GRACE Lesson 4 (Week 5: 28 Jan - 1 Feb 2008)

Dear Marists


For this week's meeting, your group should

Identify Areas Of Research And Tasks To Be Done

You will continue to discuss further about your guiding/research questions with your group and teacher.

List out on a piece of paper the research questions and areas of research that your group will be looking into.

You should also discuss the product that you will be creating.

Lesson Update

Dear Marists


I've received feedback from some of the facilitators and also many marists. They prefer lesson for the following week to be posted on Thursday instead of Monday. This is to avoid confusion.

GRACE Lesson 3 (Week 4: 21 - 25 Jan 2008)

Dear Marist

We have now coming to the 3rd meeting...

For this meeting, the focus is on

"Project Topic Clarification and Asking Guiding Questions"


Click here to access the folder containing the necessary files for the lesson.

Here are the videos, please go through them before you attend the meeting.

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4

Some Project Ideas

Dear Marists


Here are project ideas for your reference.

However, do be original in your projects.

Good Luck.

Create Teeny Tiny Solar Insect Robots


Solio! Sun Power!


Solar Phone Charger


Solar Power Fan


A Simple Project

How To Build A Self Powered Flashlight - Watch a funny movie here

Video Clips on Solar Energy

Dear Marists

Here are some video clips linked from youtube to help you in your projects. Do you have any interesting videos to share? Add in my comment.

Solar Energy


Solar Photovoltaics


Solar Technology


Making of Solar Panels


What's there other than Solar Energy?

Important Files

Dear Marists

I've added a group of files which I called them "Important Files", in the column on the right of this blogsite.

These files would be frequently used or reference documents.

You have to complete the weekly reflection worksheet individually and hand in after every meeting.

Updated Assessment Spreadsheet

Dear Marist

There are some error in the previous version (2.0), this is the updated copy (ver 3.0).
Click here to download.

GRACE Lesson 2 (Week 3: 14 - 18 Jan 2008)

Dear Marists

The Key Idea for GRACE lesson 2 (week 3) is

"Project Topic and Task Selection"


Before the meeting (we call GRACE lessons as "meetings"), you will be required to:

1. Go through the resources (video, powerpoint slides, etc.) in this posting.

2. Write down topics related to Global Warming etc. that you are interested in.

3. Think and write down some guiding questions that your group can do research on.

4. If your group is interested in topics other than the suggested theme on Global Warming and Climate change, then your group can initiate your own project topic and propose to your teacher/facilitator. Some suggestions titles would be "The History of Maris Stella High School", "50 years of Education -- Maris Stella High School", "Maris Stella - The Journey", etc.

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During the GRACE meeting, you are required to

1. Read the generic theme ‘ Climate Change, Global Warming and Alternative Clean Energy in the 21st Century’.

2. Define and clarify the task.

3. Brainstorm and ask questions like
• What do we already know?
• What do we want to know?
• What have we learnt about it?

4. Brainstorm on Research Questions/Key Questions/Guiding Questions about the topic.

5. Choose questions that are open-ended and require your viewpoints.

6. Read the sample of a project proposal form and do your own project proposal form.

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For this meeting, your facilitator (GRACE teachers are known as facilitators) would assess you on both your "Content" and "Collaboration" skills. The rubrics is as follows:-

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Here is the lesson package for Lesson 2.

You can download ALL the resources via this link


Lessons on Video
Part 1: Click here to download the video


Part 2: Click here to download the video


Part 3: Click here to download the video


Part 4: Click here to download the video

Important Notice on GRACE

Dear Secondary 2 Marists

Due to the shortage of air-time during today's assembly, I have to provide some more information other than those I mentioned today.

For this week's lesson, you have to access my previous posting. My previous posting includes:-
1) Detail on GRACE. In the past years, IPW marks are integrated into various subject's assessment marks. However, GRACE will be a subject by itself and the grades will be reflected on your report book.

2) An online lesson package which includes video presentations. You could assess these videos online, but I would strongly advise you to download them (including those files and resources) to your hard-drive or thumbdrive so that you could access them offline to avoid bandwidth jam.


Here are what you are going to expect for this week's lesson:
1) You have to go through the lesson in my previous posting, before attending the GRACE lesson.

2) During your GRACE lesson, your teacher/facilitator will bring you to the respective venues for the lesson. Please move promptly in "V" formation as we only have 1 period for GRACE.

3) You are expected to do group work based on the activity worksheet which you could download from my previous posting. You have to download a copy. You can complete it in softcopy during the lesson (provided you bring along your personal laptop with you during the lesson). Alternatively, you print it out and complete it during the lesson, OR you could write your input on A4 paper. We are trying to make it flexible as long as you keep a copy with you in the course of GRACE.

4) You would be assessed on-the-spot by your teacher/facilitator. Your facilitator will assess you based on the rubrics that you can find out in the assessment excel spreadsheet. I would encourage you to look out how and what you would be assessed every week during GRACE. This is to help you score well for this subject.
An example of the assessment rubrics, extracted from the assessment excel spreadsheet is as follow:-

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If you have any query, feel free to drop a comment here OR send an email to me at mrpeh.mshs@gmail.com

Good Luck for your Group Research And Collaborative Expeditions.

Thank you.