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Final Product- Marina, Sierra & Prisilla

Posted by Marina Pyfrom in Statistics - Miles on

For our 4th quarter statistics benchmark we read a book called How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff. After reading the book, we held insightful conversations which with discussed amongst each other and recorded as well. In our podcast you will not only get an overarching idea about what the book is about, but you will also get to hear our views and opinions on different topics that play a key role in the book. By reading this book and recorded the podcasts we learned a lot about how statistics can be misleading which can either hurt or help the point that the statistic is trying to get across. This project also made us view statistics in a different way than we have been viewing it in the past. We hope that you enjoy our podcast and that you learn a little something about the book and about tricks statistics can play on people.


- Sierra Dinvil, Prisilla Nieves, & Marina Pyfrom

Final Product

Discussion Day 3

Posted by Tenzin Ngawang in Statistics - Miles on
​How to Lie: Chapter 7 to Chapter 10 (End of the book)

For the last four chapters, we discussed more ways of deception and also how to deal with those deceptions. Chapter 7 was about finding statistics for something, but then actually using a statistic from something else, though none of it is actually wrong. Chapter 8 was about cause and effect and whether cause and effect can be reversed. Chapter 9 was about using visual diagrams, showing majorities, but not paying attention to the actual numbers. Chapter 10 is about how to deal with all of the misleading statistics and realizing what is wrong or missing. 

By: 
Tenzin Ngawang, Kimberly Cayamcela, Isabella Tognini, Claire Elliot
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Stephen's Portfolio

Posted by Stephen Eager-White in English 2 - Block on
English Journal #10
I wish...

I wish I could have better handwriting...
I wish I could be taller
I wish I had more money to spend 
I wish I had more clothes, like enough that I didn't have to wear the same thing twice
I wish I could do whatever I want, and not live by any rules
I wish I had a car
I wish I could play basketball as good as my friends without the practice
I wish I lived in a mansion
I wish I didn't have to go to school to make good money
I wish everyone listened to me
I also wish I had superpowers...like flying, superspeed, and invisibility.
That would be cool

English Journal #23
Progress Note

Stephen, You have greatly improved since the beginning of the year in your efforts in this class. You've completed your classwork on time and turned more quality work. In the very beginning of the year we used to butt heads because you always had your headphones in but now you've payed more attention in class and I've noticed. There are some areas of improvement though. You need to keep strong in your efforts heading into next quarter and to cut the chatter down. You're very sociable and it becomes a distraction to other students. But overall, a very good quarter

Siani Widman Capstone

Posted by Siani Widman in Capstone - Siswick on
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The goal of my project was to bring awareness the community and SLA on premature babies. Pre terms births and defects are the leading cause of newborn death in the United States. In Pennsylvania the premature birth is at 11%, majority in young teens and adults. So I wanted to get others informed on the subject in hopes that by 2014 the ratings may potentially decrease. 

I chose premature awareness for this project because it is really important to me. There are many family members, including myself, who were born premature, some did not make it and I know how it feels to wait so long for a child to be brought into the world and only to have it be complicated or taken away from you. When I became apart of March of Dimes I got to see the smiles of families and children's faces as they are able to go around in life with something to fight for. I love to fight with them and with the help of many more, we can really create a change for the better.


Annotated Bibliography


- March of Dimes. (2012). March of dimes. Retrieved from http://www.marchofdimes.com/

This website is the main source of information. Includes team and personal blog for donations and fundraising goal.


- March for Babies. (2012). March of dimes.org. Retrieved from http://www.marchforbabies.org/

Though this is similar to it’s partnering site, March of Dimes, March for Babies has plenty of resources about prematurity and the research being made behind it. It includes interviews, videos, and list of past and upcoming events.


