This three-week project aims to teach 6th grade students about figurative language. Students will create an accordion book identifying different elements of figurative language. They will also compose poetry using figurative language and present their poetry at a school-wide event. The project addresses English standards on narrative analysis and figurative language in poetry. Students will work collaboratively and critically think about identifying figurative language in various mediums. Their work will be assessed through presentations, accordion books, and a class poetry book.
End Date:
Week 1: Students pair up and choose a novel to read together. Students begin reading and discussing novel.
Week 2: Students continue reading and discussing novel. Students watch movie trailers as examples. Students create movie trailer for favorite movie.
Week 3: Students finish reading novel. Students begin writing script for book trailer in 3rd person omniscient.
Week 4: Students continue revising and editing script. Students rehearse script. Students record voice over and add images/music if desired.
Week 5: Students finish editing book trailer. Students present book trailers to class for feedback. Students upload book trailers to e-blogger.
Week
This one-month project involves 6th grade students documenting their local San Pedro community. Students will work in teams to plan and capture images, drawings, and video that represent different areas of San Pedro. Each student will also write a descriptive essay about their experience. The goal is for students to create a walking tour that brings their town to life for outsiders. Students will learn writing strategies, public speaking, and collaboration skills. They will present their documentation of San Pedro through an art or media presentation and submit individual descriptive essays.
The project involves students learning about percentages through a shopping simulation over 5 weeks. Students will learn to calculate percentages, sales tax, discounts, interest rates, and tips. They will work in groups to present their understanding each week and go on a field trip to the mall to apply their skills. The teacher will provide lessons, activities, and assessments to help students meet the math standards and successfully complete their culminating presentations and tasks.
This 10-week chemistry project challenges students to create a game that teaches about the periodic table in an entertaining way. Students will investigate elements, atomic structure, masses, and how atoms interact through activities. They will present their games to the class and get feedback from others outside of class. The goal is for students to understand why elements are arranged the way they are in the periodic table.
Howard County Secondary Language Arts...bridiejones
Mary's unit plan introduces a 12-week unit on folklore and legends. The unit includes stations for students to learn about different types of folklore, viewing a movie to compare versions of Little Red Riding Hood, and having students create their own folklore projects. Lessons incorporate technology, group work, and storytelling activities. The unit aims to help students understand how folklore preserves cultural history through oral tradition.
This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching English as a second language to elementary school students in Quebec. It covers 10 lessons to be taught over January and February on various topics including writing, show and tell, listening, Valentine's Day, and the Winter Olympics. Each lesson lists objectives, competencies, activities, materials, and assessments. Appendices include visual aids and worksheets to support the lessons.
Students will create an animated fairy tale in teams over 4 weeks. They will develop characters from a made-up or real culture and tell an original story, explain a moral, or provide a mythical explanation. Students will present their animated tales which can be cartoon, live action, or a book video. They will be assessed on their collaboration, oral presentation, and critical thinking skills through peer and self-evaluations as well as practice presentations.
Lesson plan for teaching of symbolism (wuthering Heights) Mugilan Manokaran
1. The lesson plan aims to teach students about symbolism in the novel Wuthering Heights.
2. Students will work individually and in pairs to identify symbols from the novel and explain their meanings.
3. Activities include analyzing pictures, completing worksheets on symbolism, and presenting their interpretations of symbols in a shield design. The lesson aims to improve students' understanding of symbolism and develop their speaking skills.
End Date:
Week 1: Students pair up and choose a novel to read together. Students begin reading and discussing novel.
Week 2: Students continue reading and discussing novel. Students watch movie trailers as examples. Students create movie trailer for favorite movie.
Week 3: Students finish reading novel. Students begin writing script for book trailer in 3rd person omniscient.
Week 4: Students continue revising and editing script. Students rehearse script. Students record voice over and add images/music if desired.
Week 5: Students finish editing book trailer. Students present book trailers to class for feedback. Students upload book trailers to e-blogger.
Week
This one-month project involves 6th grade students documenting their local San Pedro community. Students will work in teams to plan and capture images, drawings, and video that represent different areas of San Pedro. Each student will also write a descriptive essay about their experience. The goal is for students to create a walking tour that brings their town to life for outsiders. Students will learn writing strategies, public speaking, and collaboration skills. They will present their documentation of San Pedro through an art or media presentation and submit individual descriptive essays.
