During this introductory module, participants are introduced to foundational ideas about classroom assessment, they work to define and examine the main types of assessments and their role in a student-centered learning environment, Read more »
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The concept behind turning mirrors into windows is about reflecting on one’s experiences and exposing oneself to new possibilities. In this professional development, participants will explore what turning mirrors into windows is and how it is reflected in current practices. Panelists will provide tips... Read more »
This professional learning activity asks participants to reflect on meaningful learning experiences through the question, "What makes learning meaningful?" Participants build up a definition of meaningful learning as they progress through the activities. Participants will experience a lesson that models... Read more »
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This professional learning activity asks participants to reflect on the importance of the inquiry cycle. Participants will examine a school data case study, take on different lenses for interpreting data, and explore what research tells us about the inquiry cycle and how it can support schools in making... Read more »
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College2Career Forums, a series of focused, career-specific explorations, will be planned for the top requested careers. In these day-long experiences, students will travel to a PSE to explore a common aspect of the career through hands-on activities. Armed with these experiences, students will be transported... Read more »
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This lesson provides an overview of yellow journalism and its impact on the Spanish-American War. Using hands-on activities and discussions, students explore the vocabulary and attributes of yellow journalism. Students also evaluate the field of journalism. Following completion of the lesson, students... Read more »
The Role of the Media in the Spanish-American War
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This lesson provides context for events leading up to World War ll by focusing on the leadership of four dictators: Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Tojo. Students will evaluate how these four leaders contributed to the causes of the war and will later determine what enables leaders to obtain too much... Read more »
Rise of World War II Dictators
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In this lesson students will learn about phenology (the timing of biological events) by exploring a variety of insect data sets. Through scaffolded analysis of graphical data, the use of an interactive digital model, and life history descriptions, students will develop an understanding of (1) how temperature... Read more »
Insect Activity and Migration Timing
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In this lesson, students reflect on what they already know about how behavior is learned before sharing three things they have learned from observation. Next, students summarize an experiment about observational learning. After learning about other experiments and sorting them according to whether they... Read more »
Observational Learning Theory
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Through this lesson, students will use math and equity to discover the equation solving for any circle's arc length and sector area while investigating food deserts and how they impact a community. Read more »
Arc Length and Sector Area of a Circle
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Through this lesson, students will utilize math and equity to discover the equation to solve for any circle's arc length and sector area while investigating food deserts and how they impact a community. Read more »
Arc Length and Sector Area of a Circle
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