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animal families/ categories |
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After a trip to the Alum Rock Park (or other presentation). Students will write an expository paragraph about one of the animal types they saw and the features and habitat of this animal. Students will also creat a diorama or picture depicting their animal in its habitat. Students will then share their knowledge with the class.... |
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Geometry Media presentations |
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Mathematics,Arts,English Language Arts,technology |
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6 |
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The students work in teams to create a multimedia project to demonstrate their understanding of geometric concepts. This project can be the application of angles or the volume or a sphere or data sets. The students must complete an indivdual essay to submit at the conclusion of the project but the majority of the work is as a small team collecting and cataloging data and putting it into a presentation of their creation.... |
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Biomes and a voki video |
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Science,Arts,English Language Arts |
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2,3 |
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The students will research one biome (either ocean, rainforest, desert, or forest). They will fill out a fact sheet that they will later use to create a paragraph. Then, they will use voki.com to create an avatar and video about their biome. Lastly, the students will do an art project based on their biome and the animals that live in it.... |
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Midnight Ride Translation |
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Arts,English Language Arts,History-Social Science |
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5 |
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Students listen to a recitation of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, then take a stanza from the poem, rewrite it into 5th grade language, illustrate both the original and translated versions. Students then do a round-robin oral reading of both the original and translated versions.... |
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Ralph's House |
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Arts,English Language Arts |
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3,4 |
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Students will read the book, The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Clearly. Towards the end of the book, students will build a house for Ralph the mouse.... |
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Title: |
Sustainable Community 1 of 20 |
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Mathematics,Science,Arts,English Language Arts,History-Social Science |
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5,6,7,8 |
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This is a 20 day, integrated, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) unit focused on teaching middle school students the importance of creating sustainable communities and how to do so. The students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the persuasive writing genre by by using technology to create online posters, brochures, videos, essays and websites.... |
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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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Antique Roadshow of American History |
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Arts,English Language Arts,History-Social Science,technology |
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5 |
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Description: |
Have an amazing navigational tool from the 15th century hanging around your attic? How about a tool used by a forefather from the 1700's colonial America? Bring it on down to the Antique roadshow. Have an appraiser check it out, give the history of the item, and estimate its value. Be prepared to know your own history though, the appraisers want to know the history behind how you obtained the object and what you know about it! ... |
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