Saving the World with Circular Measurements
Summary This lesson involves the hypothetical destruction of Richmond, Virginia, due to a nuclear weapon and the impending zombie apocalypse that occurs because of this …
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A Race of Monumental Proportions
Summary As an introduction and hook for the lesson, the students use the ActivPrompt tool to predict the location of their teacher on the Monument …
Creating a Digital Museum Exhibit
Summary In this lesson, each student puts himself/herself into the shoes of a museum curator. The teacher provides the students with a variety of primary …
Media and the Spanish American War
Summary In this lesson, students analyze internet memes in order to discuss the elements that combine to create persuasive media. After this lesson on persuasiveness, …
Eat This, Not That!
Summary In this lesson, students assume the role of author/editor working for a publishing company that has been given the assignment to work on the …
The Great Solar Oven Cook-Off!
Summary The goal of this lesson is for each group of students to create a solar oven that sufficiently cooks a hot dog (the target …
Football and Integers
Summary In this lesson/performance task, the students use mathematics to analyze the first half of a football game. Students assume the role of announcers who …
Evaluating Effective Leadership
Submitted by: Carlos Seward Collaborators: William Berry (ITRT) School: Moody Middle School Summary In this lesson, the students use a GoogleDoc to decide on group …
Presidential Hats – Evaluating the Roles of the Executive Branch
Summary In this lesson, students familiarize themselves with the creation of rubrics, create a rubric to evaluate the President of the United States, and …
Soda Bottle Rocket Reflection
Submitted by: Marivic Mitchell Collaborators: William Berry (ITRT) School: Moody Middle School Summary Before this lesson, the students built model rockets out of two liter …