The project involves students learning about percentages through a shopping simulation over 5 weeks. Students will learn to calculate percentages, sales tax, discounts, interest rates, and tips. They will work in groups to present their understanding each week and go on a field trip to the mall to apply their skills. The teacher will provide lessons, activities, and assessments to help students meet the math standards and successfully complete their culminating presentations and tasks.
This 10-week chemistry project challenges students to create a game that teaches about the periodic table in an entertaining way. Students will investigate elements, atomic structure, masses, and how atoms interact through activities. They will present their games to the class and get feedback from others outside of class. The goal is for students to understand why elements are arranged the way they are in the periodic table.
Howard County Secondary Language Arts...bridiejones
Mary's unit plan introduces a 12-week unit on folklore and legends. The unit includes stations for students to learn about different types of folklore, viewing a movie to compare versions of Little Red Riding Hood, and having students create their own folklore projects. Lessons incorporate technology, group work, and storytelling activities. The unit aims to help students understand how folklore preserves cultural history through oral tradition.
This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching English as a second language to elementary school students in Quebec. It covers 10 lessons to be taught over January and February on various topics including writing, show and tell, listening, Valentine's Day, and the Winter Olympics. Each lesson lists objectives, competencies, activities, materials, and assessments. Appendices include visual aids and worksheets to support the lessons.
Students will create an animated fairy tale in teams over 4 weeks. They will develop characters from a made-up or real culture and tell an original story, explain a moral, or provide a mythical explanation. Students will present their animated tales which can be cartoon, live action, or a book video. They will be assessed on their collaboration, oral presentation, and critical thinking skills through peer and self-evaluations as well as practice presentations.
Lesson plan for teaching of symbolism (wuthering Heights) Mugilan Manokaran
1. The lesson plan aims to teach students about symbolism in the novel Wuthering Heights.
2. Students will work individually and in pairs to identify symbols from the novel and explain their meanings.
3. Activities include analyzing pictures, completing worksheets on symbolism, and presenting their interpretations of symbols in a shield design. The lesson aims to improve students' understanding of symbolism and develop their speaking skills.
Rethinking mobile – transforming enterprise mobility beyond mobile unified co...Julie O'Hara
Rethinking mobile – transforming enterprise mobility beyond mobile unified communications. Roy Timor-Rousso, GM Kandy and CEO, fring presents on the current state of mobile transformation.
This document provides background information on Jane Austen and her novel Pride and Prejudice. It discusses that Austen was born in 1775 and focused her writing on England's social life of the middle and upper classes. She was keenly observant of human behavior and portrayed traits realistically. The document also outlines the social class structure of the time period, including the aristocracy, gentry, and servants. Further, it notes that women had few rights and their main choices were to marry, remain single, or become a governess. The document concludes with a brief overview of some key themes in Pride and Prejudice such as marriage, class, and appearance versus reality.
As a general rule we should strive to use the right tool for the job. If you find yourself installing an IDE on a production server just to search your log files for a particular piece of text, then you’ve probably chosen the wrong tool.
The modern IDE can be an excellent tool for day-to-day developer duties, but we do not solely write code; we also have to do analysis, testing, support, etc. For these we should be looking at more focused tools, and occasionally we may need to build our own. Sometimes the right tool is not readily accessible and we have to weigh up whether (ab)using the wrong tool may in fact be the more efficient choice.
This session takes a look at a variety of both command-line and GUI tools that have proved to be useful to the speaker time-and-time again. Most of the examples will come from the areas of build automation, testing and support with a few wildcards thrown in for good measure. Text editors will not be discussed for obvious reasons.
Readers already familiar with the C Vu column “In the Toolbox” should find familiarity in the subject matter without an overwhelming sense of déjà vu.
This document provides background information on Jane Austen and her novel Pride and Prejudice. It discusses that Austen was born in 1775 and focused her writing on England's social life of the middle and upper classes. She observed human behavior and traits realistically. The document also outlines the social class structure of 18th century England and expectations for women at that time, which were largely centered around marriage. Finally, it summarizes some key themes in Pride and Prejudice such as marriage, class, and the tension between appearance and reality.
