution.” The issues the students chose to inquire about ranged from bullying to racism to deforestation (see attached topic list). Each project was as individual as the children themselves.

Throughout the process the students worked individually, or in small groups, to plan, research, take action, and create a presentation based on their inquiry. Their final presentations included written work and a variety of visual presentations, including student-made movies, PowerPoint presentations, tri-fold boards, art pieces, and theatrical performances. The students presented their work to the members of the school learning community and beyond during an evening and school day presentations.

This year, we were excited to once again have University of Houston College of Education students volunteering to mentor our students. Mentors met with each group 45 minutes twice weekly over 6 weeks. During these meetings, mentors helped to motivate the students, provide them with a “sounding board” for ideas, locate additional resources, revise and edit the students’ notes, and support the students as they applied their new knowledge to their own presentations.

Throughout the Exhibition process, each student and mentor recorded the process and their learning in a journal. Student journals contained planning calendars, expectations, essential agreements, brainstorming, and action plans. Progress checks, rubrics, assessments, and reflections were also an important part of the journal.

Structures in Place to Ensure Coordination of the Exhibition

Each year the 5th grade team, along with the IBPYP Coordinator, meets in early September to finalize plans for the year’s Exhibition. During this meeting the calendar of Exhibition activities is revised along with making any updates to the student Exhibition journal. During the 12 weeks

students spend on Exhibition, the Coordinator works very closely with the 5 th grade team, meeting weekly to discuss student progress and problem solve any issues. The Coordinator also creates and distributes all promotional information about the Exhibition, including invitations and schedules, to parents and the school community.

Description of How Students and Mentors are Briefed

To kickoff the unit, the IBPYP Coordinator meets with all of the students to share the previous class’ Exhibition video and describe the journey they are about to undertake. At this meeting, the coordinator and teachers explain expectations and answer all questions. As students work on their projects, their classroom teacher acts as a facilitator, providing reminders and guidance. Throughout the semester, the IBPYP Coordinator also informally meets with student groups to check on progress.

In conjunction with the College of Education, the Coordinator secures and schedules needed mentors for the semester. During their first visit, the coordinator meets with the mentors, giving them a tour of the campus, explaining the expectations and roles during Exhibition. The calendar of activities and documentation forms are also reviewed.

Process for Assessment

At predetermined times throughout the project, formative assessments are completed to determine student progress. After collecting the majority of their research, students complete a written progress check, sharing information about their topic and their three big questions. Along the way, students are provided checklists and rubrics for evaluating their notefacts and sources. Upon completing their research, students compose 10 Frequently Asked Questions with answers to share the knowledge they have gained. Once they have determined how they will take action on their issue, students complete a written Exhibition Action Update, describing significant facts about their issue and why they chose to take this action. Before beginning each portion of the process, students are provided rubrics on how their presentations and action will be assessed. Following the completion of their final presentation, students complete reflections and self-assessments about their work during Exhibition.

Exhibition Timeline 2012Week 1October 1-5

Field trip to Food Bank Introduction to Exhibition Review transdiciplinary theme for this year’s Exhibition Develop central idea and lines of inquiry as a group Brainstorm and select issues for Exhibition Establish groups Read, discuss, and sign Exhibition contract Train mentors

Week 2October 8-12

Review Exhibition guidelines Announce issues Create essential agreements Select focus for learner profile, attitudes, transdisciplinary skills, key concepts Begin Research phase Set research goals Complete concept map Develop inquiry questions Assign mentors Meet with mentors for 1st time

Week 3October 15-19

Conduct Research Meet with mentors

Week 4October 22-26

Conduct Research Meet with mentors

Week 5October 29-November 2

Wrap up Research phase Categorize notefacts Additional research, as needed Meet with mentors

Week 6November 5-9

Evaluate research goals Categorize notefacts Additional research, if needed Exhibition Progress Check Introduce Action Meet with mentors

Week 7November 12-16

Begin working on visual presentation phase Meet with mentors


Continue working on visual presentation


Continue working on Visual presentation Wrap up Action phase Exhibition Action Update Begin oral presentation phase

Week 10December 3-7

Complete presentation phase

Week 11December 10-14

Present in classrooms for feedback Fine tune presentations

Week 12 Dress rehearsals

December 17-21

Exhibition Week

Exhibition evening – December 18 Exhibition day – December 19 Reflections and evaluations

Working with Your Mentor

Visit 1 M/W Oct 8/10: Announce topics and groups/goal setting Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them. Get to know your mentor-what do they know about your topic? Concept map Write questions in the key concept categories. Mentors should complete the “Mentor and Team Meeting Notes” sheet. Pay special attention to

the goals/steps to complete before the next meeting section.

