Shopping “Around” with Venn – 5005
School: Brookland Middle School Instructor: Elizabeth D. Layne Summary Shopping is definitely one place that students in Geometry classes do not expect to use set …
CategoryComm/Collab – Dev
Hot Coffee, Anyone??
Submitted by: Amy Stills School: The Academy at Virginia Randolph Summary Students in Business Law have already discussed the differences between rules and laws and …
Historic Marker Civil War Project – 5314
Summary The teacher discussed the Virginia Historical Highway Markers web page that is a part of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources website. The teacher …
Semester Science Review
Summary In groups of three, students chose a topic from the science curriculum that was taught during the first semester. Students individually researched their sub-topics, …
Independent Living Career Project – 5313
Summary After completing a survey on the VA View Career Clusters website (http://www.vaview.vt.edu/68/) to determine each students’ interests, a career from the VA View webpage …
Don’t Get Eaten!
Summary Students created their own blogs about an animal of their choice using Instablogg and a variety of other web tools. Topics included on the …
Animal Research Projects
Summary This lesson was designed to enhance cross curriculum skills. Oral Language, Reading, Writing, Science, and Technology SOLs were all met throughout this class project. …
Design Your Very Own Restaurant – 5828
Summary Summary: Students work in groups of 4-5 to create their own restaurant. They will determine the type of restaurant (i.e. family, fast food, fine …
Traits of a Good Citizen
Summary The object of the lesson is for students to recognize and demonstrate the character traits of a good citizen. After a discussion of what …
WHAT’S UP WITH THE CABINET – 5307
Summary This lesson can be taught as an extension activity to the National Government Unit or with the Executive Branch Unit. After the class has …