Virginia’s First People – Past & Present
Summary After completing our unit on Virginia’s native people, students chose a current Indian tribe of Virginia to research in self-selected groups. This correlates with …
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Media Literacy and PSAs – 5308
Summary As part of the Media Literacy mini-unit, students had previously gathered data and learned about the different types of media (billboards, commercials, newspaper ads, …
Liquid Volume Recipes
Summary In this lesson students conducted research to identify liquid volume measurements in recipes, then they followed a recipe for trail mix to practice measuring …
Map Creation Project
Summary To understand the purpose of maps and the elements included in them, students were presented with a “real life” map-building scenario. The students had …
Cosmic Research Project
Summary In this lesson, while participating in novel study activities, students brainstorm and identify topics related to or mentioned in the novel Cosmic. Examples of …
Human Body Systems – 6804
Submitted by: Jane Selden School: J.R. Tucker High School Summary Student groups created Prezi presentations on major human body systems in order to teach information …
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 …
Save Our Oceans
Summary Grade 5 students chose an endangered species from a list of thirteen ocean animals. They worked with their groups to create a website checklist …
Persuasive Political Ads
Summary In this lesson, students will use research skills taught in a previous class to create a political ad for/against one of the presidential candidates. …
The World is Flat – 6803
Submitted by: Judie Fischer School: J.R. Tucker High School Summary This project was designed to make students aware of the big picture and the real …