Baby Blogging – 8162
Summary This blogging project facilitates students in an authentic task, experiencing early childhood development learning as they journal their “child’s” growth from birth to 6 …
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Living Wax Museum – 7088
Summary Students embarked on this project after learning about various famous people for social studies (famous Americans, world explorers, and people of influence). Student choice …
Contemporary Art Sculptures – 7809
Summary Students work together in groups of 4-5. As a product of the lesson, students create a sculpture that represents the style of a contemporary …
The Perfect Pumpkin Package – 7085
Summary Students are presented with the following problem: A classmate has moved away to a location where pumpkins cannot grow. You have to decide how …
Proliferating Student Awareness of PSAs
Summary The class discussed the history and purpose of Public Service Announcements (PSAs). On the web, we searched for some examples of PSAs. We discussed …
Shoes for Haiti – 8321
Summary “There’s a tendency to think that young designers only do fantasy fashion, but I’m more interested in making clothes that women can afford.”(Alexander Wang). …
Animal Research – 7090
Summary Kindergarteners began the inquiry process by picking an animal they wanted to learn more about. Students wrote a 3 to 5 sentence description about …
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 …
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 …
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 …