The document discusses how business owners should focus on their strengths by calculating their hourly worth, analyzing how they spend their time, outsourcing non-essential tasks, and taking action to focus on generating revenue using their strengths rather than wasting time on support functions. It provides worksheets to help readers determine their target income, current time allocation, and hourly rate needed to achieve financial goals in order to make decisions about delegating responsibilities.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
This document provides background information on Jane Austen and her novel Pride and Prejudice. It discusses that Austen was born in 1775 and focused her writing on England's social life of the middle and upper classes. She was keenly observant of human behavior and portrayed traits realistically. The document also outlines the social class structure of the time period, including the aristocracy, gentry, and servants. Finally, it summarizes some of the important themes in Pride and Prejudice such as marriage, class, and the challenges of overcoming pride and prejudice.
Rethinking mobile – transforming enterprise mobility beyond mobile unified co...Julie O'Hara
This document discusses enterprise mobility and mobile communication from a user experience perspective. It argues that enterprise users are also consumers who expect a seamless, unified experience across work and personal domains without having to make choices about what applications or devices to use. New technologies like WebRTC, cloud platforms, and software-as-a-service can enable this by facilitating robust communication and easy switching between domains. The document presents Genband Kandy as a potential solution that provides communication features and APIs to developers to build applications that deliver a unified, optimal user experience for enterprise mobility.
1. Utilities currently evaluate energy storage based on its net market value within traditional utility planning models and valuation frameworks that focus on costs and today's markets. However, better matching of storage technologies to grid services could unlock more value for ratepayers.
2. High renewable penetration will require increased grid flexibility that can be provided by flexible resources like energy storage. Future cost reductions and operational experience with storage will help reduce costs and make storage more competitive for renewable integration.
3. There is uncertainty around the optimal amount of energy storage investment given uncertainty in future cost reductions for storage technologies. A range of cost scenarios can help identify the timing and least-cost strategies for procuring energy storage.
MAP Edu is developing an app called MAP to help college students efficiently select courses and schedule classes to graduate on time. The app will integrate university course data, assignments, study guides and social features. It aims to solve the problems of information overload and inefficient path to graduation faced by many students. The company sees potential in viral marketing, partnerships with universities, and multiple revenue streams from advertising, commissions and paid features to support 122 million students in the US, Europe and Asia. Key risks include dependence on university data cooperation and student acceptance of a new tool.
Return on your Investment in EQ-i
The EQ-i ® is the first scientifically validated emotional intelligence tool in the world.
That’s impressive, we agree… but your next question is likely, “but does it work?”
Like most business people, you need to be bottom line focused and show real results in order to get buy-in from your key decision makers and clients.
In other words, you need to prove how the EQ-i will really make a difference in:
• the TRAINING and DEVELOPMENT of your employees,
• the development of your LEADERS, and
• the SELECTION of highly qualified future leaders to your organization
We know what you’re up against. It’s not enough to say that it will work. You need to bring to the table evidence of a clear return on investment; that is: clear statistics and research that link the EQ-i to:
• Higher sales and profits
• Increased performance
• Improved customer satisfaction
• Decreased attrition rates
• Reduction in training costs
In this brief, you'll hear it right from the reputable organizations that have used the EQ-i and gone on to see exceptional performance improvements, and real bottom line results. These success stories go beyond mere testimonials.They give evidence of what you’re looking for: specific, measurable, and scientifically validated results that prove the EQ-i will be your most valuable and successful assessment tool for selecting and developing leaders of tomorrow.
The use of branches within a version control system is a risk management technique. They are commonly used to minimise the risk of unanticipated side-effects when releasing critical changes to production, or to minimise the disruption to developer productivity when making changes to the base product. But branching is not the only means of managing risk and that is what this talk addresses – the forces that drives the use of branches, what are their problems and what are the alternatives.
La Unión Europea ha acordado un paquete de sanciones contra Rusia por su invasión de Ucrania. Las sanciones incluyen restricciones a las importaciones de bienes rusos, la prohibición de transacciones con ciertos bancos rusos y la congelación de activos de oligarcas rusos. Los líderes de la UE esperan que estas medidas disuadan a Rusia de continuar su agresión militar contra Ucrania.
This session looks at applying the same principles and disciplines used in other areas of system development to tame the ever increasing complexity that has arisen from the maturity of the RDBMS. To show how easy it can be to apply TDD/Unit Testing to SQL development, part of the talk will involve coding up a procedure in a test-first manner using a freely available T-SQL based test framework.
