“I Side With” – A Twist on the Classic KWL Learning Strategy
Emily Pierce, Deep Run High School Summary An essential ingredient of a democratic society is an informed electorate. In US Government classes, students are exposed …
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Great Expectations “Selfies” – 8087
Amanda Dickey, Deep Run High School Summary English 9 students are asked to choose a scenario from the novel Great Expectations that will be used …
Crime Alert!
Summary Public awareness is essential to preventing crime. In this lesson, students will collaborate as part of a group to create a public service announcement …
REAL to REEL – 7566
Summary Students learning about World War II will create a 1940s style newsreel video to teach others about the important events of WWII. They will …
High Speed Balloon Pop – 8085
Karen Gage, Deep Run High School Summary The high speed balloon pop is a student-driven investigation and demonstration of high speed photography and the use …
Graphing a Line – 7567
Summary Sometimes the best way to learn is to teach. In this lesson students were given the task of creating a presentation on solving linear …
Book Report Movie Trailers – 7281
Summary During this lesson students worked independently to create a trailer to advertise the book that they read for their 9 week book report. This …
Cooperative Cardinals – 7482
Summary Our principal informed us that some primary students needed help learning how to work together and enlisted the 2nd graders to create ways to …
Think like a Botanist – 7484
Summary Students selected and collaboratively researched a plant of interest located in a specific region of the United States using Google Docs and Drawing. Students …
What’s your Pedigree? – 8172
Summary This assignment is designed to allow students to answer the authentic question “How can a pedigree be used to make predictions for the inheritance …