Studens brainstorm ideas about the ways scientists think. In small groups, studentds create a definition for one or two "habits." Students develop a set of questions to be used by the entire class in a series of interviews. Students...

Students investigate the personal, political and economic events that drove people to leave their home countries. They research Chinese migrations in the 1800s and the English migrations in the 1600s. They create an identity based on...

Students estimate the number of beans that is placed in a bottle. They are then split into three groups: Group 1: asked to write estimate on a sheet of paper with some large estimates already written down, Group 2: asked to write their...

In this Skellig worksheet, students read to understand the works of David Almond and learn about his life. Students read eleven passages and then answer ten questions related to reading for meaning and understanding the author's craft.

Students complete essay writing activities. For this essay writing lesson, students use an outline activity to learn about the advantages and disadvantages for various essay writing types. Students also break down the paragraphs into...

Students discuss the historical painting of portraits. In this art history lesson, students examine the history of portraiture during the nineteenth century. This lesson is intended to be used with a visit to the Musee d'Orsay in France.

Site defines the term ambiguity. Offers explanations of different types of ambiguity, quotes and examples.

At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the cultural worldview spectrum re: comfort with ambiguity or need for certainty in various situations. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Tolerance for Ambiguity."

This page from Integrated Publishing discusses the ambiguous case, which arises in trigonometry when you are given two sides of a triangle and the angle opopsite one of them. In an ambiguous case two different triangles could conform to...

This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides an excellent description of the term ambiguity. Site offers links to other literary terms and their meanings.

The online assessment demonstrates knowledge of Algebra II. The questions test students on the ambiguous case for the law of sines.

Learn how the ambiguous case of the law of sines arises from the ASS situation and how to solve problems of this type. Definitely use the applet to visualize the two distinct outcomes that are possible and to understand the circumstances...

A graphic organizer for learning and applying understanding of the literary element of ambiguity. Includes sections in which you list the ambiguity from a given text and its possible interpretations.

A pronoun's antecedent must be clear. There may be more than one word the pronoun could refer to, and in those cases it may be better not to use the pronoun. [0:40]

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a term many students may know. This lesson invites student to gain a deeper understanding of moral injury and develop greater empathy for the challenges returning veterans face. Using video...

A painting and a photograph illustrating some of the problems posed by racial integration. Norman Rockwell's illustration is compared to the experiences of Ruby Bridges.

This is a multi-page PDF list of logical fallacies to avoid when writing. These include a detailed list includes fallacies in relevance, reasoning, omission, and ambiguity; and discusses the logic tool "Occam's Razor." This list of...

Emma Bryce explains how one-word sentences illustrate some lexical ambiguities that can turn ordinary words and sentences into mazes that mess with our minds. [3:28]

A screencast lesson [4 mins, 18 secs] explaining unclear, ambiguous, vague, and indefinite pronouns as well as how to avoid them while writing.

Plans for building a 3-D cube illusion. Useful for projects on perception and vision.

This interactive dictionary page discusses the ambiguity of the term average. The definition refers to the arithmetic mean whose definition can be found immediately above the entry for average. Be sure to check out the link for a...

In this instructional activity students will use art, writing, and technology to explore abstract art. Students will use digital cameras to take extreme close up shots of objects that will resemble abstract art.

Students will analyze ambiguity in Shakespeare's meter using imperfect iambic pentameter lines from Julius Caesar 1.2.1-71. Students will evaluate how the lines reveal character motivation.

Students visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...