Emotional intelligence is defined as “a set of emotional and social skills that influence the way we perceive and express ourselves, develop and maintain social relationships, cope with challenges, and use emotional information in an effective and meaningful way.”
The above definition of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and its application to the Emotional Quotient Inventory
(EQ-i 2.0) reflects one’s overall well-being and ability to succeed at work, in career, and in social and personal life.
Emotional Intelligence at Work and Emotional Intelligence for Leadership are key indicators of high performance in the workplace.
The document discusses ant colony optimization, a nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm. It describes how real ants communicate indirectly via pheromone trails to find the shortest path between their nest and food sources. The algorithm mimics this behavior to solve complex optimization problems like the traveling salesman problem, with artificial "ants" probabilistically building solutions through pheromone-guided movements.
Students created two-sided identity masks representing their personal identity on one side and a chemical element symbolizing their personality on the other. Over four weeks, they learned about atomic structure, the periodic table, and trends to understand which element best represented them. They gave oral and written presentations explaining their masks to classmates and connecting their cultural identity to an element's properties.
Joni Badar Project Planner: Personal Narrative Digital Storybookjxb2739
This 4-week project involves 8th grade English and Social Studies students sharing personal narratives about their cultures, heritages, traditions, and beliefs. Students will work in groups of 4 to incorporate their narratives into digital storybooks, which they will present on International Day to help answer the driving question of how culture builds one's identity. Students will develop skills in writing, presenting, critical thinking, and collaboration. Formative assessments include journaling, peer critiques, and storyboard outlines, while summative assessments are the digital storybooks and presentations. The teacher will provide scaffolding on vocabulary, interview techniques, critiques, and technology tools like Prezi.
This project involves high school Spanish students researching the causes and impacts of pollution and global warming, and how individuals can improve environmental conditions through responsible recycling and disposal practices. Students will create a presentation in Spanish on an environmental topic and write an essay explaining their research. The project aims to teach students about environmental issues while developing their Spanish language skills.
This 3-week project examines whether humans are more alike or different. Students will independently answer the driving question in their electronic portfolios based on lab activities. Content standards address genetics and inherited traits. Students will break into groups to compare physical traits and create a chart of their similarities and differences. Assessments include quizzes, presentations, journals, and an electronic portfolio. The project provides scaffolding to develop an understanding of concepts through inquiry and hands-on activities.
Rethinking mobile – transforming enterprise mobility beyond mobile unified co...Julie O'Hara
Rethinking mobile – transforming enterprise mobility beyond mobile unified communications. Roy Timor-Rousso, GM Kandy and CEO, fring presents on the current state of mobile transformation.
This document provides background information on Jane Austen and her novel Pride and Prejudice. It discusses that Austen was born in 1775 and focused her writing on England's social life of the middle and upper classes. She was keenly observant of human behavior and portrayed traits realistically. The document also outlines the social class structure of the time period, including the aristocracy, gentry, and servants. Further, it notes that women had few rights and their main choices were to marry, remain single, or become a governess. The document concludes with a brief overview of some key themes in Pride and Prejudice such as marriage, class, and appearance versus reality.
As a general rule we should strive to use the right tool for the job. If you find yourself installing an IDE on a production server just to search your log files for a particular piece of text, then you’ve probably chosen the wrong tool.
The modern IDE can be an excellent tool for day-to-day developer duties, but we do not solely write code; we also have to do analysis, testing, support, etc. For these we should be looking at more focused tools, and occasionally we may need to build our own. Sometimes the right tool is not readily accessible and we have to weigh up whether (ab)using the wrong tool may in fact be the more efficient choice.
This session takes a look at a variety of both command-line and GUI tools that have proved to be useful to the speaker time-and-time again. Most of the examples will come from the areas of build automation, testing and support with a few wildcards thrown in for good measure. Text editors will not be discussed for obvious reasons.
Readers already familiar with the C Vu column “In the Toolbox” should find familiarity in the subject matter without an overwhelming sense of déjà vu.
This document provides background information on Jane Austen and her novel Pride and Prejudice. It discusses that Austen was born in 1775 and focused her writing on England's social life of the middle and upper classes. She observed human behavior and traits realistically. The document also outlines the social class structure of 18th century England and expectations for women at that time, which were largely centered around marriage. Finally, it summarizes some key themes in Pride and Prejudice such as marriage, class, and the tension between appearance and reality.
