Current Student Blogs
Other Work
Independent Experiment Preparation Independent Experiment Proposal
Current Items:
Astrophotography Project Guide
Student Roles
Workshops:
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Other Useful Links:
Current students can access the HUB for more information.
Click HERE to access former student blogs.
Chemistry Core Topics
How to Write a Hypothesis
Other Work
Independent Experiment Preparation Independent Experiment Proposal
Current Items:
Astrophotography Project Guide
Student Roles
Workshops:
- Intro to Photography: Presentation
- Lighting: Presentation Notes
- Composition: Notes Extra Info
- Landscape: video 1 video 2
Blog Post 1:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Humanities: 200wd writing piece, 2 pictures with captions
- Chemistry: Safety picture with captions
Blog Post 2:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Humanities: Portrait Photos, Steinbeck and Depression "Peon Class" writing, "New Colossus" t-shirt design
- Chemistry: compare two equations from emulsion - what do they teach you about chemistry?
Blog Post 3:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Humanities: all drafts of 1000wd pieces (min. 2), short responses from Steinbeck novels
- Chemistry: discuss how and why we set up the darkroom, describe the apparatus for photo emulsion and how it lets us do our work
Blog Post 4:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Humanities: revised drafts of all 1000wd pieces
- Chemistry: post of student portrait before and after black and white processing, with notes of how it was processed
Blog Post 5:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Humanities: complete draft of 1000wd "Dorothea", Human Photo plan - when, who, where, why
- Chemistry: We spent this week coating photo paper and creating our negatives. Add 2 photos to your post, 1 before and 1 after processing. Add a short writing piece about how you processed the photo.
Blog Post 6:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Humanities: All draft 1000wd pieces for Phase I picture
- Chemistry: Describe the chemistry of the photo development process - how does the developer, stop bath, fixer, and wash work to process a silver halide photograph? (>250wds)
Blog Post 7:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Humanities: Water decision with impact research; Hetch Hetchy writing
- Chemistry: Hydrogen Balloon Lab - what happenned, observations, questions, follow up (>250wds)
Blot Post 8:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Humanities: Landscape panorama (250-350 wds); revised draft of peer critique; focus on describing "elements of the photo" and how they are used in the composition
- Chemistry: Link to your independent experiment with what you hope to learn/accomplish
Blog Post 9:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds) - add your landscape photo from the week, before and after processing with captions
- Humanities: Steinbeck model writing (from Google Classroom), share your project group with a progress report
- Chemistry: Write up for the Light experiment - What is light? How do atoms absorb and emit light? How can we identify elements by the light they emit? (link to video if you missed this)
Blog Post 10:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Project Teams: What is your project group and give a progress report - What did you plan? What did you accomplish? What's next?
- Humanities: Revision of landscape-Steinbeck writing piece; Juxtapose/Dichotomy 300wd. essay
- Chemistry: 1 science item from the week - Dry Ice Experiment, Core Concept, Independent Experiment, etc.
Blog Post 11:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Project: Why is it important to exhibit work? What role does each step in exhibiting a photo take (photo, processing, metallic paper, epoxy)? How is light affected in each step of this process?
Blog Post 12:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Project: Final processed landscape photo with caption describing the processing
- Humanities: Revised draft of wonder/curiosity piece
- Chemistry: Chemistry of epoxy and polymerization; Cosmos Episode 5 reflection - What can we learn from Light? What information is in Light?
Blog Post 13:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Project: Celestial "hit list" - what are you going to photograph, how, when, ect.; describe the object that you are capturing and what it is; your camping pack list
Blog Post 14:
- Weekly Reflection (<200wds)
- Project: Trip reflection - Did you get your photo? If so, what was it (tell the story)? If not, what is your next step?; What is something that you'll remember 10 years from now? Add any images you would like.
Other Useful Links:
Current students can access the HUB for more information.
Click HERE to access former student blogs.
Chemistry Core Topics
How to Write a Hypothesis