Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
In this lesson, students will understand the essential elements of identity theft and consumer fraud. They will create a PSA-style poster or video about how to avoid identity theft. This lesson includes optional modifications for distance learning. Resources for use in Google Classroom are included. Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: August 3rd, 2023
Standard 9: Identity Theft
Rethinking the Words of the Declaration of Independence
Students, working in groups, use a "paired-text" strategy to analyze letters between Abigail and John Adams and the song "The Schuyler Sisters." Students create a "third text" by creating a hypothetical conversation between Abigail Adams and Angelica Schuyler regarding political and social issues facing... Read more »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: September 16th, 2024
Rethinking the Words of the Declaration of Independence
In this lesson, students build key information literacy skills related to collecting, evaluating, and using information from different media types and formats to support a conclusion. Students start by playing through The Detective: Verona, a digital game-based learning (DGBL) module, to introduce the... Read more »
Created by: William Thompson
Date Updated: July 2nd, 2024
Information Literacy
It is recommended that this lesson be taught after students learn the basics of genetics concerning alleles, dominant versus recessive genes, basic Punnett squares, and protein synthesis. In this lesson, students apply what they have learned about genetics to a real-world scenario, centering on codominance... Read more »
Created by: Brittany Bowens
Date Updated: December 2nd, 2024
Biology
Students will inquire about what is happening in a photo. At first, they might say that it is the ocean or propose that it is a beach on an island or strip of land. As they view two more photos, they will see evidence of an oil spill. When they look back at the original photo, they will begin to see... Read more »
Created by: Crystal Young
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Humans Impact the Earth: How students can be part of the solution?
In this third lesson of the What Is a Wave? unit, students will experiment with long springs and whirly tubes as well as participate in a guided inquiry activity on constructive and destructive interference. Students will be assessed by explaining true or false statements. Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: June 1st, 2023
Galloping Gertie
In this lesson, students will discover properties of logarithms. Students will use the properties to work through a proof of the change of base formula, to solve logarithmic equations, and to evaluate logarithmic expressions. Prerequisites for this lesson include solving exponential equations using... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Solving Logarithmic Equations
In this lesson, students are introduced to the concept of federalism. Students will begin by analyzing statements about governmental power, then reading a short narrative to locate references to the government's role in our daily lives. Students will then watch a video about federalism, complete a graphic... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: May 26th, 2023
An Introduction to Federalism
In this fourth and final lesson of "The K20 Chronicle" journalism unit, students will have an opportunity to peer review/edit a classmate's article, learn about magazine/newspaper layouts, preview examples and non-examples of proper layouts, hear from two graphic artists on how they came to be in the... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Putting It All Together: Layout and Final Product
In this lesson, students investigate what factors affect the force of gravity and use plotted data to determine graphically how each variable is related to the force of gravity. Students review their understanding of gravity and how to linearize a set of data. Students use a gravity simulation to collect... Read more »
Created by: Kevin Warren
Date Updated: February 8th, 2024
Universal Law of Gravity
In this lesson, students recall their prior knowledge about how the economy functions. Next, students predict how the federal budget is spent before reading an Infogram about fiscal policy. To extend their learning, students play a game with partners that requires them to cut or fund programs. Students... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: March 14th, 2024
The Economic Impact of Fiscal Policy
During this third day of the Formative Assessment Institute, participants focus on distinguishing Assessment of Learning, Assessment for Learning, and Assessment as Learning. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: June 5th, 2024
In this culminating reading ACT prep activity, students use the skills they have learned during the ACT prep series. Students practice responding to an ACT-style reading passage and question set then reflect on how well they expect to do on the real ACT. This is the tenth activity in a 10-week "Power... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: February 26th, 2024