Springside+Step+1

I. *Research Beginnings: * *Education in our three wonderful cities - a local investigation* (newspapers? gossip? parents? friends? (research? interviews? etc) I know you get it. If we did this, we'd have a ton of information to work with. We can share our lists and the girls can help each other to generate ideas, to hone the questions for each other, to make suggestions. This could be a small beginning of working together.
 * What do we know? How do we know this?
 * What do we want? What will we do to find out?
 * I can keep going with the list-thing because I love lists/questions/etc, but


 * How do we know this?**
 * our parents talking
 * the radio in the car that our parents listen to
 * friends who go to other schools
 * cousins
 * famiy


 * What do we want to find out? **
 * Are Westglen and Hewitt all girls' schools?
 * Does that effect the way people teach/learn?
 * Are we all the same in a way?
 * <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">What is the most important thing that your school likes/wants to teach?
 * <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Do public schools give as good an education as you want to have?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">What difference does homework make ?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Why are there different kinds of schools, like Quaker, Charter, Public and Independent Schools?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Does the school you go to make a difference in your education or how you learn?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Do all the public schools in Philadelphia have the things we have here, like technologies, books, supplies, and teachers?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Is the reason public schools are free because they do not give as good an education as private schools?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Do kids in a public school spend as much time going over something they don't understand?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">How many kids are in the classrooms in public schools? Does that make a difference in whatever you are doing in the classroom?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Would wearing a uniform make a difference in learning at your school?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">What is the best number of students for learning in a class?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">What would a perfect classroom have?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">How many students are in different grades in the public schools?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">How many students don't go to public schools?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Is it better to be home-schooled?
 * <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">How many kids are there in Philadelphia schools?
 * How many Catholic girl schools are there?
 * Do kids all around the world go to school?
 * What happens when electricty runs out?
 * What happens if schools get destroyed by a natural cause?
 * Do children learn as much as they want to?
 * How many children would be in a classroom? Then how many teachers in a classroom?
 * If something gets distroyed how could they pay for it?
 * How many kids do not go to school in the world?
 * Does it make a difference in where you live to get a good education?
 * Do all schools support their students?
 * Do all teachers have enough training to teach children?
 * Is light a factor in learning?
 * Does light effect how you learn when the sun goes down?
 * How many schools are their in Philadelphia?
 * How many middle schools are their in Philadelphia?
 * Does food effect how you learn?
 * Do you have to have enough sleep to be able to learn?
 * How can kids learn without a teacher?
 * What is more important, money or time?

Brainstorm Idea's for Research