Story Buddies – #7761
Summary Learning is defined as the acquiring of knowledge, while teaching is defined as the imparting of knowledge. In this lesson, students transition from the …
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My Musical Heritage – 7733
Summary Every year I try to find a theme that incorporates open- ended, thought-provoking musical concepts to share with my students. This year I wanted …
The Hunger Games Dilemma – 7728
Summary While watching The Hunger Games movie, I realized there was an abundance of genetically engineered and genetically modified organisms (GE/GMOs). Since GE/GMO’s are part …
The Great Energy Debate – 7725
Summary Lesson Website: www.tinyurl.com/thegreatenergydebate (containing all lesson materials) Energy: it powers our lives. We use energy to power our schools, cars, homes and so much more. What …
Heir to the Throne – 7720
Summary For this mini project, the students were tasked with creating their very own “Royal Family” and asked to answer the essential question, “How is …
Geometry All Around Us – 7734
Summary Lesson Website: http://tinyurl.com/causey21 (containing all lesson materials) As a culminating activity for the first semester, students were given the opportunity to apply real world applications of …
Es Una Fiesta! – 7732
Summary Lesson Website: http://tinyurl.com/esunafiesta (containing all lesson materials) Students in Mrs. Christian’s Spanish class have been commissioned to design a fancy Evite-like website composed entirely in Spanish inviting …
Dichotomy is Key – 7726
Summary This mini-project empowered students to work in collaborative groups with the goal of making their own “Personalized Dichotomous Key.” The first step of the …
Hero Websites – 7848
Summary Who is your hero? Sixth graders were given the opportunity to explore and research their favorite heroes through their Literature Wheel classes (students rotated …
And the Oscar for Best Costume Goes To… – 7736
Summary Coinciding with a field trip to the “once in a lifetime” exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, students in Art 8 studied, …