- The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. (2012, February 19). Facts about prematurity. Retrieved from http://www.researchamerica.org/app/webroot/uploads/PrematurityFinal.pdf

I just gives a different perspective on the topic and I found it interesting the information is almost consistant

- LaKisha, Dixon. (n.d.). Interview by Siani Widman [Personal Interview]. Interviewing Kisha., Philadelphia, PA.

I’m going to interview her because she is a registered nurse, and has been apart of the NICU unit for little over a year. Her job is dealing with newborns and those who are premature or with illness.  


- Rose, D. (2010, Sept. 10). March of Dimes. Retrieved from http://www.marchofdimes.com/research/researchslideshow.html

This is a research site that gives a summary about the March of Dimes foundation and when or who it was established by. The pictures used in the slideshow will be a nice part of my capstone.


- Lee, K. G. (2011, Novemember 14). Premature infant. Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001562.htm

I will be using this to get a medical history behind prematurity. Some facts and statistics will be helpful for sharing info among other people.


- Mehren, E. (n.d.). Interview by Allison Martin [Personal Interview]. An interview with elizabeth mehren, author of born too soon., Retrieved from http://www.prematurity.org/mehren.html



- Wrape, P. (2000). Prematurity research disproves the theory that preemies catch up by age three. Retrieved from http://www.prematurity.org/research/not-catchingup2.html

This site is more of a fun fact kind of site. Plus gives nice information on the technology and how with funding for these types of programs can make a better goal happen.

- Premature birth [Web log message]. (2012, November 7). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/features/prematurebirth/

This gives another list of facts and treatment for infant babies put in the NICU.

Henninger, Mcneil, Smith, Fichera - Podcast 3

Posted by Sophia Henninger in Statistics - Miles on


Group Members:

Chris Fichera

Chelsea Smith

Dayona Mcneil

Sophia Henninger


Discussion:

Today, we discussed chapter seven, eight. We talked about how the connections made between studies and what they're trying to prove did not make sense. We agreed on the fact that most studies do not depict an accurate picture of the people involved. 

The discussion itself was more like an actual conversation then trying to hit specific points. The only time we brought specific questions in were when we had already set up a situation from the book. 

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Sam Lovett-Perkins Senior Capstone: Community Involvement Club

Posted by Sam Lovett-Perkins in Capstone - Dunn on

The purpose of a Capstone project is to express them sum of information and experiences I’ve learned from being a student at Science Leadership Academy. I hoped to incorporate that in my project, the formation of a service community organization called SLA: Community Involvement Club. The reasoning behind this project is due to the personal impact that volunteer work has had on my life and a lack of opportunity inside of SLA. I chose to take initiative and combine my personal interest with my school community. I was starting off of a foundation made by a previous service club, meaning club meetings once a week to teach about global, local, and social issues; these were in addition to monthly weekend service projects in Philadelphia. My duties as president and coordinator involved a large amount of networking to get speakers, presentations, finding service opportunities and create education lessons to teach members. I also recorded member hours offering The Presidents Volunteer Service Award for 100 hours over the course of the year. In the end I learned a lot about the job of a coordinator and how to plan events. Through the lessons I learned to interpret information and then find an engaging way to share it with others. We ended the year with 4 members receiving the Presidential Service Award and club members completing over 500 hours of service. List of sources that I used to assist me in this project can be found here. My Process paper can be found here listing my process and how it relates to SLA core values. 

