Selected+Projects

Among all the project ideas we received (listed on other pages on this wiki), the projects below have been deemed most feasible. (I still like the "Torpedo Project," but it didn't make the cut.) We've tried to group them by theme.

=Miscellaneous Projects=

//Cooking//
> __Staff__: Ajani, Dorothy > __Max Students__: 10 > __Where:__ Dining Hall > __Description__: students learn how to prepare selected dishes.

This is a great opportunity to look at food from a larger context -- culture, science, history, etc. It would be great for a teacher to work with Ajani on this project! -- SD

//Trading Places ?//
> This has come up a few times: boys and girls switch residence roles for one or two days. May be too hard to work-out bus stops.

=Artistic Theme=

//Music//
> __Staff__: Dave and/or outside person (contact: John Morris) > __Max Students__: I dunno--maybe 10? > __Where__: Multi-purpose room would be best, given that drums & piano are there > __Description__: I would envision coming up with two or three compositions in the course of three days. These would not be written out on paper, but performed with pre-arranged signals to move from one part of a piece to another. Preference would be given to students who have a musical instrument that a) they can play, and b) they can bring to school.

//Creative Dance//
> __Staff__: outside person or unsupervised > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Tile Mural (40th Anniversary)//
> __Staff__: Evelyn and/or outside person > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Japanese Art//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__: Infuse culture with origami, painting

//Love Garden//
> __Staff__: Kathy > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Wood Carving//
> __Staff__: Dorothy > __Max Students__: 8 > __Where__: Shop-will need Bicente's help cutting wood with a saw > __Description__: Tree stumps. Chairs? Making waterhorses for Soccer, Baseball, Track, Field Day

//Stained Glass//
> __Staff__: Bill > __Max Students__: 6 > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Sculpture//
> __Staff__: David H. > __Max Students__: 6 > __Where__: Art Room > __Description__: Two possible sculpture types: (1): medium scale aluminum can creatures (2) small to large scale plaster sculpture (chicken wire, plaster gauze and plaster)

//Quilting//
> __Staff__: Susan? outside speakers/consultants > __Max Students__: > __Where__: Need space to work -- a classroom with tables. > __Description__: Students will decide on a theme for the quilt, plan and design panels for the quilt, visit the International Quilt Show (if possible -- it's Oct. 30-Nov. 2), and "quilt" together. Quilt will be prepared for display. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences with others (online or as part of a presentation). A photo-story based on the quilting process will be recorded.

Can be combined with the collage project below -- photos to be transferred to fabric for quilting.

//Chinquapin Collage//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Thespian//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Improvisations//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Tapestries (for Rooms with Bad Acoustics)//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__: make tapestries for Art, Tech, and Middle Sci rooms

=Building/Science & Engineering Themes=

//Duplex Guardrail Design//
> __Staff__: David > __Max Students__:10 > __Where__: A lab space and shop > __Description__: Students will help design and construct a deck railing system for the new duplex made out of used seat belts. Students will participate in obtaining used seat belts from junk yards and fabricating a colorful guardrail system. This work will become a permanent fixture of the new faculty duplex.

//Solar Power Kiosk//
> __Staff__: Brian > __Max Students__: Physics Lab, Workshop > __Where__: > __Description__: kiosk per BP grant requirements. Need wood-working, diorama building, electrical connections.

//Wind Power//
> __Staff__: Brian > __Max Students__: > __Where__: Physics Lab > __Description__:

//Biodome//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Rocket (Egg Astronaut)//
> __Staff__: Brian > __Max Students__: > __Where__: Physics Lab > __Description__: launch and return an egg safely to earth using common items and store-bought rocket engine.

//Cardboard Pirate Ship//
> __Staff__: Brian > __Max Students__: > __Where__: Physics > __Description__: Build boat out of cardboard, duct tape. Need appliance boxes.

//Improve Baseball Field & Fence//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Exterior Solar Shading for Gym//
> __Staff__: David H. > __Max Students__: 15 > __Where__: > __Description__: Design and implement an exterior shading system for the south windows of the gymnasium.

//Build a Playground//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Build a Car//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Lego Chinquapin//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//No Waste Day//
> __Staff__: Kathy > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Chinquapin Scale Model//
> __Staff__: David H. - Eddie B's idea > __Max Students__: 2 > __Where__: Art room > __Description__: using Google Sketchup.

//Robotics//
> __Staff__: Brian > __Max Students__: 12 > __Where__: Physics > __Description__: Build, program 6 Lego robots. Depends on grant (~$3000). Need 6 laptops to program. Students pair up.

//Shop, Home Improvement, Car Repair//
> __Staff__: Bicente? > __Max Students__: 6 > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Kinetic Tower//
> __Staff__: Brian > __Max Students__: > __Where__: Physics > __Description__: Chaos Kit. Have one to evaluate. ~$125 each

//Giant Newton's Cradle//
> __Staff__: Brian > __Max Students__: > __Where__: Physics, shop > __Description__: Design, build structure. Need ~5 bowling balls. Need wood for structure. Wood shop work.

//Ecosystems of Armand Bayou//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Photosynthesis Study//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Indentification of Native/Non-native Species//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

=Social Themes=

//Darfur//
> __Staff__: > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Homeless in Houston//
> __Staff__: Jeremy Duncan > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

//Ike Aftermath//
> __Staff__: Jeremy Duncan, Carl Abramowitz > __Max Students__: 10-12 > __Where__: Houston > __Description__: Interview victims of Ike, research statistics, create solutions for New Orleans and Houston and how to "cope" with a hurricane.

//Alpha & Omega//
> __Staff__: Jeremy Duncan, Carl Abramowitz > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__: visit maternity ward and cancer ward/Hospice/Assisted Living

//Street Stories//
> __Staff__: Jeremy Duncan, Carl Abramowitz > __Max Students__: 5-7 > __Where__: Houston Inner-City, Downtown. > __Description__: The students will use photojournalism, tape recorders, pen and paper to create a booklet of the people living in the streets of Houston. A chaperon will be required for safety.

//Photography for Social Progress//
> __Staff__: Susan, Carl Abramowitz > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__:

=Video Production=

//DTF Documentary//
> __Staff__: Craig, Dorothy > __Max Students__: 12 > __Where__: Anywhere the selected projects are working > __Description__: We will choose up to 5 projects and document their activities and presentations. The video class will then use this footage to produce documentaries of the DTF project. We will use up to 5 DV cameras for the taping.

//**Film Fest**//

__Staff__: Dale __Max Students__: __Where__: __Description__: Writing, videotaping and editing of commercials, short stories, music videos, etc, with a film festival as a culmination, showing off top videos.

//P.R. Spot: A Living History//
> __Staff__: Dorothy > __Max Students__: > __Where__: > __Description__: Generate video material for marketing

(there will also probably be videos produced from projects with a Social Theme)