Students will analyze the properties of waves as they interact with other objects. Students will design, build, and test a structure designed to withstand the force of a tsunami wave.
In this unit of study students learn how patterns can be used to predict weather. They also learn about how climates vary in different regions of the world. Finally, students learn how to create a structure that can withstand weather conditions in different climates. This unit integrates nine STEM attributes and was developed as part of the South Metro-Salem STEM Partnership's Teacher Leadership Team. Any instructional materials are included within this unit of study.
In this unit of study students learn how to design a solution that reduces the impact of lightning. This unit integrates nine STEM attributes and was developed as part of the South Metro-Salem STEM Partnership's Teacher Leadership Team. Any instructional materials are included within this unit of study.
Students analyze the elements of a novel in many different genres and then hyperlink these pieces together on student-constructed Websites.
In this lesson upper elementary students will learn about website evaluation and ways to help identify credible information on the internet. This lesson is to be taught in 3 or 4 thirty minute lessons
A sample plan for implementing a Genius Hour project in CE English 1010 to help students determine what they want to do after high school and how to achieve that.Preview Image: Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash
Past meets present in this lesson in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.
This set of lesson plans is designed to be used as a media literacy unit building on the Content Authenticity Initiative's "Introduction to Critical Media Literacy" unit.
This set of lesson plans is designed to be used as a media literacy unit building on the Content Authenticity Initiative's "The Basics of Media Literacy" unit.
This lesson plan is created to help students learn about the various National Parks within Utah and to understand how each of the environments are impacted by signifact forces. Students will choose a National Park to study within Utah and create an Adobe Spark Page sharing the information they have learned and convincing others to come visit their National Park.
Contains 3 lesson plans on World War II: Posters and Propaganda with information on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
This project will raise student awareness of the problem of waste and waste management in our community. As we progress through the unit the goal is to reduce the amount of waste that our school produces. There are many ways to do this but the most unique aspect is to reduce biodegradable waste from our cafeteria through the process of vermicomposting. Students will design and create worm bins to reduce our cafeteria waste. The project will take a couple of weeks for the content and the construction of worm bins and then we will monitor our worm bins throughout the school year.
This activity is designed to introduce students to binary code by having students artfully create their names in binary code using different colors using a Google Sheet.
This lesson encourages young students to see themselves as writers with a message to convey. Three types of reports are provided to show what kindergartners and emergent writers can do.
Writing in College is designed for students who have largely mastered high-school level conventions of formal academic writing and are now moving beyond the five-paragraph essay to more advanced engagement with text. It is well suited to composition courses or first-year seminars and valuable as a supplemental or recommended text in other writing-intensive classes. It provides a friendly, down-to-earth introduction to professors’ goals and expectations, demystifying the norms of the academy and how they shape college writing assignments. Each of the nine chapters can be read separately, and each includes suggested exercises to bring the main messages to life. Students will find in Writing in College a warm invitation to join the academic community as novice scholars and to approach writing as a meaningful medium of thought and communication. With concise discussions, clear multidisciplinary examples, and empathy for the challenges of student life, Guptill conveys a welcoming tone. In addition, ...