Visit 2 Th/F Oct 11/12: Research Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them Explain how to take notefacts/What is a notefact? Show your mentor your Exhibition goals (how many notefacts, glossary entries, etc.) Show your mentor the Exhibition calendar. Explain plagiarism and help students avoid it. Review/add to concept map Review/add to questions (these are to guide your research). Focus only on researching, not on the product, presentation, or action. Mentors should complete the “Mentor and Team Meeting Notes” sheet. Pay special attention to


Visit 3 M/W Oct 15/17: Research Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them Tell your mentor how many notefacts, glossary entries, and resources you have (how close are

you to your goal?) Show your mentor the new notefacts and resources you have since your last meeting Use laptops/ipads for research. Link the websites you like to your wiki/Google docs account. All

printing must be approved by your teacher. Help students continue in their research. If they feel stuck because they continue finding the

same information, use their questions list (page 15) to search new directions. Continue keeping an eye out for plagiarism Focus only on researching, not on the product, presentation, or action Mentors should complete the “Mentor and Team Meeting Notes” sheet. Pay special attention to


Visit 4 Th/F Oct 18/19 (19th is half day): Research Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them. Tell your mentor how many notefacts, glossary entries, and resources you have (how close are

you to your goal?). Show your mentor the new notefacts and resources you have since your last meeting. Use laptops/ipads for research. Link the websites you like to your wiki/Google docs account. All


same information, use their questions list (page 15) to search new directions. Continue keeping an eye out for plagiarism. Focus only on researching, not on the product, presentation, or action.

Mentors should complete the “Mentor and Team Meeting Notes” sheet. Pay special attention to the goals/steps to complete before the next meeting section.

Visit 5 M/W Oct 22/24 (24th is half day): Research Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them Tell your mentor how many notefacts, glossary entries, and resources you have (how close are



same information, use their questions list (page 15) to search new directions. Continue keeping an eye out for plagiarism. Focus only on researching, not on the product, presentation, or action. Mentors should complete the “Mentor and Team Meeting Notes” sheet. Pay special attention to


Visit 6 Th/F Oct 25/26: Research Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them. Tell your mentor how many notefacts, glossary entries, and resources you have (how close are



same information, use their questions list (page 15) to search new directions. Continue keeping an eye out for plagiarism. Focus only on researching, not on the product, presentation, or action. Mentors should complete the “Mentor and Team Meeting Notes” sheet. Pay special attention to


Visit 7 M/W Oct 29/Nov 1: Research/Organize/fill in research gaps Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them Tell your mentor how many notefacts, glossary entries, and resources you have (how close are

you to your goal?). Show your mentor the new notefacts and resources you have since your last meeting. Organize notefacts: Look through the notefacts and questions on p. 15 to name categories that

your notefacts can be sorted into. Categories must be approved by Mrs. Audi before students begin sorting notefacts. Help students to cut out their notefacts and sort them into the named categories. Each GROUP

will have one set of notefacts cut up and organized. The other students in the group may keep their notefacts in their spiral journal.

Use colored envelopes to help you sort notefacts. You will glue them to construction paper later.

If time permits, help students decide what categories of their research need more notefacts. All notefacts and categories are due Wednesday, November 7.


