middleschoolcapstone - Essential Questions

Student Groups	Common Topic	Essential Questions	Products
Gabbie Whitney Heather Kendrick	Acting	How can we change living conditions in Haiti?	Creating a stage performance, craft sale
Chase Ben Henry Seth	Music	How can we teach kids across the globe how to play music?	Developing website w/ instructional video courses
Axel Lucy B JT Katherine D	History	How can we raise awareness of orphans in India?	Creating a wiki and raising money through a bake sale
Emmeline Ellery Annabel S Alex	Dreams & Imagination	How will we get young children (pre k/k) more excited about reading?	Writing, illustrating and publishing a childrens' book ... reading to the GCDS prek/k
Angelica Kate Paula
Curtis Alixy Rachel
Chaz Henry Kate
Julia Lydia Honor	Sports	How can we help reduce childhood obesity and raise awareness of fitness and nutrition in children?	Creating a website called "Get Active Kids" with healthy tips: exercise suggestions and videos, stretches, games, recipes
Serena Ryan Aly	Sports/Physiology	How can we help children stay fit and healthy?	Creating a class for pre-schoolers to learn how to eat healthy, make healthy snacks, do stretches, play active games, do excercises, keep a journal. Newsletters will also be given to the parents to talk about what the children learned in the class
Liza Gabby Layla	Animals	How can we introduce dance to young children to help them get interested in dance?	Creating a dance class for children from grades K-2 so that they can be exposed to dancing and know if they want to continue dancing when they are a bit older.
Connor Tate Richard		Does GCDS use its athletic fields to their full extent?
Jebb Jack Walty William K.		How do robots help people and our community?What are some jobs robots can do?Is it possible to build a robot that can pick up trash?	We are going to build and program a robot to pick up trash.
Charles Chili David G.		How do sensors help people and our community?Could sensors be used to help drivers find a parking space on a busy street like Greenwich Ave.?	We are going to create a Scratch program using a sensor board to simulate a driver looking for a parking space.
Luca Annabel T Peter M. Robbie	Sports	How do kids feel about the amount of time they spend playing organized sports, coaching philosophies and pressure?	We are going to create a survey that asks questions on youth sports and have it completed by students in several grades.
William R. Lucas Christo	Sports	How do field conditions impact baseball and how can they be improved?	We are going to visit local fields, contact facilities to find out how to maintain a field, and put in a system to help maintain them. This will be done through Cal Ripken and either Green and Clean or OGRCC
Allie B. Sammy Ian Harry R.		How can sports improve life in developing countries?
Karley Carolyn Olivia Reilly
Gianna Meredith Beth	Dance	What if dance were brought to Kids in Crisis?	An instructional video of four different types of dance, three done individually and one done as a team. They also hope to bring awareness to the Kids in Crisis program to GCDS.
Kathryn M Jessie Maggie Julia E.	Tech	Should the Middle School add iPads to their technology used every day?	A proposal to present that they are expecting will result in the recommendation of iPads being either added to the Middle School technology or replacing it.
Charlotte Sloan Christina L.	endangered tigers	How can we make tigers become less endangered than they are?
Avery Daisy Will H. Dylan	Squash	How can we build a squash court on the GCDS campus?
Bailey Miles V. Christian H.		How can we make a better camouflage that will keep soldiers safer?
Lucie Miles B. Peter K. Emily R.		How could we create and promote a food drive within Greenwich?What is the best way to choose a worthy charity?
Whit Chris R. Ryan J.		How would adding trampolines to the game of basketball change the game?How could we build a court at GCDS to experiment?
Sarah E. Matt Alex J. Melainie M	Indoor Soccer	How can we make indoor soccer better? How can we make indoor soccer more fun? How can we make availability of equipment/coaches better?	Presentation to ??? re: rule modifications, prototype for roll-up turf, and improved indoor soccer ball.
Tarquin SophiaLily C.	Marine Pollution	How can we help minimize the impact of pollution on marine life in and around the Greenwich, CT region?	Multifaceted awareness campaign