Questions

Finding experts on this topic was very difficult. In order to get some information on this topic, I have resorted to using one of the Illuminati's closest connections: the local Freemasons. I have found the emails of Chris Hodapp and Robert Wolfarth of the local Freemason lodge. The things that I am interested in learning are:
How are the Freemasons and Illuminati related?
What beliefs do they share?
Are the Illuminati satanic or is that a "boogey man"-like urban myth?
How does one become an Illuminatus or a Freemason?

For our research papers my class and I are supposed to email experts and ask them questions about our topics. One of my experts is a woman named Miriam Stark a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai’i-Manoa. She worked in Phase three of the Greater Angkor Project. I would like to ask her about what she did while in Angkor and what sort of archaeological techniques she used. I would also like to ask her how she thinks theses technique affected her research. Two more experts I would like to contact are Dr. Roland Fletcher and Dr. Jeffery Riegel.

Ten things that interest me:

What makes one sunset more beautiful than another? (sunset, sky, sun, beauty, colors)
What makes nature such a good photography subject? (flowers, trees, water, grass, green)
What type of weather makes the best pictures? (rain, sun, storm, lightning, windy)
What type of people make the best pictures? (Old, young, people, children, adults)
How can you capture emotion in a picture? (sad, happy, jealous, joyful, excited)
Why does lighting make such a difference in photos? (Sunny, shady, night, dark, cloudy)

In my English class, I have begun a research paper about schizophrenia, some of its common symptoms, and common treatments and their advantages and disadvantages. I first learned about schizophrenia last year in my AP Psychology class. We were studying diseases of the brain, and schizophrenia was the one that stuck with me the most. I found it interesting, and disturbing, how perfectly normal people could all of a sudden lose their touch with reality, and begin experiencing hallucinations, paranoia, and all sorts of crazy symptoms.

This book starts off with a lady asking Maria Shriver's son what does she do. Her son tells the lady that she is a house wife and this leads to a journey of finding

who she actually is. She later then is asked to do a speech for her nephew's graduation ceremony, which at first she doesn't want to do, but soon later gives into it.

In planning for next year's 6,7, 8th grade language arts classes, I wanted to rejoin the Youth Voices site. My students will be blogging, and this site seems the perfect place for gathering ideas and conversation about which students could gather and synthesize ideas and topics. 

I don't see anywhere to manage students anymore, so how do students join?

Is there a project or curriculum focus this year, or is each teacher working on their own?

Is there a teacher group/discussion area?