The document discusses how business owners should focus on their strengths by calculating their hourly worth, analyzing how they spend their time, outsourcing non-essential tasks, and taking action to focus on generating revenue using their strengths rather than wasting time on support functions. It provides worksheets to help readers determine their target income, current time allocation, and hourly rate needed to achieve financial goals in order to make decisions about delegating responsibilities.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
This document provides background information on Jane Austen and her novel Pride and Prejudice. It discusses that Austen was born in 1775 and focused her writing on England's social life of the middle and upper classes. She was keenly observant of human behavior and portrayed traits realistically. The document also outlines the social class structure of the time period, including the aristocracy, gentry, and servants. Finally, it summarizes some of the important themes in Pride and Prejudice such as marriage, class, and the challenges of overcoming pride and prejudice.
Rethinking mobile – transforming enterprise mobility beyond mobile unified co...Julie O'Hara
This document discusses enterprise mobility and mobile communication from a user experience perspective. It argues that enterprise users are also consumers who expect a seamless, unified experience across work and personal domains without having to make choices about what applications or devices to use. New technologies like WebRTC, cloud platforms, and software-as-a-service can enable this by facilitating robust communication and easy switching between domains. The document presents Genband Kandy as a potential solution that provides communication features and APIs to developers to build applications that deliver a unified, optimal user experience for enterprise mobility.
1. Utilities currently evaluate energy storage based on its net market value within traditional utility planning models and valuation frameworks that focus on costs and today's markets. However, better matching of storage technologies to grid services could unlock more value for ratepayers.
2. High renewable penetration will require increased grid flexibility that can be provided by flexible resources like energy storage. Future cost reductions and operational experience with storage will help reduce costs and make storage more competitive for renewable integration.
3. There is uncertainty around the optimal amount of energy storage investment given uncertainty in future cost reductions for storage technologies. A range of cost scenarios can help identify the timing and least-cost strategies for procuring energy storage.
MAP Edu is developing an app called MAP to help college students efficiently select courses and schedule classes to graduate on time. The app will integrate university course data, assignments, study guides and social features. It aims to solve the problems of information overload and inefficient path to graduation faced by many students. The company sees potential in viral marketing, partnerships with universities, and multiple revenue streams from advertising, commissions and paid features to support 122 million students in the US, Europe and Asia. Key risks include dependence on university data cooperation and student acceptance of a new tool.
Return on your Investment in EQ-i
The EQ-i ® is the first scientifically validated emotional intelligence tool in the world.
That’s impressive, we agree… but your next question is likely, “but does it work?”
Like most business people, you need to be bottom line focused and show real results in order to get buy-in from your key decision makers and clients.
In other words, you need to prove how the EQ-i will really make a difference in:
• the TRAINING and DEVELOPMENT of your employees,
• the development of your LEADERS, and
• the SELECTION of highly qualified future leaders to your organization
We know what you’re up against. It’s not enough to say that it will work. You need to bring to the table evidence of a clear return on investment; that is: clear statistics and research that link the EQ-i to:
• Higher sales and profits
• Increased performance
• Improved customer satisfaction
• Decreased attrition rates
• Reduction in training costs
In this brief, you'll hear it right from the reputable organizations that have used the EQ-i and gone on to see exceptional performance improvements, and real bottom line results. These success stories go beyond mere testimonials.They give evidence of what you’re looking for: specific, measurable, and scientifically validated results that prove the EQ-i will be your most valuable and successful assessment tool for selecting and developing leaders of tomorrow.
The use of branches within a version control system is a risk management technique. They are commonly used to minimise the risk of unanticipated side-effects when releasing critical changes to production, or to minimise the disruption to developer productivity when making changes to the base product. But branching is not the only means of managing risk and that is what this talk addresses – the forces that drives the use of branches, what are their problems and what are the alternatives.
La Unión Europea ha acordado un paquete de sanciones contra Rusia por su invasión de Ucrania. Las sanciones incluyen restricciones a las importaciones de bienes rusos, la prohibición de transacciones con ciertos bancos rusos y la congelación de activos de oligarcas rusos. Los líderes de la UE esperan que estas medidas disuadan a Rusia de continuar su agresión militar contra Ucrania.
