TEACHING ARTS AND TRADES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SPACE

Learning about perspective in painting and drawing. Learning about landscape design and proper building arrangement, marching band movements, how to use space in dance. Exploring 2-D art vs 3-D art and design across all mediums.

• Draw* your favorite place and learn about how this drawing is 2 dimensional space.
  
• Draw* your favorite place from a top-down perspective, as 2 dimensional space.
  
• Draw* or paint your favorite place in 3 dimensions using shading, light, and depth.
  
• Draw* a complete real or imagined landscape in 3-D.
  
• Design* a landscape on a new planet and create a 3-D model of it.
  
• Design* a real or imagined landscape and create a 4-D model (moving parts).
• Design* a landscape of a new planet for performance art and including a play or song.
  

• Exploring* graphic arts spacial relationships with magazine clippings, photography, etc.
  
• Exploring* spatial relationships with photoshop and other 2-D computer programs.
  
• Exploring* spatial relationships in clothing: Cross Stitch, sew, quilt, yarn image, etc.
  
• Exploring* spatial relationships in SketchUp, Sculptris, & other 3-D modeling programs.
  
• Exploring* spatial relationships in hands-on creation with clay, wood, stone, steel, etc.
  
• Exploring* spatial relationships in circuitry and electrical design.
  
• Exploring* spatial relationships with building and construction.
  
• Create* a completely new structure or product and detail the spatial and dimensional elements that contribute to its form and function.
  

TEACHING ENGLISH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SPACE

Learning and working with space and dimensional terms (length, width, height, depth, breadth, etc.). Learning about “lects”, styles of speaking specific for particular social settings, spaces, and environments. Exploring how length and breadth of writing and literature changes them.

• Make a word collage* of 15+ words for different direction/size/location related concepts.
  
• Write 3 to 5 sentences* with words for direction/size/location related concepts.
• In a paragraph, explore* how words start with roots and expand their meaning as their lengths expand.
  
• Write an essay* exploring & creating different types of literature in relation to their LENGTHS.
  
• Create original work* by changing length of literary forms (haiku into story & vice versa).
  
• In a speech*, explore the complete history of and writings about dimensional space words.
  
• Write and publish a paper* on the description & history of dimensional words without using any of them.
  

TEACHING HEALTH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SPACE

Learning about personal space (hygiene, arrangement, managing) and learning about the human body as your inner space (personal hygiene, healthy diet, exercises, etc.). Learning about the scientific connections between emotions (internal space) and health (external space).

• Learn about your body* and the body of others as yours and their personal space.
  
• Make a picture* representing your exploration of diet, exercise, and meditation to internal and external “space” care.
• “Feeling” space: Run* in different shapes (circles, line, zig zag etc), tracing shapes, etc.
  
• Practice controlling your energy & emotional internal space regardless of the external situation and keep a journal* of your experience.
  
• Conduct a simple experiment* exploring how changing your external situation affects your internal needs & vice versa. Free share your written report* of the results.
  
• Write and publish a comparative essay* exploring studies relating emotional (internal) space and health (external) space.
  
• Design your own tests* for health correlations between internal & external environments.
  
• Create your ultimate idea of a complete environment* (internal and external) that maximizes health and vibrance.
  

TEACHING MATH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SPACE

Calculating space and dimensions, exploring geometric figures, etc. Calculating distances to planets, ratios to and of planets to each other, time to reach the sun, distances of states, cities, countries, planets, stars, galaxies etc. Graphing in 2 and 3-D, angles, understanding metric and non-metric units of measure, etc.

• With a mentor, look at art projects and identify and understand* basic shapes in 2-D and then 3-D.
  
• Use work sheets* to demonstrate that you understand mathematical properties of different shapes (angles, proportions, etc.).
  
• Use worksheets and/or diagrams you create* to demonstrate that you understand and can use 2-D measurements and equations plus graphing in 2-D.
  
• Measure the volume of symmetrical objects and graphing in 3-D and create a chart* of your measurements.
• Graph, understand, & be able to calculate* the volume of polytopes in three dimensions.
  
• Apply geometric concepts, conic sections, & spherical trigonometry* in Euclidian space.
  
• Design 2 & 3-D objects* using fractal mathematical equations & differential & contact geometry.