Visit 8 W/F Oct 31/Nov 2 (31st is field day): Research complete/Organize/fill in research gaps Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them. Tell your mentor how many notefacts, glossary entries, and resources you have (how close are







Visit 9 M/W Nov 5/7: Organize/fill in research gaps Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them. Tell your mentor how many notefacts, glossary entries, and resources you have (how close are







Visit 10 Th/F Nov 8/9: Goal Evaluation/fill in research gaps Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them. Show your mentors your graded notefacts, glossary entries, and bibliography pages. Step 5 (of IIM): Evaluate your Research Goals. Complete “My Future IIM Goals.” Write about

what you could do better if you did Exhibition again. Make any needed changes to the graded work. Look over the Action pages from Ms. Walton. Use these to help your group plan their action. If time permits, start planning your product. Products must be approved by your teacher before

you start planning. Mentors should complete the “Mentor and Team Meeting Notes” sheet. Pay special attention to


Visit 11 M/W Nov 12/14 (14th is half day): Visual Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them. Review the guidelines for products and choices for products. Complete the product planning page in your spiral. Draw a diagram of what your visual will look like. Your teacher needs to approve this before you

begin work on your product. Begin working on your visual. Mentors should complete the “Mentor and Team Meeting Notes” sheet. Pay special attention to


Visit 12 Th/F Nov 15/16: Visual Read items on this week’s agenda and check them off as you complete them. Review the guidelines for products and choices for products. Work on your visual. Reflect on how your mentor helped you. Thank them for their hard work. Get their email address, and invite them to Exhibition (Evening presentation: Tuesday,

December 18; Day presentation: Wednesday, December 19). Mentors should complete the “Mentor and Team Meeting Notes” sheet. Pay special attention to


Presentations available in additional languages are noted.Table Topic Students Action Learning1 Animal Poaching Lucas Gossett

Ricky Rios Fritz Schultz

We created two pledges. One was for Roberts’ students to sign saying that they would never poach and the other was for hunters to sign reaffirming that they would not poach by hunting out of season. We also informed people that poaching is the illegal killing of animals and not just killing animals in Africa to collect the ivory, bones, fur, etc.

We learned that poaching was defined as the illegal killing of animals which means that it is happening in the United States of America and not just in Africa like we originally thought! We thought this was a unique topic to focus on for exhibition because we do not think many people realize that hunting out of season, deaths that result from dog fighting, or deaths that result from animal abuse are really considered poaching.

2 Hunger and Homelessness

Lizzie Amerman Miller Amy Palacios (Spanish)Katherine Wallace

We mailed a letter to President Obama telling him how homelessness affects hunger and that we think there should be a national donation day.

We think that we really learned how to be organized and set up things. Also, I think this really is the first time the Independent Investigation Method (IIM) was enforced for our group.

3 Slavery/Human trafficking

Howard Cai (Chinese) I sent emails to the Governors of California and Texas to inform them about human trafficking and asked them to help stop it from happening.

I have learned that you need to use your time wisely. You can't fool around because you probably don't realize how little time you have.

4 Kidnapping Trinity Danh-HuynhMariam Kundi (Urdu) Joy Li

Our action plan was an Information Fair. We informed and educated three classes about "How To Stay Safe At Home."

We learned that you have to use cooperation to get your work done and that it takes a lot of time, effort, and teamwork.

5 Child Soldiers Faysal Al-ZandGus Thompson

We created red handprints out of paint with our kindergarten buddies. We also asked the other 5th grade classes to do the same and sent home a flyer in the Tuesday Folder informing parents about the Red Hand Campaign. We took part in the Red Hand Campaign by first making the red handprints. Once they dried, each person wrote a letter in their own handprint explaining why they thought only adults should be in armies. Once this was finished, we collected all the handprints and mailed them to the UN Representative from Nigeria who resides in NYC to ask him to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

We learned how cruel and unfair it is that innocent children are being abducted from their homes and schools and are forced to do many terrible things. We are very fortunate that our government does not allow child soldiers.

6 Bullying Vicky Wang (Chinese) Leo Zhang (Chinese)

We created an anti-bullying pledge. We went to classrooms to have students sign it.

We learned a lot about bullying, victims, and upstanders. We also learned how to work as a team.

7 Demands for Oil Michael Garza Alejandro Morales

We sent a presentation to High School Teachers in hope that the 15 &16 years olds will learn to conserve oil and drive less. We received responses from 5 teachers.

We have learned that with the right actions and the right choices anyone can make a difference

Presentations available in additional languages are noted.Table Topic Students Action Learning8 Slavery Rocio Casal (Spanish)

Fronia Kemper Hamilton Pierce

We sent a letter to the President asking him to convince others to stop slavery in other countries. We performed a skit for 3 classes about slavery.

