This lesson will break down the components of a function and the relationship it has to real-world contexts. Students will recall their knowledge of inputs and outputs with a function machine. Students will simplify functions and then evaluate the functions. Students will practice simplifying polynomials... Read more »
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Connotation and Denotation in Romeo and Juliet
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Do words matter? Does our choice of words affect the attitudes of others? In this lesson, students will explore the denotation and connotation of different words from the play "Romeo and Juliet" and how word choice affects understanding and perception of an author’s writing. This is a multimodality... Read more »
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Students will investigate financial lending sources and compare their services. Students will identify similarities and differences among the different sources through a mind-mapping strategy and evaluate which financial source offers the best opportunities for lending. Read more »
Standard 3: Banking and Financial Services
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In this lesson, students compare and contrast the poem, "The Hill We Climb," with an excerpt from the speech, "I Have a Dream," and analyze how the authors' messages are made clear through their word choices and rhetorical strategies. Students compose a poem, evaluate how poetry can be used to send... Read more »
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In this lesson, students will learn about the four points of natural selection and how they drive the evolutionary patterns of a species. Students will determine how to answer evolutionary questions through interpreting graphs and making connections among natural selection concepts. Students also will... Read more »
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This lesson takes learners through a process using their five senses to describe various candies. Learners will record their findings using descriptive words and then pose positive or negative opinions about the candies. Following this activity, they will write the first draft of a persuasive paragraph... Read more »
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In this lesson, students will recall expanding polynomials and factoring quadratics. Students will learn how to factor polynomials with two, three, or four terms: difference of two squares, sum or difference of two cubes, trinomials of the quadratic form that are not quadratics, and grouping. Students... Read more »
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Using Flame Tests to Explore Electrons' Energy Levels
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In this lesson, students will watch a video of fireworks and write down what they notice and wonder. Students will participate in a flame test lab. They then will draw Bohr models for the element hydrogen, labeled with arrows to show the release and absorption of energy. Finally, students will research... Read more »
Using Flame Tests to Explore Electrons' Energy Levels
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In this lesson, students analyze and create multimedia messages to communicate the risks to life and property associated with severe weather and natural disasters. Students analyze informational graphics made by meteorologists to identify critical information and actions residents need to take in response... Read more »
Using Multimedia to Communicate Weather Hazards
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High school is an excellent place for students to begin honing their research and writing skills. Practicing these skills enables students to become better writers and thinkers. This activity could easily apply to clubs that have a project component which may require research, such as robotics club... Read more »
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Students who become financially responsible in college will develop good spending habits that will last a lifetime. This activity enables students to understand ways in which they can change their spending habits, so that they will save money throughout college and in the years that will follow. Read more »
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Several studies have found that using technology in instruction increases student motivation and learning outcomes (Higgins et al, 2017). Such opportunities personalize, engage, and create interactive experiences and an atmosphere of complex collaboration where students work together to solve open-ended... Read more »
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This strategy asks students to draw a picture from an event or place and add themselves to the illustration. Students then discuss their illustrations and the content with their peers. Based on the conversation, students modify their illustration to show what they learned or how their ideas have changed. Read more »
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