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Sophia: Finding the Probability of Two Dependent Events Occurring: Lesson 4

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
This lesson demonstrates how to find the probability of two dependent events occurring. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Finding the Probability of Two Dependent Events Occurring."
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Sophia: Making Predictions

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes on using the reading strategy of making predictions before and during reading to increase comprehension. Notes can be both read and listened to.
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Sophia: Writing an Argument Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review how to write an argument paper. Students will review the parts of the argument paper, which include the thesis, claim, support, and counterarguments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.1, W.11-12.1a...
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Sophia: Concluding Transition Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A screencast lesson [2 mins, 32 secs] introducing transition words used to conclude an idea and providing examples of how to use such transitions in concluding sentences. W.11-12.1c Transitions/Cohesion CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.c
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Sophia: Supporting Details: Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on using statistics as supporting details. It explains why statistics make powerful supporting details, however, these can be skewed to show different outcomes. It suggests looking carefully when using statistics to...
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Sophia: Volume of Prisms and Cylinders

For Students 6th - 8th
The mathematics resource consists of an overview of the volume of prisms and cylinders. Real life examples and explanations are included.
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Sophia: Measuring Angles With a Protractor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn how to measure angles with a protractor. Detailed examples are included in the video lesson.
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Sophia: Paper Writing (I Just Got Assigned a Paper. Now What?)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Work through the writing process by following these ten easy steps. The site also provides tips on brainstorming to generate ideas and using Venn diagrams to organize thoughts.
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Sophia: Paper Writing: Introduction, Body, Conclusion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site shows students how to write an introduction, body, and conclusion to create a complete paper. Students see examples of two different types of introductions, get ideas for attention grabbers, gain understanding of the type of...
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Sophia: Writing Narratives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, two videos, a song, an exercise, and a game help students to understand how to write a narrative. Elements of a narrative as well as the use of figurative language and sensory images are introduced and...
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Sophia: Arguments in Action: Mini Debates

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PDF lesson plan provides learners the opportunity to practice the use of logic within a debate structure. Students are given controversial debatable topics, prepare for the debate, and hold mini-debates.
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Sophia: Writing for an Audience

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A seven-slide presentation discussing the importance of writing to an audience in order to establish tone, strengthen word choice, and determine what supporting details to include.
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Sophia: Powers and Their Properties

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The learning resource investigates the laws of exponents. Students learn how to apply the power of a power, product of a power, and power of a product rules.
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Sophia: Commonly Misused Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This audio lesson discusses some commonly misused words. The author provides a "cheat sheet" to define the differences in the commonly misused words. Examples of the correct applications of the words are also provided for further...
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Sophia: Unclear Pronoun References

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A screencast lesson [4 mins, 18 secs] explaining unclear, ambiguous, vague, and indefinite pronouns as well as how to avoid them while writing.
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Sophia: Regular vs. Irregular Verbs: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson defines regular and irregular verbs and provides a list of common irregular verbs.
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Sophia: Capitalization With Quotations

For Students 9th - 10th
Seven slides explaining how to properly use capitalization in quotes. Rules and example sentences are provided.
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Sophia: Graphing in Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will learn how to use appropriate and different procedures, tools, measurements, graphs and mathematical analyses to describe and investigate natural and designed systems in a physical science context.
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Sophia: Summary and Paraphrase: Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slideshow tutorial, students are provided with notes that distinguish "summarizing" from "paraphrasing" content. Examples of effective summaries and paraphrases of text are provided. Then students have the opportunity to engage...
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Sophia: Identity & Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that identity is a major source of conflict. It includes a video on Conflict Resolution and a list of terms with definitions.
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Sophia: Ownership of the Resolution Process

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that much of the effectiveness of a conflict resolution process depends on the parties' feeling ownership and joint control of the process, and will be able to use techniques to...
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Sophia: Private Meetings and Confidentiality

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand how and why to initiate private meetings with parties to a conflict and how to use information derived from those meetings. This includes the video "The Private Meeting and Using...
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Sophia: Agriculture: Food Production

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will be able to discuss the changes in agriculture throughout history and its effect on foods and food production of today. Additionally, students will be able to discuss the effect of commercial farming on the environment.
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Sophia: Homeostasis

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain the process of homeostasis and how it allows organisms to maintain a stable internal environment. [0:57]