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Test Taking as a Genre |
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Test Taking Strategies |
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Many educators have acknowledged test taking as a genre. Students should be taught test taking strategies and skills as standardized tests expect students to demonstrate knowledge in a very specific way. These series of lessons provide opportunities for teachers to work with students on test taking strategies, skills, and reading for a purpose.... |
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The Giving Tree |
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English Language Arts |
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3,4,5,6 |
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Students will express their understanding of the message in Th Giving Tree, and will give a heartfelt give to a person/people in need.... |
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iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch - hands-on science |
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Mathematics,Science,Career Technical Education |
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3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
PASCO is pleased to announce real-time data collection and analysis on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad--for the flexibility of science--anytime, anywhere. SPARKvue for iPhone, available now in the App Store, supports a wide range of displays and analysis tools:
Graphs
Digits
Meters
Statistics
SPARKvue recognizes the onboard acceleration sensor, so you take that sensor with you wherever you go. No extra sensors, no big boxes. Just you and your iPhone or iPod Touch--and the roller coaster. Amusement Park Physics Days are revolutionized!
http://www.pasco.com/featured-products/sparkvue-for-iphone/index.cfm... |
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Anti-Smoking Lesson |
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Science,Physical Education |
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3,4,5,6 |
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Description: |
This is an easy lesson that helps students appreciate how healthy lungs allow them to enjoy many things in life that they take for granted. It is a good activity for Red Ribbon Week.... |
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Title: |
Sureally Magritte - |
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Arts,English Language Arts |
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3,4,5,6 |
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Description: |
Students will understand:
1) how to identify and describe characteristics of abstract (surrealist) works of art.
2) compare and contrast selected works of art and describe them, using appropriate vocabulary of art.
3) how to create an expressive abstract composition based on real objects.
Student will be able to create a multiple-paragraph art critique (expository composition) that includes a topic, important ideas, details, transitional expressions that link one paragraph to another and a concluding paragraph.... |
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Title: |
STEMposium Video Contest |
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Mathematics,Science,Engineering, Technology,STEM |
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K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
*Special opportunity for Silicon Valley Teachers! The first 10 teachers to contact STEMposium have the chance to receive a Flipcam & free workshop in creating 1 minute STEMposium videos for themselves and their class.*
Empower your students to brainstorm their own innovations and improvements for Science, Technology, Engineering or Math education - help them enter the STEMposium contest.
STEMposium is a video contest open to students and teachers. Our contest is looking for great STEM teaching and learning innovations. Ideas can be as focused as a new way to solve a math problem and as encompassing as a new STEM school design. $25,000 in prizes will awarded to the top ideas and entering is easy. Submit you and your student's videos at www.STEMposium.org.
To learn more about the contest, visit www.STEMposium.org or email STEMposium@encorpsteachers.org. ... |
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Title: |
Group Huddle |
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Mathematics,Science,Foreign Languages,English Language Arts,English Language Development,History-Social Science |
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3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
A fun and interactive way for students to review key concepts and/or prepare for a test.... |
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Title: |
I am a Mathematician |
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Mathematics |
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Grade: |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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This project has students create electronic math portfolios. Students will complete a task at the end of each math unit that will document and assess their learning. These 20 tasks will be shared with the other students. Each task will also be saved to a portfolio so that at the end of the year there will be 20 tasks in the portfolio (one for each math topic). The beginning tasks involve taking a photo of the completed task. Later tasks involve taking a photo and recording an explanation of how the task was completed. (Note: My plans were designed with my first graders in mind. Teachers of other grade levels can make the tech aspect more complex.)... |
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Title: |
book commercials |
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English Language Arts |
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Grade: |
3,4,5,6 |
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Description: |
Students will pick a favorite book and craft a written script for a book commercial the student will film. to be uploaded to a site that other students can view. ... |
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Title: |
muffin pizza |
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English Language Arts,English Language Development,cooking |
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Grade: |
K,1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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Description: |
Students make a heathy personal pizza using English muffin, pizza sauce, oil, cheese slice, and heathy toppings.... |
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Title: |
Geometric Art |
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Mathematics,Arts |
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Grade: |
2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
Students will make geometric art using lines to create a unique design that has produced various quadrilaterals. Depending on age or differenciation for students this activity can include some, all or more of the math vocabulary listed above. Modification of this assignment makes a fun art activity that reinforces math vocabulary and teaches measuring skills.
Materials can be crayons, oil pastels, colored pencils or even chalk. Construction paper to fine art paper depending on budget limitations.... |
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Title: |
Hot Turtles |
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Science |
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Grade: |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
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Description: |
Students use pond temperature sensors and the Peterson Nature Area deep pond camera to correlate the appearance of turtles with the temperature of the water. Five species of turtles live in the Nature Area. There are sensors every 3 feet down into the pond.... |
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Title: |
Action Irregular Verb Charades |
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English Language Arts,Grammar |
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Pre-K,K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 |
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Description: |
Students learn the tenses of action irregular verbs through a class competition of charades. This lesson has been created for eighth grade instruction, but it can be modified for all grades. ... |
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Title: |
Merging Ahead |
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Career Technical Education |
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Grade: |
3,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
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Description: |
Merging Ahead is an online educational resource for students, teachers and parents. This site is a collection of different technology class offerings and their agendas, hot links to educational websites, handouts for technology lessons, curriculum notes and other online resources.... |
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