This session looks at applying the same principles and disciplines used in other areas of system development to tame the ever increasing complexity that has arisen from the maturity of the RDBMS. To show how easy it can be to apply TDD/Unit Testing to SQL development, part of the talk will involve coding up a procedure in a test-first manner using a freely available T-SQL based test framework.
Emotional intelligence is defined as “a set of emotional and social skills that influence the way we perceive and express ourselves, develop and maintain social relationships, cope with challenges, and use emotional information in an effective and meaningful way.”
The above definition of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and its application to the Emotional Quotient Inventory
(EQ-i 2.0) reflects one’s overall well-being and ability to succeed at work, in career, and in social and personal life.
Emotional Intelligence at Work and Emotional Intelligence for Leadership are key indicators of high performance in the workplace.
The document discusses ant colony optimization, a nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm. It describes how real ants communicate indirectly via pheromone trails to find the shortest path between their nest and food sources. The algorithm mimics this behavior to solve complex optimization problems like the traveling salesman problem, with artificial "ants" probabilistically building solutions through pheromone-guided movements.
Students created two-sided identity masks representing their personal identity on one side and a chemical element symbolizing their personality on the other. Over four weeks, they learned about atomic structure, the periodic table, and trends to understand which element best represented them. They gave oral and written presentations explaining their masks to classmates and connecting their cultural identity to an element's properties.
Joni Badar Project Planner: Personal Narrative Digital Storybookjxb2739
This 4-week project involves 8th grade English and Social Studies students sharing personal narratives about their cultures, heritages, traditions, and beliefs. Students will work in groups of 4 to incorporate their narratives into digital storybooks, which they will present on International Day to help answer the driving question of how culture builds one's identity. Students will develop skills in writing, presenting, critical thinking, and collaboration. Formative assessments include journaling, peer critiques, and storyboard outlines, while summative assessments are the digital storybooks and presentations. The teacher will provide scaffolding on vocabulary, interview techniques, critiques, and technology tools like Prezi.
This project involves high school Spanish students researching the causes and impacts of pollution and global warming, and how individuals can improve environmental conditions through responsible recycling and disposal practices. Students will create a presentation in Spanish on an environmental topic and write an essay explaining their research. The project aims to teach students about environmental issues while developing their Spanish language skills.
This 3-week project examines whether humans are more alike or different. Students will independently answer the driving question in their electronic portfolios based on lab activities. Content standards address genetics and inherited traits. Students will break into groups to compare physical traits and create a chart of their similarities and differences. Assessments include quizzes, presentations, journals, and an electronic portfolio. The project provides scaffolding to develop an understanding of concepts through inquiry and hands-on activities.
This 10-week project aims to decrease the students' carbon footprint by addressing litter on their school campus. Students will observe how litter affects the school, neighborhood, and local beach. They will conduct cleanups and research how their actions impact the environment. To share their findings, students will create a website and presentations for the school, community, and experts. The goal is for students to understand how to reduce litter so it does not harm the local beach.
This project overview summarizes a 6th grade social studies project on ancient civilizations. Students will study characteristics of early civilizations like Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ancient Greece, India, and China to determine what defines a civilization. They will then design their own ideal civilization and present its characteristics through a format of their choice like a movie, presentation, poster or play. The project addresses social studies standards and aims to develop skills like collaboration, critical thinking and presentation. Students will work in groups and individually to research civilizations, define civilization elements, design their ideal civilization, and present their findings to the class and beyond. Formative and summative assessments include quizzes, practice presentations, and a final group or
Students in a 6th grade history class will design an interactive museum displaying what they have learned about ancient history over the school year. They will act as docents for their exhibits during an evening event where parents and community members will visit as visitors. The students must determine how to best design and display a museum of ancient history for their school to educate others. They will address language arts and presentation skills standards through creating multimedia exhibits and presenting to audiences. Assessments will include practice presentations, peer evaluations, and a summative oral presentation with a rubric.
The project aims to create a genetic profile of the diverse student population at Virgil Middle School over 3 weeks to highlight common traits and promote unity despite diversity using surveys, research, and Punnett squares to predict traits; it will address genetics standards and teach collaboration, critical thinking, and presentation skills through a survey, posters, and presentations showing how genetics can demonstrate unity in the school.
The project aims to create a genetic profile of the diverse student population at Virgil Middle School over 3 weeks to highlight common traits and promote unity despite diversity using surveys, research, and Punnett squares to predict traits; it will address genetics standards and teach collaboration, critical thinking, and presentation skills through a survey, posters, and presentations showing how genetics can demonstrate unity in the school.
