Social+Studies

__// Berrien Springs Project - Futurist //__

 * Pre-Project Week**
 * Students were introduced to the concept of future design and innovation in several important areas.
 * Students researched the possible changes in housing, education, environment, and city planning.
 * Students created several models of future home design, school design, environmental changes to our local ecosystem, and future building projects on the local village level.


 * Project Week**
 * Students research was centered on their area of focus (housing, downtown Berrien Springs, Berrien County Court House, St. Joseph River, and education) to determine possible models of the future.
 * Once complete with research the students determined on two formats for possible display.
 * The first model was scaled hand-drawn representations of their area of focus.
 * The second model was the use of a display board to represent their area of focus.
 * During day one several students complete their research and began to work on their model for display.
 * By day three most students had completed on model for display and had begun to create a second model.
 * Many students learned from their first model and made several changes making the model more accurate and presentable.


 * Exhibition Night**
 * During the exhibition the hand-drawn scale models were displayed on boards throughout the school library for the community to view.
 * The display boards were placed on tables organized by each area of focus throughout the room. Some of the display boards were presented next to the models created by Mr. Scaccia's group describing the future of each area of focus.
 * The layout of the room allowed parents, teachers, and members of the community to move around freely and explore the displays created by each group.


 * Techonology**
 * [|Architectural Digest]
 * [|Architecture Week]
 * [|High Tech High]
 * PowerPoint