We have learned a lot about slavery and how to cooperate with each other.

9 Animal Abuse Wala Alaruqih (Arabic)Bailey AndersonSavannah Bowden Lauren Walker

We looked on the SPCA website to see what types of items they needed for the animals. We then held a supply drive at Roberts asking for those items. We collected the items and brought them to the local SPCA. Over all we were able to donate food, toys, newspapers, and other animal supplies.

We really need to pay attention to deadlines and plan accordingly, otherwise it is hard to finish everything on time!

10 Pollution Louis Corman Ray Kawai (Japanese)Zainab Khan

We had a recycling drive at the cafeteria. There were sections of things, such as things you didn't eat/touch, compost, trash, and other. We put them all in the schools recycling dumpster.

We learned about...Preventing pollution: Don't use disposable things. Turn off lights at all times except when needed, recycle instead of throwing stuff away.Different types of pollution: Air, Land, Water, and Nuclear Pollution.How many people die and how bad it is: About 200,000 to 500,000 die each year.

11 Unemployment & the Economy

Hanna Chong-Ahmed Kaitlyn Shi

We created a video about jobs and unemployment to send to high schools. We did it because we know that teenagers who are juniors and seniors are going to try to find a job to help with college tuition.

We've learned that big problems can be solved by just 2 regular people like us. We now know that if we can spread the word and convince people to do what we did, everybody can make a big difference.

12 Secondhand Smoke

Cameron AndersonJayha Kim

We made a video game about Secondhand Smoke to get our message about Secondhand Smoke out to the world starting with Roberts. Our game is posted at nosmoking.pbworks.com.

We learned that kids don't have a choice to breathe the air they breathe when their parents smoke.

13 Unemployment Kai PageAlex Turner

We are going to send a letter to President Obama to ask him to offer incentives for businesses to hire more workers.

We enjoy trying to help people.

14 Kidnapping Jorge ArredondoAndrei Bornstein (Russian) Francisco Zurcher (Spanish)

Our action was showing a video that we created to different classes. We did this to teach kids what to do in a situation when you are about to be kidnapped.

What we have experienced is that you should always work as a team and that in order to do that we should always cooperate with each other.

15 Kidnapping Joshua Stanton Andrew Tong

Our action was to have everyone in the school make a family safety code. We spread the word by sending a flyer home in the Tuesday Folder and by teaching Mrs. Whitehouse's 4th grade class and Mrs. Dao's 2nd grade class.

We learned that to succeed in Exhibition, you need to cooperate with your team members. You also need to be respectful to your teammates so they want to work.

Presentations available in additional languages are noted.Table Topic Students Action Learning16 Animal Poaching Brendan Barrett

Zoe Honari We put on a slideshow at lunch and we presented to Mrs. O'Reilly's class. We went door to door with a flyer around our neighborhood, informed people about poaching and asked them to sign a pledge saying they would try to avoid buying items from a poached animal.

We learned tons about our topic and we had a lot of fun, even though it was very hard!

17 Educational Inequality

Deena Ali (Urdu)Chloe Evered

We made a video to raise awareness about our topic and showed it to 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Roberts.

Working together is a lot of fun and being part of a group is about cooperation and collaboration. We also thought that learning about our topic was interesting.

18 Cancer Lalah Carter Ariana Nguyen Saarah Siddiki (Urdu)

We made Get Well Cards for children with Cancer and made announcements asking the other classes at Roberts to make them too. We made and collected over 100 cards and delivered the cards to the Texas Children's Cancer Hospital.

We learned that you have to know what to do in order to get it done.

19 Lung Cancer Justin Espinosa Max Ko (Taiwanese)

Our Action was to pass out flyers to our neighborhood and we have passed out 100 flyers so far. Most of the people said they're going to give the flyer to their son or their father.

We learned that we can change some of the problems.

20 Bullying Josh Salinas Kristen Tangsriwong (Thai)Eileen Wang

On December 7, our group handed out pledges to classes for them to sign. We had 9 classes make pledges not to bully.

