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Social Thinking: Teaching Students About Their Learning Strengths and Weaknesses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson is about teaching our students and adults how to understand their social learning challenges in the context of their overall abilities and then how they can use their strengths to learn more strategies related to their...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
In the chemical economy, acids actively give away their protons while bases actively collect them, but some more aggressively than others. George Zaidan and Charles Morton use the currency of subatomic particles to explain this unseen...
Article
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Lorea Martinez: 3 Steps to Increase Students' Self Awareness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students (and adults) who can identify their strengths will be more likely to build on them to improve their areas of growth; they will probably have greater motivation and will be more self-confident. Here are 3 suggested steps to talk...
Professional Doc
Other

Practical Ideas on Alternative Assessment for Esl

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A treasure trove of ideas for assessing the progress of English as a second language students other than traditional testing. Examples of a variety of measures that focus on growth over time, emphasis on student's strengths, and...
Article
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnets From Mini to Mighty

For Students 9th - 10th
If your knowledge of magnets ends with posting a to-do list on the fridge, add this to the list. Learn more about magnets! You can start here with a straightforward rundown of magnet types, uses and strengths, explained in a way that...
Lesson Plan
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Women, Temperance Reform, and the Cult of Domesticity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on how women's role in the campaign against alcohol consumption in 19th-century America reflected the strengths and limitations of the cult of domesticity. Complete set of resources for a comprehensive study.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Spacecraft Design: Beat the Heat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
To understand the challenges of satellite construction, student teams design and create model spacecraft to protect vital components from the harsh conditions found on Mercury and Venus. They use slices of butter in plastic eggs to...
Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1922 Award Ceremony Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature Presentation Speech, through which Per Hallstrom discusses and praises the elements and strengths of Benavente's dramas.
Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: Informal Assessment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Administering informal assessments on a regular basis throughout the school year provides useful information that can help teachers to identify the individual strengths and weaknesses of each student and guide the next steps in...
Handout
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Bonds Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial on covalent bonds and intermolecular forces. A good summary weak forces, including Van der Waals forces and an excellent illustration showing the relative strengths of different forces and bonds.
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Other

Hoagies' Gifted: Gifted but Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn how to identify students who are both learning disabled and gifted and help keep them interested in class activities, prevent them from falling behind, and encourage them to explore and demonstrate their academic and creative...
Website
Mind Tools

Mind Tools: How Creative Are You?

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know how creative you are? Take this quiz and find comprehensive and personalized answers to find your creative strengths and weaknesses.
Article
Leaf Group

E How: How to Write a Business Analysis Paper

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
This article by Sam Ashe-Edmunds explains how to write a business analysis paper, an in-depth look at a business or company in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, finances, employment, and attaining goals.
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Sample Persuasive Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson asks students to identify the strengths of Eisenhower's persuasive speech about military spending. A link to the audio version of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's speech "Chance for Peace" on April 16, 1953.
Article
Other

Luis E. Romero: Solving Complex Problems With the 11 Laws of Systems Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Systems thinking is the key to solving complex problems and achieving simplicity. Furthermore, by applying systems thinking to different situations, we also start to recognize the existence of universal patterns of behavior in business...
Article
Leaf Group

E How: How to Write a Self Assessment & Reflection Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
This article by Kara Page explains how to write a self-assessment and reflection paper. W.9-10.9 Analysis/Reflection/Research
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Other

Analytic Technologies: Manual for Working in Teams

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Basic information on communicating in teams. Explains that you must get to know your teammates and their individual strengths and weaknesses. Discusses setting goals, having a structure for different responsibilities, and having meetings.