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Exploring Germany Opens My Eyes: A Life-Changing Journey!
Aisatou, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Gathering data through all senses, Memoir, Quality Education, Remaining open to continuous learning, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2023, Turning Point Narrative, culture, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 0Discover how a single trip to Germany changed my life forever! It was my first time in Europe and...
Staying Strong on My Mexican Adventure
Noemi, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Environment, Family, Friendship, Girl, Goals, Happiness, I Remember, Persisting, Police, Quality Education, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2023, Striving for accuracy, Taking responsible risks, Thinking flexibly, Turning Point Narrative, Vignette, Mexico, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 0I found a new me on my trip to Mexico! August 12, 2020, my mom and I were in...
Why we should all be Feminists
Ameya, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Gender Equity (Women), Showcase, TED Talks, Thinking flexibly, Thinking interdependently, feminism, WAMS, 0The Name The word feminist is frequently misleading because of the latin root ‘femina’ meaning woman. The latin suffix...
youth voices and AI
Sole, , AI, Applying past knowledge to new situations, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2023, Technology, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), #beebberblurb, SLA@Beeber, slab_blurb, 2AI (artificial intelligence) technology and being a part of a community like Youth Voices have been beneficial for me...
My David and Goliath story
Dominick M, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Bio ELL, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2023, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking flexibly, War, Fight, Park Slope Collegiate, 0A time when I felt like I was David was in elementary because I and my friends would play...
David and Goliath, actually Colossuses
Khoa, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Bio ELL, I Remember, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2023, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking flexibly, competition, Park Slope Collegiate, richandpoor, 1Creatures are always and always competing. The tigers, wolves, and lions compete to take over their territory for hunting....
Uncovering the Devastation: 20 Years On since Largest-Ever Chemical Spill in California
Emma H, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Spring 2023, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, chemical spills, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0It’s been 20 years since the largest-ever chemical spill rocked California, leaving communities in disarray. Come join the conversation...
Fierce weather blamed for big chemical spill, outages Tank of hydrochloric acid tips, causes vapor cloud
Emma H, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Spring 2023, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, chemical spills, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0A 13,000-gallon tank of hydrochloric acid was knocked over by a line of thunderstorms on the west side of...
The Obscured Secrets
Destiny, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, History, Listening with understanding and empathy, Reduced Inequalities, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2023, SLA@Beeber, The 1619 project, women, 0Featured image: A mother’s embrace is like no other – this image captures that feeling perfectly. A black woman...
Pushing Past Limits
Dominick M, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Family, Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, Spring 2023, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Thinking flexibly, family, Park Slope Collegiate, 2I had an uncle who lived here in the United States, who would come to our house to visit...
A Teenage Dreamer
Isiah G, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Documentary, Fall 2022, Immigration, Reduced Inequalities, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, daca, dreamers, immigrant, lawyer, Park Slope Collegiate, The Mayor, 5Celeste, a Mexican immigrant, came to Georgia with her family when she was four years old. Now in high school,...
American Dream vs Indians vs My Experience.
Nicolle, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Fall 2022, Gathering data through all senses, Reduced Inequalities, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Native Americans, Park Slope Collegiate, 0Even though people might think everything is perfect or better in the U.S., it isn’t. Ask the Native Americans....
American Ideal vs Reality
Hammam, , American Dream, Applying past knowledge to new situations, Fall 2022, Gathering data through all senses, History, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, alcatraz, american ideals, carlisles, Native American, Park Slope Collegiate, Reservation, school, 5The United States supposedly has an equal education system. In fact, people from all around the world come to...
Franz Fanon’s Fantastic Fundamentals
Shant S, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Reduced Inequalities, Thinking interdependently, Franz Fanon, Pasadena City College, 0See our group Discussion Post. Franz Fanon’s book The Wretched of the Earth covers topics of colonialism and obedience.
Violence against and Resistance of Africans
Miguel, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Gender Equity (Women), Thinking interdependently, Pasadena City College, resistance, Violence, 0See our co-authored Discussion Post here.
Violence After Emancipation
Aaron, David, Manuel, Miguel, Mary, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Gender Equity (Women), Race Relations, Showcase, Thinking interdependently, Black Africans, Pasadena City College, resistance, Violence, 0See and Download the PDF.
Classroom Takeover
Shant, Viviana, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, History, Questioning and posing problems, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Thinking interdependently, education, Pasadena City College, resistance, 0See and Download the PDF.
Frantz Fanon’s Fantastic Fundamentals
Winnie, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Reduced Inequalities, Thinking interdependently, Pasadena City College, Sundown Towns, 0See our group Discussion Post. A set of laws and cultural standards are used to construct and preserve Sundown...
Frantz Fanon’s Fantastic Fundamentals
Malakhi, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, History, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Thinking interdependently, colonialism, Pasadena City College, 0See our group Discussion Post. With the construction of the 210 freeway beginning in the 1970’s this would displace...
Frantz Fanon’s Fantastic Fundamentals
Daniel, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Black Lives Matter, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, History, Race Relations, Rights, Thinking interdependently, Violence, colonialism, history, Pasadena City College, 0Frantz Fanon’s theories on colonization and decolonization, and the violences that come with it. Fanon also talks about liberation...