I learned that more than one thousand kids are bullied a day.-Kristen TangsriwongI learned that bullying was not always used as a bad term. It used to be used as a good term.-Josh Salinas

21 War Refugees Erich Espinosa Jacob Punch

We contacted the YMCA International and set up a clothing drive. We had two locations so that we could collect a lot of clothes- Roberts and a church. We arranged for the YMCA International to pick the clothes up from Erich's house and they will then distribute the clothing to war refugees in Houston.

While America has the least war refugees, it is a country that many refugees come to for safe haven.

22 Education Inequality

Madeline CanfieldKatherine Simmons

We tutored 3 first graders from Mrs. Allison's class. We did this after school from3:15 -4:15 on the last week of November. We helped them with their math, spelling, and reading homework.

We have learned useful research skills and cooperation skills. But most of all we have learned about being enthusiastic and cooperative. Through our action we noticed that some teachers completely supported us while others were negative about it. We learned to act enthusiastically and to be supportive to each other and to others when they have ideas which helped us collaborate and become a better group.

Presentations available in additional languages are noted.Table Topic Students Action Learning23 Bullying Chris Mason

Brandon Walton We held a bullying awareness day that we called "Bullying Makes Me Blue". We made announcements asking everyone to wear blue on December 7th to show support and help raise awareness. Our goal was to show bullies how many people would wear blue so that we could block out bullying! Over 75% of the entire school wore blue- 569 kids total!

We learned that 25% of bullies have a criminal record by the age of 30. We also learned that partners need to help each other out, no matter what. They have to talk to each other and tell them what they need.

24 Deforestation Ryder Ballard Mia Sorak

We wrote and produced a puppet show about deforestation. We performed our show for Ms. Dao's and Mrs.Servos' classes.

We have learned to cooperate and stay on task.

25 Civil Rights Diya ChatterjeeElias Torres

We went to Lamar High to teach them about modern day civil rights issues. We chose to go talk to high school seniors because our research shows that affirmative action today usually happens in college and we wanted to help prepare them for issues that they might face when applying to college or trying to get scholarships.

I learned that it's nice to work in a group and, really, it's not that hard to cooperate with anyone.

26 Animal Poaching Andrew BrooksWilliam Hassett

We went to Hermann Park and set up a booth to educate passersby about animal poaching and to get 96 people to sign our petition to raise poaching fines by about 20% that we are going to send to the U.S. government (all people who signed the document were 18 or older). We made sure that all questions were answered about poaching, and made sure they had a firm knowledge about poaching.

I realized how bad poaching is, and how it's faster to do things with a partner, instead of by yourself.-William Hassett

I realized that exhibition is really fun, and I really enjoyed it.-Andrew Brooks

27 Pollution Asal HamidiAnne Liu (Chinese)Martina Pita Nattero (Spanish)

We went to Hermann Park to pick up trash on December 8th and sent out a flyer in the Tuesday folder beforehand to ask others to join us!

We learned that when people pollute it affects the earth and causes global warming which causes the earth to warm up.

28 Child Soldiers Caden Giunta Harsha SriramJared Yang

In America, we have soldiers who protect us, so children do not have to. We wanted to do something to thank our soldiers for fighting for us. Many soldiers will not be back for Christmas, so we decided to make the soldiers Christmas cards. We made announcements and asked everybody to make cards. We collected about 50 cards and are going to send them to the soldiers through the Red Cross.

We had fun learning about child soldiers as a committed team; our work helped us make new friends.

Presentations available in additional languages are noted.Table Topic Students Action Learning29 Homelessness Whitney Clark

Gaon Kim (Korean)Kendall Pierson

We had a blanket drive and collected blankets at Roberts to send to a local homeless shelter. We did this so the shelter could give the blankets out as Christmas presents.

Being homeless is a harder experience to have than we really think. People think you can just go to a homeless shelter for protection, but really, you might be on the waiting list for over a year and still not get into a homeless shelter.

30 Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Kids

Katie Robbins Linh Vuong

We interviewed two adults who smoked and who quit smoking. We asked questions like, "How did you start smoking?" We are using this information to help educate others about smoking.

It is interesting learning about the facts and history of smoking because we both have family members that smoke or that quit smoking. Since learning about it, we could tell them about the effects of smoking and secondhand smoke before it could be too late.

