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2016


The Philadelphia Wax Museum: Exploring the History of a City Through Different Points of View

Tia D. Larese
Keywords: biography, elementary, History, Philadelphia, revolutionary war, social studies, wax museum

To Write with Fire: Unapologetic Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movement

Wendi Mungai Umoren
Keywords: aesthetics, African American, black arts movement, Harlem Renaissance, literary period, poetry, racism, revolution

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: It Will Be Digital

Jada L. Warfield-Henry
Keywords: black arts movement, Digital Anthology, English, Harlem Renaissance, High School, hip-hop, Historical Context

Reading Activist Playwrights, Writing Activist Plays

Anissa Weinraub
Keywords: Activist Art, black arts movement, Creative Writing, English, Theater

Kids Can Campaign for Carbon Change and Help Reduce Global Warming

Sharon Karlyn
Keywords: 4th Grade, climate, climate change, Earth Science, elementary, global warming, Science, weather

Climate Change and My World

Jaimie Piotrowicz
Keywords: atmosphere, carbon dioxide, climate change, emissions, greenhouse gas, Natural resources, pollution, temperature

Your Galactic Address: Space, Place, and Perspective

Amanda Amanullah
Keywords: astronomy, elementary, English, fractions, Geography, geometry, Math, perspective, physics, point of view, Proportion, Ratio, Reading, scale, Science, social studies, solar system, space, Space Science, universe, writing

Are You Destined for Mathematical Greatness?

Catherine Michini
Keywords: Alumni Legacy, biographies, Biographies of Alumni in STEM Careers, biography, Gender Bias, High School, Interview Skills, interviewing, Interviewing an Honor Math Student, Journalism, Learning from Peers, Math, Science, Self-Reflection Questions, STEM Careers, Women in STEM Careers

Dark Matter and Dark Conflict in Poetry: A Comparison

Kathleen Radebaugh
Keywords: Dark energy, dark matter, poetry, universe, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, writing portfolio

2015


Hey! Who Turned Out the Lights? Electricity in Series and Parallel Circuits

Sharon Mastrobuoni
Keywords: conductors, electrical circuit, electricity, insulators, Parallel Circuit, Physical Science, resistance, Series Circuit

How To: An Adventure in Writing and Designing Circuits

Tia D. Larese
Keywords: breadboard, Circuit, diode, engineering, invention, language arts, LED, light bulb, Physical Science, quiz board, Technology, timeline, transistor, writing

Electricity Through Nonfiction Text

Melissa McPhillips
Keywords: electricity, energy, nonfiction text, primary

Our Songs, Our Story: From Spirituals to Hip-Hop- The Use of Music in the African-American Culture

Jada L. Warfield-Henry
Keywords: hip-hop, History, language arts, Music, Slaves, songs, spirituals

(re)viewing bodies: The Walking Dead and Social Constructions in a Post-Apocalyptic Society

Tara Ann Carter
Keywords: “The Comet”, African American History, language arts, Literature, Reading, Social Construction, The Walking Dead, W.E.B. Du Bois, writing

Un-Zombied and Magically Black: A Kaleidoscope of the African-American’s Supernatural World

Wendi Mungai Umoren
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Enlightenment, Human Experimentation, Kindred, science fiction, Scientific Racism

What Is It Like to Live Without Electricity?

Catherine Michini
Keywords: choice boards, data displays, electricity, Environmental Science, physics, probability, Probability and Statistics, quantitative tools, real world problems, scientific context, Statistics

The Impact of the Haitian Revolution on 18th Century Philadelphia

Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: 18th century Philadelphia, 18th century Philadelphia merchants, affranchise, African American History, American History, big whites, class division in Saint Domingue, Code Noir of 1685, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, eleventh grade American History, Exclusif, francophone, free people of color, French negroes in Philadelphia, French slaves in Philadelphia, gens de couleur libres, Girondists, Global Studies, grands blancs, Haiti, Haitian rebellion, Haitian Revolution, Haitians in Philadelphia, high school history, Jacques Pierre Brissot, literature of Haitian Revolution, Middle school social studies, ninth grade World History, petits blancs, petty whites, Philadelphia 18th century history, Polverel, Saint Dominguan slaves in Philadelphia, Saint Domingue civil war, Saint Domingue rebellion, Saint Domingue refugees in Philadelphia, Saint Domingue slave revolution, slave uprising, small whites, Societie des Amis des Noir, Sonthonax, Stephen Girard, tenth grade African American History, world history

The Panama Canal: Path to Global Destiny

Patrick Naughton
Keywords: American History, Empire, engineering, Geography, Panama Canal, Roosevelt, Socratic Seminar, yellow fever

“All of the Same Family”: The Fictional Science that Created America

Benjamin Hover
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Enlightenment, Human Experimentation, Kindred, science fiction, Scientific Racism

Conservation: The Thermodynamics of Sustainability

Klint Kanopka
Keywords: advanced placement, ap physics, climate, design, energy, engineering, heat, maker, makered, making, Math, mathematics, physics, problem based learning, problem solving, project based learning, sustainability, Technology, temperature, Thermodynamics