After playing a video clip of the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, just after he was 'given brains' and he mentions how the Pythagorean Theorem works have students look for precision in his statement.  This site helps you challenge students to be critical mathematicians and make the Scarecrow's statement more precise.  A link to the video clip is embedded on the page.

"How to Teach Nature Journaling" by John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygren (2020) is a free PDF curriculum guide to support educators as they model and teach science thinking by keeping a nature journal. The benefits of nature journaling are that it helps students to:
• slow down and pay attention
• wonder and ask questions
• supporting creativity and critical thinking skills
• by seeing themselves as scientists, engaging in authentic science inquiry
• nurturing a connection with nature
• building equity”
(p. 7 of How to Teach Nature Journaling by Law and Muir, 2020)

In this course, learners will be introduced to employment-related functions and practices healthcareorganizations utilize to develop and maintain an effective workforce while complying with local/federallaws. Multiple times of media and assessment are utilized throughout this course-project/case study based.  

This video tutorial will help you identify effective formative practices. In order to improve student outcomes, it is essential that educators understand what the formative assessment process is and the characteristics of effective formative assessment practices.

History teacher Jodi Hoard, leads her 6th grade students through a close reading of an informational text and models how to find key ideas and details within it. She builds off of previous text annotation skills students' have and introduces a graphic organizer where they can record important information while reading.

Digital Literacy and Responsibility. The student will learn new skills for using technology in productive, creative, and responsible ways. They will use the skills to help themselves and others in their world to make good decisions about technology. (Description taken from site, retrieved on May,3, 2016)

Biology entire year curriculum which allows students to develop their own driving questions which address NGSS standards and will lead them through their learning via collaborative groups of peers. There are six different storylines that cover a year long high school Biology course. The activities are designed for all students and are culturally-responsive. The lesson plans are free for educators, and the materials required are designed to be economically feasible for all students and school's with limited resources. There is also a Facebook working group called Illinois Biology Storylines Group which is also very beneficial for educators to share information about activities.

The resource provides a summary of mathematical practices and questions to develop mathematical thinking related to that practice standard. Also includes what it looks like in planning and delivery, elements to keep in mind when determining learning experiences, and teacher actions that further the development of math practices within students

"The Right Question Institute’s “Why Vote?” Tool is used to foster a strong sense of urgency to vote. Voting is framed as a self-advocacy role students can and will want to play. Whether students can or cannot yet vote, they will:

Understand the connection between specific public services they rely on or issues they care about and the role of elected officials
Name for themselves the importance of voting
Ask questions using the Question Formulation Technique (QFT)
Explore ways (in addition to voting) that people can take action and advocate for public services they rely on or issues they care about
This lesson plan is designed to bring elements of the ‘Why Vote’ Tool into the classroom and can be used in remote, hybrid, or fully in person settings."

This resource allows students to record and track their data for multiple formative and summative assessments related to inferencing.

This Demonstration shows the instantaneous rate of change for different x values for polynomial functions of degree 2, 3, or 4, an exponential function, and a logistic function.

Dynamic Earth is an interactive Web site where students can learn about the structure of the earth, the movements of its tectonic plates, as well as the forces that create mountains, valleys, volcanoes, and earthquakes.

The first section focuses on the layers that make up the earth — from the thin crust on the surface all the way down to the metallic core at the very center. Next, the interactive explores the concept of plate tectonics — the well-accepted theory that states the earth is broken up into about a dozen separate plates that are in constant motion. Students will learn the names of the tectonic plates and will be able to identify whether certain plates are moving toward, spreading apart from, or sliding past each other. Finally, students will learn how mountains and other structures and earthquakes and other major geological events are caused by the slipping, sliding, and colliding of tectonic plates.

Learning about the earth is an important topic for students of all ages. Global warming is a pressing social and environmental concern; to address this problem, students must become informed citizens. The Dynamic Earth interactive presents science concepts that every student needs to learn to better understand forces within our planet.

What coins are in the bank? This 3 Act Task by Graham Fletcher begins with a short video. Coins are added to a bank that totals the value of the coins. Some of the coins and values are hidden as he adds them to the bank. First students make observations and estimates to begin determining which coins could be in the bank to total $1.00. Students then use images of the types of coins used and how many total coins are in the bank. Students are estimating, determining values of coins, problem solving, and adding, to determine coins in the bank.

This activity allows students to act as historians. The student will analyze various primary documents to determine the cause of "The Starving Time" in Jamestown, Virginia. Once the students have analyzed the sources, they will be asked to write a paragraph to explain their conclusion.

These resources regarding the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II highlight the story of internment and redress through two collections at HSP - the Iwata Family Papers and the papers of Philadelphia activist Sumiko Kobayashi, that represent the experience of internees who were relocated, and those who led in the movement for redress.

Statue of Chief Justice John Marshall outside the West entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.Photo caption
Statue of Chief Justice John Marshall outside the West entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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"It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is."

—Chief Justice John Marshall, in Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Who was the most influential American of the founding era of the United States: George Washington, due to his military and political achievements? Thomas Jefferson, for the Declaration of Independence and the acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase? James Madison, for his "writing" of the Constitution and subsequent service in the House of Representatives, as Secretary of State, and President? Or might it be John Marshall, who served as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for 34 years, longer than any other Chief Justice, and whose ground-breaking decisions still affect the lives of every American?

This lesson is designed to help students understand Marshall's strategy in issuing his decision, the significance of the concept of judicial review, and the lasting significance of this watershed case.
What is the proper role of the Supreme Court regarding laws passed by Congress and state legislatures?
How has the establishment of judicial review shaped the power of the Supreme Court in U.S. history?
To what extent does the Supreme Court establish laws?
Explain the role and responsibilities of the Supreme Court with regard to interpreting the U.S. Constitution.
Analyze the competing perspectives that resulted in the Marbury v. Madison case.
Evaluate the lasting significance of Marbury v. Madison and judicial review.
Evaluate the nature of how a system of checks and balances has functioned and changed over time.

In this lesson, students practice addition (subtraction optional) and deductive reasoning skills to solve KenKen puzzles, which is a break off of the Sudoku puzzle.  All of the directions of what a KenKen puzzle is and how to use them are included in the resource in detail.  The students investigate as a group what they think is happening in a completed puzzle.  In this way they are using the Math Practice Standards MP1 and MP7.  Once they understand the rules, they will work on solving problems using addition and possibly subtraction.

This road trip-themed presentation can be used to guide the Quality Work protocol by EL Education. Using the protocol will enable students to review student work and reflect on their students' ability to create complex and authentic work and demonstrate craftsmanship as described in EL Education's Three Dimensions of Student Achievement. Teams can also use this process to guide their continuous improvement efforts.

These learning targets are written in student language and can be used by both teachers and students to guide student learning. Teachers share the target with their students by telling, showing, and—most important—engaging students in a way that develops their understanding of the concepts and skills that make up the target.