Signposts in Literature
(View Complete Item Description)This resource can be used for close readings of literature. The students must identify characters' reactions to plot elements and state the reader's reaction.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
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How Hamilton Restored My Belief In Writing
(View Complete Item Description)A presentation for writers struggling creativity as they follow along with the effect that Hamilton: An American Musical had on my own creative writing journey.
Material Type: Lecture Notes, Reading
English 12 Project
(View Complete Item Description)This is my English project called Living Through Leukemia in my Dad's shoes. This is Humanities Moment project where I talk about a humanity moment that I have gone through, and that is my dad fighting cancer. My dad's story is a comparison of the book The Fault in our Stars.
Material Type: Lecture Notes, Reading
Humanities Moment
(View Complete Item Description)My resource is a paper written on the importance of our actions and how much they impact other people.
Material Type: Reading, Simulation
YouTube Truce Humanities Project : Sophie Carmignani
(View Complete Item Description)School Project
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Using Quotations for Tiered Students
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson is best used after direct instruction with tiered students to help them understand how to integrate a quotation into a sentence and use in-text citation.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Google Slides Presentation: Eliminating Clutter
(View Complete Item Description)This presentation introduces the idea of clutter in writing. It offers examples of what cluttered writing looks like, and how it can be cleaned up. Ideas come from Jeff Andersen's "10 Things Every Writer Needs to Know." This resource can be uploaded into Nearpod to offer a more interactive option.
Material Type: Lesson
A Love That Follows You
(View Complete Item Description)My name is Hailey! I am a high school senior who loves writing. This piece is my humanities moment that revolves around my sweet grandma. In my story I talk about childhood books, growing up, and how love can change your life everyday.
Material Type: Reading
Life on a Riverboat
(View Complete Item Description)Paddle Wheels. Smoke Stacks. Tow Boats. Explore life on a river boat. View images, videos and narrative describing historical and practical aspects of river boat life.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration
Bay of Pigs invasion
(View Complete Item Description)This is a 4 minute 30 second video about the Bay of Pigs Invasion. It covers basics behind the invasion, including the plans for the invasion, the leaking of the information to Cuban exiles, the actual failed invasion, and its aftermath. Also included is an assignment that asks students to research the Bay of Pigs Invasion and discover what went wrong, then consider possible preventative steps that might have changed the outcome of the invasion.
Material Type: Assessment, Lecture, Lesson Plan
Genetics
(View Complete Item Description)Video and Prezi presentation on Genetics
Material Type: Interactive
Relative Rock Dating Chart
(View Complete Item Description)This diagram describes and illustrates the laws of relative rock dating. The laws of superposition, lateral continuity, original horizontality, cross-cutting relationships, and unconformities are represented. Definitions adapted from ck-12 Relative Ages of Rocks, CC-BY-NC 3.0
Material Type: Lesson Plan
La Ropa - Hispanic Fashion Designers
(View Complete Item Description)Students will research and discuss different Hispanic fashion designers, their backgrounds, designs and impact on the fashion industry. Photo CC-BY-NC-ND: https://www.flickr.com/photos/georgewbushcenter/14656358446
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Wheel of Theodorus Art Project
(View Complete Item Description)This is a cross curricular art project for 8th grade math students. Students are first introduced to what the Wheel of Theodorus is, ponder where they see it in the world around them and then instructed on how to create their own. When they have finished constructing their Wheel of Theodorus they are asked to creatively and colorfully turn it "into" something. Examples are given. After they Wheel of Theodorus is complete, students are then asked to measure all the sides lengths of the triangles in the wheel. They should quickly see that they can use the Pythagorean Theorem to do this and that it follows a predictable pattern. No ruler will be required for this part of the project!
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STEM Inquiry Lesson Template
(View Complete Item Description)This template supports STEM teachers and librarians in working collaboratively to create lessons that build science practice and STEM inquiry skills in alignment with state and national science standards, and that address the Common Core literacy shifts around close reading and building textual evidence.
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Statistics Project: Sampling, Standard Deviation & Z-Scores
(View Complete Item Description)In this statistics project, students will begin by sampling a population to answer their own designed question. They will then use their sample to graph, find the mean and standard deviation, and illustrate their understanding of normal distribution. They will then manipulate their data to make it "normal" and, after finding new samples, analyze the associated z-score and percents of that new data.
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Modeling with Systems of Equations
(View Complete Item Description)Student example videos of modeling with systems, and an assessment.
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Learning to Use a Vector Editor - Gravit.io
(View Complete Item Description)This is a unit on learning how to use a vector editing program (gravit.io) used for my online graphic design class. This program is free and runs in the browser so was optimal for my students using chromebooks. Each of the 6 lessons has a written lesson tutorial with images, as well as a screencast video that goes over that lesson. 4 of the 6 lessons have an assignment associated with them. There is an outline for what each lesson goes over listed underneath the links for that lesson. All written tutorials, lessons and assignments are in google docs. Lesson 1 - Basics | Screencast Lesson 1 | Assignment Lesson 1What is Gravit.io?Canvas & ZoomSelecting ObjectsMoving objectsCopy/Paste/Delete/DuplicateSupersize, Rotate, FlipGrouping & UngroupingArranging ObjectsAlign and DistributeSavingLesson 2 - Shapes, Paths, Pen | Screencast Lesson 2 | Assignment Lesson 2Basic ShapesBasic Star-based ShapesAdjusting ObjectsShapes vs. PathPath OperationsPen ToolLesson 3 - More Paths & Type | Screencast Lesson 3 | Assignment Lesson 3 CC BY SA 3.0 Rebecca EricksonDrawing Curves with the PenTypes of NodesThe Freehand Tool & SimplifyFills & BordersThe Type ToolLesson 4 - More on Type | Screencast Lesson 4 | Assignment Lesson 4Working with Type: Text vs. PathsType AlignmentCharacter, Word and Line SpacingPutting Type on PathsLesson 5 - Gradients & Textures | Screencast Lesson 5Using the Gradient ToolFine-tuning Gradient PositionAdding More Points to a GradientWorking with TexturesAdding NoiseLesson 6 - Clipart & Vectorizing Images | Screencast Lesson 6About openclipart.orgImporting Open Clip Art into GravitVectorizing Images
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Newton's First Law of Motion - Investigations
(View Complete Item Description)In this lab students will investigate Newton's first law of motion or the Law of Inertia. The first lab investigates an object at rest, and the effects of friction on motion. The second lab investigates an object in motion. Students will experiment with this law by varying their speed, while trying to drop a tennis ball in a given target zone. Although intended for seventh grade students this lab can be adjusted to fit the educational needs of each student. Definitions adapted from cK-12 Newton's First Law of Motion
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Operation Bee
(View Complete Item Description)The following is a lab manual with three different activities to help students become more aware of bee's. The goal of Operation Bee is to educate students about the impact of bees in our everyday lives. Through observation, data collecting, and engineering students will engage in an effort to increase awareness and data available on bees.
Material Type: Lesson Plan