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12/27/2021

Session 4 Sneak Peek

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New Year, New Session + Quests!

Quests are real-world projects to master 21st-century skills.
Usually lasting four- to six-weeks, each Quest includes a series of challenges bound by a compelling narrative and is designed to deliver 21st century skills while simultaneously incorporating traditional topics like science, social studies, and history.

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Spark Studio

From the depths of the oceans to the far reaches of outer space our Spark heroes will be exploring the solar system for their quest this session and 'the ocean' for the new Biomes portion of their week.
Space Explorers Quest
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Week #1: The Solar System

Week #2: Rocky Planets
Week #3: Gas Planets
Week #4: The Stars + Constellations
Week #5: Rockets + Space Travel
W
eek #6: Exhibition Prep 

​Biome of the Session: The Ocean
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Discovery Studio

As our heroes continue to define their question of the year, "How do we build a heroic culture?" This session they will explore the role that art plays in culture?
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As heroes explore the world of art, they will also uncover the artist within them! They're going to dive into questions such as: What is art? Why is art important? What skills do artists need? Can we all be artists? As they discover different mediums of art they will complete challenges which eventually unlock their ability to work on their own art projects! Along the way they will meet fellow local artists to help inspire them as they build towards their very own Art Gallery for public exhibition!
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Writer's Workshop | Memoirs
Heroes will write a collection of short stories from their lives that, when put together, create their very own memoir.

They will be required to go through the stages of the Acton writing process including; Prewriting, Drafting, Revision, Editing and eventually Publication in order to earn their writing badge for this session!


Adventure Studio

For our middle & high schoolers each year they will complete a series of 3 science based quests in a row. Last session our heroes were introduced to how we explore science at Acton with Edison's Lab Quest. This year's series of science quests will explore physics, followed by Biology and Chemistry in future years. ​
Physics One Quest | The challenge that will be presented to our Adventure Studio learners is: Explore and model basic physical systems in order to make predictions in simple hands-on systems. 

They will be challenged to constantly examine the “why” behind studying physics and extrapolate our understanding to everyday real-world areas, including sports, transportation, energy (in the industrial sense), design and engineering.
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All of this hard work will be completed with their exhibition in mind: The Physics Olympics, a series of competition physics events where studio members compete in showcasing their skills and knowledge by calculating and predicting the outcome of real-world physics challenges.
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A Hero’s Progress is an allegory tale about a young would-be-hero who ventures out on a great adventure, only to encounter three villains named Victim, Distraction and Resistance bent on thwarting the quest, killing the would-be-hero and throwing her into a fiery hell of eternal suffering.
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