This project involves students describing members of their family trees over 2 weeks to build French conversational skills. Students will learn family relationship terms, adjectives to describe physical traits and character, and possessive adjectives. They will create a Prezi incorporating a family tree with descriptions and media interviews. Presentations will be given to classmates and a French sister class. Formative assessments include quizzes, presentations, and a concept map family tree. Summative assessments are an individual Prezi and presentation, as well as a collaborative video presenting family projects.
The project involves students developing a campaign to raise awareness in the community about healthy living and presenting their findings at a Fitness Fair. Over the course of a year, student teams will research how nutrition, physical activity, and other lifestyle factors affect health. They will address content standards on these topics and practice collaboration, critical thinking, and presentation skills. Students will be assessed through tests, presentations, peer and self-evaluations, and a final class exam. The teacher will provide lessons on campaign development, health topics, and presentation skills to support students' work.
This one-month project focuses on the American migration west of the Mississippi River known as Manifest Destiny. Students will read a novel about pioneers' struggles and hardships, and analyze how indigenous populations were affected. They will discuss how the past influences the present. Through group seminars and individual essays/presentations, students will consider whether a new life can be built without understanding one's environment and history. The project integrates English/language arts, history, and 21st century skills like collaboration, critical thinking, and research.
The 3-week project focuses on how traits are passed from parents to offspring through genes. Students will determine genotypes and phenotypes of common traits, create Punnett squares and genetic crosses to illustrate inheritance. The driving question is how traits are passed through gene inheritance. Students will address life science standards on genetics and inclusion of math. Products include a display board and presentation. Formative assessments include quizzes and reviews, while summative assessments consist of a written report and oral presentation with rubrics. Resources and support include after school time, technology, and instruction on research, software, and presentation skills.
The 3-week project focuses on how traits are passed from parents to offspring through genes. Students will determine genotypes and phenotypes of common traits, create Punnett squares and genetic crosses to illustrate inheritance. The driving question is how traits are passed through gene inheritance. Students will address life science standards on genetics and inclusion of math. Products include a display board and presentation. Formative assessments include quizzes and reviews, while summative assessments consist of a written report and oral presentation with rubrics. Resources and support include after school time, technology, and instruction on research, software, and presentation skills.
The project will have students study ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome to determine the key characteristics of civilizations. Students will then work in groups to design their own ideal civilization and present its characteristics through a presentation format of their choice. The goal is for students to understand what makes a civilization and propose what an ideal one would look like.
Students will conduct a survey to collect data from 7th and 8th grade students about what activities and amenities they would like to see in a proposed new community youth center. Students will organize the collected data into graphs, analyze the results, and present their findings and recommendations to administrators and other classes. The project aims to teach students data collection, analysis, and presentation skills while solving the real-world problem of determining the desired components of the new center.
The project involves students designing functioning ecosystems for an artificial biosphere as part of a reality TV show. Students are assigned to design one of seven ecosystems and must research the characteristics and requirements to make it balanced. They will create posters and written reports to propose their ecosystem design. The goal is for students to understand what makes ecosystems balanced through this simulated design project. Students will present their proposals and discuss how to design a completely self-sustaining ecosystem.
The project involves students researching and testing household products to determine the most reliable brands. Students will work in teams to choose a product, design an experiment to test important qualities, perform the experiment, collect data, and present their findings in a Prezi presentation. They will test three examples of a product, exchange with another group to do secondary testing, and compare results. The goal is to answer the driving question: Which consumer products are most reliable? Students will develop skills in collaboration, critical thinking, and presentation while learning content in science, math, and writing.
Students will research significant events from the past 5 years that have impacted their lives. They will analyze how the events caused changes and will connect their findings to their own experiences. Students will work in groups to research, interview, analyze data, and create a presentation on their topic. Their presentation can be a breaking news report, panel discussion, speech, or public service announcement to share with their class and school community.
This biology project focuses on teaching students about protein synthesis through a case study approach. Students will work in groups to diagnose a genetic disorder by analyzing physiological symptoms and family history. They will present their diagnosis and treatment plan to fellow medical interns. The project aims to engage students by having them take on roles as medical interns and apply their understanding of protein synthesis and genetics to real-life medical scenarios.