School: Fort Osage High School
Class: US History
Instructor: Jamie Lamb
Client: UnCoverKC
Problem: How might we get people to Uncover KC’s Field Trip website and ultimately visit Kansas City Museums and other institutions?
Summary of Project
Uncover KC works closely with Explorable Places and KC Field Trips to help provide, organize, and schedule field trips for teachers or other educational instructors to help provide more information about the types of field trip opportunities available, who the target audience is, what curriculum level the field trip is best for and more. Students would be asked to provide feedback on different field trip opportunities and then update the listings, provide advocacy materials, and create engagement tools to help drive people to the website and field trips. The materials students create can get as in-depth as the students would like and can include videos, write-ups, photos, etc. that will be used to help promote the field trip listings.
Key Takeaways or Advice
Planning transportation can be a challenge for this type of project. I will say that this particular group of students was not excited about learning US History or visiting museums at first. It has been wonderful to see the engagement and excitement that have come from the museum visits. I have been overjoyed to see what these students are capable of when they actually get excited about something.
Learning Standards
I can…
- Take action and collaborate with others on a shared goal or passion. I solve problems with others.
- Engage in effective communication, including recognizing the conversational topic and sticking to it, expressing yourself concisely and effectively, and engaging the other person in discussion.
- Have in-depth knowledge and understanding of various topics. I use and apply knowledge effectively and correctly, I see connections between things, and know how to build on current knowledge.
- Exercise my creativity with a goal in mind and preparation and knowledge in that area.
- Realize there are multiple points of view and people think differently. I evaluate the evidence behind positions and make decisions based on it. I take information from different sources and come to my conclusion or form an opinion.