From Book to Movie: Creative Editing in the 21st Century – 5679
Summary The Lord of the Rings. The Hunger Games. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. In the last decade, juvenile and teen fiction novels have …
CategoryMiddle School
Real World Solids – 5381
Submitted by: Jane Williams Collaborators: Joy McDonald, ITRT School: Hungary Creek Middle Summary This lesson focuses on real world uses of three dimensional shapes by …
Element Survivor
Summary What elements do we need to survive? Element Survivor was designed to provide students with the opportunity to answer that very question. Students individually …
CSI: Body Systems
Summary The students will be learning about body systems and diseases that affect the body systems, through the investigation of 4 mock crime scenes. The …
Eradicating Differences
Summary The lesson was designed to have students use research and collaboration to connect themes and ideas from literature, history, and their present day experiences …
Rock the Ages: The Journey – 5078
Summary Rock the Ages: The Journey is a creative, open-ended, collaborative project that challenged students with conceptualizing “the journey” of a rock travelling through …
Math, Community and Persuasion: Blending student-centered and problem based learning – 5378 and 6304
Submitted by: Emily Roberts, Abby Hughes and Corbin Wright Collaborators: Joy McDonald, ITRT School: Hungary Creek Middle Summary Many schools in the New York/New Jersey …
Calling All Entrepreneurs! – 5380
Submitted by: Lakisha Greenhow Collaborators: Joy McDonald, ITRT School: Hungary Creek Middle Summary The goal of the lesson is to ignite each student’s fire in …
Water Conservation – 5317
Summary First 45 minute lesson – Students conducted research on conservation and ecology topics. Students listed 5 facts about conservation and ecology and then shared …
Chicago Tourist Brochure – Things Not Seen – 5306
Summary While reading Things Not Seen by Andrew Clement, students had to research the setting of the novel, Chicago, Illinois, to become tour guides. Before …