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TSA - CAD 3D Engineering
Students present a model with its correct proportions. They research the Project Lead The Way¿¿ "Introduction to Engineering Design". In essence, students deal with Physical Modeling.
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Literacy through Photography
Pupils photograph scenes from their lives and use the images to become a catalyst for related writing exercises. They explore the themes such as self portrait, family, community, visual storytelling, and dreams to encourage them to find...
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Ecology
Sixth graders are introduced to online research and beginning PowerPoint presentations that are integrated. They pass a plant and photosynthesis. Students locate information on a self selected animal online. They give a PowerPoint...
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What do we need to know before going online?
Students explore, examine and study about digital cameras, downloading photos, painting tools, word processing and identifying legal, ethical and human practice relating to technology use by minors. They identify potential ethical...
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Adult Roles and Responsibilities
Students explore goods and services. In this money management lesson, students pick a $100.00 item they would like to buy and they use the internet to research that specific topic. With their research they answer questions on a given...
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Ecosystem Organization - Lesson Plan
Student explore ecosystems. In this ecosystem organization lesson, students consider how scientists study living organisms. Students participate in a teacher guided activity that requires them to visualize an organism and imagine its...
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Agriscience
Students research and write a paper on any agriscience related topic. In this series of agriscience lesson, students create a presentation to teach their peers about the animal industry. They explain the uses and importance of...
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Sir Cumference and the Dragon Pi
Geometry adventurers study circumference of a circle as they listen to Sir Circumference and the Dragon Pi, by Cindy Neuschwander. In groups, they use string to measure the diameter and circumference of circular objects and...
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Using Circumference
Students participate in a activity that covers the concept of finding the circumference of a circle. The teacher covers relevant vocabulary with the students. They work in groups to measure objects and calculate the formula to find the...
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Number Patterns
First graders use manipulatives to complete and extend patterns. In this patterns lesson plan, 1st graders complete a pattern with a missing element, extend a pattern, and sort objects by characteristics.
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Function Machine
Second graders decipher a pattern using input and output. In this functions lesson, 2nd graders use input and output numbers to find a pattern involving addition and subtraction. Students use the pattern they discovered to help solve...
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Toss/Catch
Students toss bean bags. In this toss and catch lesson, students practice tossing bean bags into a basket and catching them from a partner.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reading Instruction: Comprehension Instruction
A major goal of reading comprehension is to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to become competent and enthusiastic readers. Download the Comprehension Instruction booklet, which details important ideas...
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Competency Works: What the Learning Sciences Tell Us About Competency Education
With automated tools and instructional support, find out how to become a "learning engineer" - working to apply what's known about learning, to the real challenges of developing affordable, reliable, available, data-rich competency-based...
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Wes Tech Vision: Competing Visions of Handheld
This powerful article attempts to answer the question 'How can we use instructional technology to positively transform teaching and learning environments, to prepare students and teachers for the twenty-first century?" It provides...
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 & Health Equity, High School Science
This unit is designed to support students in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic, transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the impacts of the pandemic on communities, especially communities of color.
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Autonomous Robotic Manipulation
An outreach program that aims to provide the opportunity to individuals or teams to write software for the ARM robot, test it in simulation, and then upload to the actual system and watch in real-time via the internet as the ARM robot...
American Library Association
Aasl: Standards for the 21st Century Learner
This document contains the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner published by the American Library Association. The standards provide a conceptual framework and broad guidelines for describing the information-literate student. These...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Order Among Chaos
This lesson plan is designed to assist learners not only in using the order of operations, but also experimenting with how grouping and ordering affects answers. In groups as teams, the students will compete while finding algebraic...
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Working Effectively With English Language Learners
A brief essay aimed at teachers who newly find that their responsibilities have expanded to include teaching both academic content and language skills to English language learners. Practical advice for improving instruction and becoming...