• Compare* your size to your parents size, your bedroom size, classroom size, etc.
  
• Calculate and record* how many of you it takes to equal the volume of other creatures or things.
  
• Make two pictures* showing how many of you could fit in the classroom/building/city, one for when you are laying down and one for standing up.
  
• Calculate size differences* of your home/community/city to these in other countries. Make a poster/map* of this.
  
• Create a map* showing calculations of your home/community/city to these in other countries, and how it is fitting it into different states with & without water areas*.
  
• Make a picture and article* showing calculations of your home/community/city to these in other countries fitting into different countries/continents/planets.
• Make a videotaped presentation* showing how 20+ ways you can calculate and compare different planetary orbits, masses, densities, and relative gravitational pulls on each other.
  

TEACHING SCIENCE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SPACE

How species change over time, life cycles, and time periods of alive and extinct plants, animals, and humans, defining the age of rocks, plants, trees, etc, time zones, weather and climate changes in different periods (summer, fall, winter, spring), the lifespan of stars and planets, radioactive decay, relativity, etc, the history of science and how science has changed over time (computers, physical science, astronomy, geology, chemistry, biology, etc.).

• Exploring the amount of space different things take up as they grow, create a project* that shows what you learned.
  
• Learning about and understanding basic cell division & duplication, make a 3d representation* of this.
  
• Explore space & migratory needs of adult animal & insects, and write a 2 to 5 page report* of what you discovered.
  
• Create a visual representation/map* of 1 creature’s space needs throughout its life.
  
• Do a study exploring how changing environmental space affects the lives of various species. Create a documentary style presentation* of your results.
  
• Create a map/diagram* of overlapping space needs for creatures and their resources.
  
• Create a map/diagram* so show the spread of a population, virus, seeding patterns, and/or disease.
  

• Exploring the basics of motion & mechanics, create something* interesting in dimensional space.
  
• Exploring complex motion like curves and circular motions,create a picture* using the designs you discover.
  
• Find and conduct an experiment* exploring different wave types by size (light, sound etc) and record the results.
  
• Write a 2 to 3 page report* exploring the different affects mass and size have on gravity.
  
• In a report, compare* at least 2 experiments that explore energy transfer & uses related to distance: thermal, kinetic, potential, electric.
  
• Videotape a presentation* about relativity: how varying conditions affect how we interact with the universe.
  
• Exploring size and scale in quantum physics, write and publish a detailed thesis* about your findings.

• Walk your neighborhood* with a mentor exploring the space occupied by different types of geographic features and discuss your observations.
• Exploring the basics of astronomy and distances within our solar system create a diorama* showing what you learned.
  
• Write a 2 to 3 page report* about changes* in the space/sizes of earth’s geological features over time.
  
• Find an experiment that explores the different sizes and densities of elements & molecules. If possible, conduct the experiment and write up* the results.
  
• Explore* chemical bonds and their effects on the space things take up, make a chart and write a report* showing these relationships.
  
• Exploring microclimates and weather in secluded spaces, make an open source video* on the internet about your discoveries.
  
• Exploring the effects* and reasons for weather changes in key climate zones, write a booklet* with recommendations for the highest good of the different climate zones.

TEACHING SOCIAL SCIENCES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SPACE

Learning about the history of early formations (first settlements, their location; first influential cities and states). Exploring the social organization of cultures including the following spacial designations: community, region, area, state, country. Learning about different types of dwelling spaces for different cultures (who shares how much space – who lives in one building/room etc). Learning how different cultures describe space and spacial concepts.

• Make a picture* showing the organization of your bedroom and household layout.
  
• Make a project* showing the organization of your classroom/school layout*.
  
• Create a design* for organization/development of your community’s layout*.
  
• Write a detailed 5 to 10 page report* on the organization/development of the county’s human structures and communities.
  
• Organization/development/legal structure of the state’s human structures & communities*.
  
• Create a visual representation* of the organization/development of the country’s human structures and communities.
• Run a videotaped forum* about the organization/development of the world’s structures, communities, and boundary laws.
  

• Make a visual representation* comparing* # of people in your house to classmates and other families worldwide.
  
• Measure space* each type of room takes up in your house & compare to other cultures Make a poster* showing the comparisons.
  
• Analyze and design* a plan for improving the space-use efficiency of your community.
  
