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Evaluating the Mars Project at AAI

Posted on October 18, 2018 by davidvblack

Our student teams made their final summative project presentations on April 28, 2017 to teacher judges during the day and to the public in the evening. I wrote about these presentations in my last post. In this post, I want … Continue reading →

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Launching the Mars Project

Posted on August 16, 2018 by davidvblack

With our first semester seminars done in the middle of January 2017, the students were as ready as they could be to start our school-wide Mars Exploration project at American Academy of Innovation. Whether or not the teachers were ready … Continue reading →

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Traveling to Mars

Posted on August 13, 2018 by davidvblack

I taught STEAM (physical sciences, technology, engineering, digital and traditional arts, and mathematics) classes at American Academy of Innovation in South Jordan, Utah during the 2016-17 school year (which was the first year of operation). The charter and mission of … Continue reading →

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Arrakeen Colony, Mars

Posted on May 13, 2017 by davidvblack

  During our fall 2016 semester at American Academy of Innovation, we selected Mars Exploration as the theme of our first school-wide project. To prepare my classes and get students excited, I involved them in creating several projects related to … Continue reading →

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