31 Animal Poaching:The Ivory Trade

David NearyWilliam NeffJunya Takezaki (Japanese)

For our action we made a pledge asking people to say that they will not buy ivory products or become an ivory poacher. So far we have gotten 83 signatures, but we are hoping for at least 90 signatures.

We learned the process of research, or the IIM research system. We are now more familiar with teamwork and have learned that if we work together we can get things done.

32 Hunger Dylan Campbell Gretchen GarlitosAllen Xue (Chinese)

We had a canned food drive at Roberts. We collected 2 large boxes of food to take to the Houston Food Bank.

You should eat whatever your parents give you. Some people don’t have enough food. You don’t want to waste food.

33 Secondhand Smoke

Mae Boutwell (Spanish)Marcus BrownAsher Siegel

We first went to Kroger to ask people to sign our pledge that says that they will not start smoking and if they do that they will not smoke in front of kids. However, the manager at Kroger changed his mind and said we could not be out in front of their store so we went to Rice instead. We even ran with some people around the track so that they did not have to stop their exercise to sign our pledge! We also had a pledge for students and teachers at Roberts to sign stating the same thing.

Some projects can be long and hard, but you can always do it if you try, cooperate, and have fun. We also learned that we had to be flexible in order to work with our group members and be flexible when obstacles out of our control arise.

34 Deforestation Ebru KaraerCamelia Patron

We had a seed drive from the 26th to the 30th of November. We asked students to donate seeds. Then we went to classes to talk about our drive and deforestation. We also made announcements to remind students to donate seeds. On December 1st we planted 327 tree seeds at Roberts Elementary.

When you start exhibition, remember that this is your last big project at Roberts Elementary so make the best of it. We would like to thank Mrs. Audi for guiding us through exhibition, Mrs. Anderson for teaching us how to use the computer in a knowledgeable way, and Mrs. Walton for putting exhibition together.

Presentations available in additional languages are noted.Table Topic Students Action Learning35 Child Soldiers Jack Evans

Jose PenaWe asked our book buddies and our class to press red paint on a sheet of paper and draw a soldier in it and at the bottom of the page write a passage about child soldiers and how it is bad. We did this to take part in the Red Hand Campaign and will be sending the red handprints to the UN Representative for Nigeria to ask him to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

We learned that child soldiers is a huge problem in Africa.

36 Animal Abuse Teja Desai Janice Liang (Chinese)

We held a supply drive at Roberts asking for items for animals at the SPCA. We were able to donate food, toys, newspapers, and other animal supplies.

Most importantly no one should abuse animals. We liked learning about animals and how to prevent their abuse.

37 Child Abuse Ruth Liu (Mandarin) Kavya Patel (Hindi, Gujarati)

We did a stuffed animal drive for abused children. We chose to do this so that every abused child who is taken away from their family will receive a new stuffed animal. We put the boxes in the main hallway at Roberts and raised awareness of our drive by doing announcements and sending a letter home in the Tuesday folder. We also spoke with two 4th grade classes about child abuse and told them about our stuffed animal drive. We delivered the stuffed animals to the Children's Assessment Center.

Exhibition is really fun and teaches you to be confident too. It's not about doing everything perfectly; it's about having fun and learning!!

38 Animal Abuse John Bunge Eric Huang (Chinese)Jack Liu (Chinese)

We had a guest speaker tell us how important it is to take care of pets. She even brought her two pet Chihuahuas. The guest speaker works at an animal shelter.

We learned that we could help animals by doing this project. We also learned that people should treat animals with respect, just like humans.

39 Homelessness Isabelle Avedesian Alyssa CaseyEmily Robbins

We held a toy drive to give homeless kids who live at the Star of Hope Mission toys for Christmas. We collected and are delivering 3 full boxes of toys!

We learned that if you dedicate your time, you can really make a difference in the world. We also learned so much about our topic through research, and we learned that we need to work together in order to make a great project.

40 Hunger Noor Al HamadaniSara Westerhold (German)

We had a canned food drive at Roberts. We are taking the food to the Houston Food Bank.

We learned that hunger is a very serious problem. There are 925,000,000 hungry people in the world.

Documents

Web viewWe learned that poaching was defined as the illegal killing of animals which means that it is happening in the United States of America and not just in Africa like we