The+Map

This section is the nuts and bolts of the project. It reviews the resources needed, the launch and end date of the project, how students are divided into teams and milestone information. This is the most detailed section of them all. This section shows the overview and details of each day of the project.

**Resources**
There are many resources that will have to be used for this project. There is a list of links on the student info page. However, there are also people and books that will be used as well. Below are the resources the students or team used:
 * School Principal
 * Cafeteria Manager
 * Local culinary school
 * Local co-op
 * School Librarian
 * School cafeteria
 * Lunch Lessons by Chef Ann Cooper

Time Line
The project begins on April 25th with a cafeteria announcement. The project ends on May 23rd. Major and minor dates of lessons to be covered and products due are below:

[|Launch of Food Project.pdf] [|Food Project Concept Map .pdf]
 * April 25** - Team introduces the students to the project. Students had to create four questions for the cafeteria manager and principal interview. Students placed their questions on a 4 x 6 note card. Students also started on their concept map which is due the following week. Here is the keynote used by the team and concept map that the students had to develop.


 * April 28 to May 2** - Students delve into the project by understanding team work and research. Students work on team contract, scientific method, foods common to various cultures, how to manage a project and understanding statistics. The lessons presented by teachers will be placed in this section on May 2nd.

[|Team Contract.doc]
 * April 30** - Students team contract is due. Teams will also interview the principal and cafeteria manager. The interviewees received the questions early. Students receive a form with the questions and space to fill out the response.


 * May 1** - Students turn in their questions for the online school survey. The actual survey will be available for students to take by May 5th.


 * May 5 to May 9** - Students at the high school take an online survey through their English classes. Students wrap up their research and start to provide support for their answer to the question.


 * May 8** - Lab evaluation report is due.


 * May 12 to May 16** - Students work on the menu and graphs for their proposal.


 * May 16** - Menu and graphs due.


 * May 19 to May 23** - Students work on the business proposal for the project.


 * May 23** - Business proposal due.

Team Division
The students were divided into teams of two or three. The team believes that groups of four allows room for one person to not put forth the full effort. The students were paired based upon their reading capability and personal strengths. This brought the total number of teams to 20 with most teams being pairs of three instead of two.

The students will be allowed to work in their team groups every Tuesday and Thursday during the last two periods of the school day. Students will meet in one of the four teachers room based upon their team number. This time allotment allows the students to continue to meet after school. It also forces the students to start to meet after school. Currently, the students are not working on assigned school work after school which is a necessary trait to be able be a successful student. Learning does not occur just during the school day. With the actual interest of topic by the students, the team hopes it will fuel their work ethic in and outside of school.