• Dissect a city design* from another culture and examine space use and efficiency in a 2 to 5 page written report* you create.
  
• Analyze space usage of global cultures & determine what elements maximize efficiency. Use this information to make a formal proposal* of recommendations to your own community.
  
• Design a maximally space efficient village* for 500 people.
• Design a maximally space efficient community/city for 10,000 people*.
  

• Create a picture* that shows your relationship with your room and all the things in it.
  
• Draw pictures* of how your family relationships are evolving over time.
  
• Keep a journal* that reflects how you are learning and how you interact differently in your community as you grow.
  
• Write a blog* exploring how city function and dynamics have changed over time.
  
• Conduct a study* exploring how state function and dynamics have changed over time and write a report* on your conclusions.
  
• Exploring how country functions and dynamics have changed over time, lead a roundtable discussion* on this with your peers.
• Write a textbook* exploring how global functions and dynamics have changed over time*.

• Exploring words* in other languages for direction/size/location related concepts.
  
• Write stories using words in other languages* for direction/size/location related concepts.
  
• Exploring how other cultures and languages use, perceive, & describe relative space*.
  
• Comparing cultural word choices* for directions/size/location.
  
• Exploring the complete history* of and writings about dimensional space words.
  
• Psychological & historical reasons & effects of cultures* having more/less dimensional words.
  
• Socio-linguistic study* of how different dimensional words adapted from different languages.
  

• Exploring foreign-language words* for different social settings and related concepts.
  
• Exploring how other language use different words* depending on the social setting .
• Exploring how other cultures and languages use, perceive, and describe society*.
  
• Exploring cultural word choices* in different personal and professional situations.
  
• Exploring the complete history of, and writings about, ‘lects’*.
  
• Exploring the psychology & history of reasons & effects of having ‘lects’*.
  
• Socio-linguistic exploration* of how different ‘lects’ adapted from what languages.
  

TEACHING TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SPACE

Innovative approaches and creations related to how people use space in the context of buildings and living spaces, using technology to measure space and distance, using technology for design and layout work.

• Take a walk in your community with 2 people and discuss* tools you find and how they are used to improve the space.
• Find digital art to create a collage* of your favorite spaces.
• Find 3 books on electricity and write a 2 to 3 page book report* about how electricity affects your living space.
• Choose a green level technology bullet and make a 3 to 5 minute presentation* about that subject and how it relates to relative and dimensional space.
• Find computer software that can be used to help with waste management and apply* it your family space and your community space.
• Write a blog* for the internet about how one of the inventors listed in the indigo level of technology has changed the relative and or dimensional space experiences of people on the planet.
• Research world changing physical science advancements and products that have enhanced relative and dimensional space on Earth and use these ideas as a stepping stone to create a new development that helps the environment. Define your idea in a proposal and if possible produce and test it*.

• Look at 5 books about architecture and compare the size/shape* of your room and your home to average American homes.
  
• Compare #s of and distances between buildings in your city to the average American city and make a diorama* showing your findings.
  
• Compare amounts and types of large buildings in your city to 5 cities in other countries and create a collage* of pictures of these buildings.
  
• Compare & contrast different types of space maximizing building/home and write a 2 to 3 page report* of your findings.
  
• Design and have blue prints* made for a maximally space efficient building to house 10 families comfortably.
  
• Design/redesign* a maximally space efficient office building, workplace, or hotel.
  
• Design a maximally space efficient building* to house and provide all needs for at least 100 families.

TEACHING VALUES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SPACE

Sharing space with others, learning about interconnectedness, and learning strategies for positively and proactively affecting the internal and external environments of others.

• Speak with 3 people about Learning personal boundaries* and space needs & how to communicate them effectively.
  
• Create a project* that demonstrates belief systems & their effects on relationships & how you interact with your environment.
  
• Make a picture* that shows how others’ belief systems affect relationships and interaction with their environment.
  
• Create a list* of 10 strategies for positively affecting individual int. & ext. environments & relationships.
  
• Lead a discussion* with your peers about strategies for positively affecting group int. & ext. environments & relationships*.
  
• Write a pamphlet* about group strategies for positively affecting group environments & relationships.
  
• Make and distribute a documentary film* about strategies for positively affecting global internal & external environments & relationships*.