Frantz Fanon’s Fantastic Fundamentals
Isabella, Zully, Malakhi, Shant S, Daniel, Winnie, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2022, History, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Race Relations, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Thinking interdependently, colonialism, history, Pasadena City College, 0During Frantz Fanon’s short-lived life, he wisely identified, broke apart, and exposed the violence and dehumanization of colonization and...
Shehri’s Childhood
Shehri, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Poems and Stories, Poetry, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Where I'm From, identify, Park Slope Collegiate, 1I am made of eating sweet paint chips off the wall as a child and being scared to tell...
Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña
Shanelle, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Fall 2022, Poetry, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, This Is My Body, Writing & Communication, poetry, The U School, 1This is my body Small and petite Mixed black and Puerto rican girl . ‘’Chica mixta negra y puertorriqueña.’’...
If you wish to know what justice is, let injustice pursue you.
Rafael, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, History, Inquiry, Letter to Colleagues, Quality Education, Showcase, Social Class, Summer 2022, #history #colonialism, critical thinking, Lehman College, LUTE-STEM, pedagogy, philosophy, 4Dear Colleague: Recently, I participated in a professional learning experience with LUTE Stem at Lehman College. I learned a...
A Little Bit of Me!
Claudia, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Bio, Listening with understanding and empathy, Managing Impulsivity, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Habits of Mind, LUTE-STEM, LUTESTEM, 1My name is Claudia Suarez, I’m Dominican, I’m Cancer and I am a bilingual PreK teacher. I believe all...
Three Habits Important to Me!
Jennifer Van Allen, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Bio, Getting Started, Habits of Mind, Quality Education, Questioning and posing problems, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Summer 2022, Habits of Mind, LUTE-STEM, 3As a literacy teacher and lover of all things related to literacy (especially as it relates to technology), the...
Hiding Out In Kindergarten: Edwin
Niki Fayne, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Description of a Child, Happiness, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2022, Descriptive Review, LUTE-STEM, 1Edwin is a child in my kindergarten class who comes into class each morning and picks a chapter book...
The Connection Between Then And Now
Wesam, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Reduced Inequalities, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Spring 2022, World Connections, Born A Crime, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 1This book talks about a kid who was Born A Crime, he was born a crime because a black...
What they hide
Jupree, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, History, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Poetry, Showcase, Spring 2022, The U School, Tulsa, 1One say if you are looking for information you gotta Look long and far for itAnd so I did Because...
Black wall street letter
Asiyah, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Creating, imagining, and innovating, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2022, Striving for accuracy, Black wall street, The U School, 0Dear Brad Girson (Editor/Executive Director) I’m writing to you about The Massacre of Black Wall Street: Graphic Novel. I...
Maritza’s Show Way
Maritza, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Quality Education, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), inspiration, LUTE-STEM, 6Tap left to go back, right to go forward
African American Music in Nashville Museum
Natalie L, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Community, Fall 2021, Music, Quality Education, Questioning and posing problems, Responding with wonderment and awe, Showcase, #BenefitsofMusic, African American History, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “New National Museum of African Music Opens in Nashville” (BTW) I learned that in Nashville Tennessee...
Remembering Malcolm X
Cristy, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Día de Muertos, Fall 2022, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Día de Muertos, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 0This wonderful Eulogy of Malcom X, that you can read and listen to here, took place in the Faith...
The damages of child and mother separation
Adalia, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Psychology, Questioning and posing problems, Showcase, experimentation, RHS, 10Science evolves to help provide better opportunities, yet in order to make these advancements science sometimes takes it too...
Nurture Defines Our Identities
Madison, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Fall 2021, Nature, Psychology, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, nature vs. nature, RHS, 0The debate of nature vs. nurture has been ongoing for an extremely long time. Some people believe that both...
Tattoos: A History, Culture, and Expression
Norah, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Art, Arts & Entertainment, Fall 2021, Gathering data through all senses, Quality Education, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, #culture, #expression, #history, #Identity, #tattoo, #tattoos, RHS, 1It may be difficult to wrap your head around why someone would want to endure the painful and expensive...
Know Your Place
Eliana, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Books or Plays, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Thinking flexibly, World Connections, Lord of the Flies, RHS, 0Manipulation, corruption, and violence are the strings attached to all those in power and/or power-hungry. Jack, the young antagonist,...
“Can’t Hurt Me” Book Review
Alex, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Fall 2021, Good Health and Well-Being, Persisting, Showcase, Sports, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, training, 1I was recently on a road trip to California with some friends, and somehow our conversation topic landed on...
Diving head first into Scratch – and hoping it’s not the shallow end!
Jennifer, , Algorithms, Applying past knowledge to new situations, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, Thinking about your thinking (Metacognition), Thinking flexibly, journal, LUTE-STEM, scratch, 2Marina wrote an inquiry exploring the ways we could use computational thinking in the writing workshop process. I was...
The World Don’t Love You
Ahmir, , Applying past knowledge to new situations, Books or Plays, Showcase, Spring 2021, Born A Crime, The U School, 1My response to Makayla’s Youth Voices Commentary The World Doesn’t Love You; My Mother’s Life (Feminist Perspective), a book review...
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Accessing prior knowledge; transferring knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned. (Click here to see more.)