Exoplanets: Teaching kids about Space! - Winston Wright Capstone

Posted by Winston Wright on
          All three of us have an interest in some branch of engineering, more specifically aerospace engineering which is very important in interstellar space science. We aim to gain a better/more in depth understanding of the engineering behind space science (i,e. an in depth look at the lunar landing module). A focus on astronomy gave us a well rounded introduction to the different areas of student we want to pursue after high school. In addition to astronomy we did a lesson oriented completely on Astrobiology which offers an extremely wide variety of sciences to be learned. We most focused on exoplanets (planets that exist outside of our solar system) and what type of technology it would take us to get there. We also focused on the actual term astrobiology, which is a the study of the evolution/future of life in the universe. While helping others who might have interest in some of the lessons we  taught, we also cultivated our own interest in the related sciences.          
           The mini-courses were comprised of both lectures and power-point presentations, with open discussion being the majority of the presentation. Each quarter we turned in a lesson plan to our advisor to show our topic for a certain week. Inquiry and research stem from us looking at real data from missions of the Apollo program, for example or us tracking the status of yet to be determined exoplanets by the Hubble or Kepler telescopes. Collaboration came directly from our interaction with each other and how we choose to present/teach each mini-course lesson. We also took suggestions on what topics want to be discussed the most. Presentation and reflection will both be prevalent in our  end of the year presentation via keynote or powerpoint.
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Podcast #3- Marina, Sierra & Prisilla

Posted by Marina Pyfrom on
For our third podcast we decided to discuss our final thoughts about the book and interesting things we noticed. Prisilla talked about how the surveyors lied on their questionnaire because they wanted their income to not be revealed. Sierra then talked about how she is now is more conscious of statistics in the real world. Marina then added to Sierra's comment talking how the type of environment affects the data. For example we talked HIV in Philadelphia. We then questioned where the students were tested from and how the results were concluded. Enjoy! 
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Shamarlon Yates Capstone

Posted by Shamarlon Yates in Capstone - Dunn on
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Attached is my final draft of my alphabet book that I created.

Click HERE to view my google doc with my bibliography and process paper.

For my capstone, I learned about the local Chichewa language that is spoken in Malawi and used the knowledge I gained to create an alphabet book. After visiting the village of Jembe on my buildOn trip to Malawi, I decided to continue learning about this new language that I fell in love with. I brought my template of the book to Staples where I made two spiral books. My hope is to pass on this template to the Philadelphia buildOn so that they can mass produce these books and bring them to Malawi where they can distribute them to local schools they work with.

SLA Capstone Celebration

Posted by Rosalind Echols on
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Please join us on June 12 for the first ever SLA Capstone Celebration at the Franklin Institute, where a group of outstanding SLA seniors will present their projects in Musser Theater. The event will run from 6-8pm, and will showcase a wide range of projects from the year.

Attendance is limited, so if you are interested in attending, please sign up for a ticket through our Eventbrite site: SLACapstone.eventbrite.com. Tickets are free, and we welcome students, parents, and anyone from the SLA community who is excited to see student projects.

Manna-Symone Middlebrooks and Company Presents: Blinding Silence

Posted by Manna-Symone Middlebrooks in Capstone - Dunn on
My high school experience has built an intimate relationship between myself and the theater. I have learned how to use the stage and play writing to expose audiences to the untold stories that are obvious if you know where to look. For my capstone, I chose to write, direct, and produce a play that investigated American Media between 1950-1970. This period of American history is my favorite because it illustrates how disconnected a people can be from their government. Even after segregation was abolished and the Civil Rights Movement had come to an end, Americans still could not fathom the idea of a person of color being on television. Just the idea of it reflected America in a negative way and would have been disturbing to sit around and watch with the family.

Blinding Silence is a series of scenes connected by the paradox that is America's media reflection. Audience members are first introduced to an attention deprived remote reminiscing about how her owner used to fondle her backside and her best friend, an authoritative remote tired of listening to futile conversation about last night's episode of the Bachelor. The audience is then taken on a journey behind the screen, led by the remote, cell phone, and other unconventional characters. 

The entire cast of this play were students from Science Leadership Academy, most of them with little to no acting experience. Through a variety of theater games, I was able to help them feel more comfortable on stage and with each other. From the beginning of the project, I made it very clear that they were a creative team and were instrumental in creating the final product that took the stage. I took in their thoughts, feedback, and ideas fleshed out in theater games and used them to create the play. Their collaboration was essential for devising this type of work.


Check out the links below to see all work completed for this project: