This teaching packet discusses artistic movements of the late 20th century, including …
This teaching packet discusses artistic movements of the late 20th century, including abstract expressionism, pop art, minimalism, conceptualism, process art, neo-expressionism, and postmodernism, with attention to their critical reception and theoretical bases. The packet considers works by 27 painters and sculptors including Jackson Pollock, Jasper Johns, Mark Rothko, David Smith, Martin Puryear, Anselm Kiefer, Susan Rothenberg, and Roy Lichtenstein (see full list below).
This is a lesson for tropical rainforests that fits best for third- …
This is a lesson for tropical rainforests that fits best for third- through fifth-grade students. There are multiple reading and writing strategies implemented within the lesson. Throughout the lessons, there will be opportunities to build upon prior knowledge, write, draw, and listen to sound effects of the rainforest. Students will use graphic organizers and websites to aid in the understanding and learning of rainforests. There are also extension lessons for students to create a list of questions in small groups to research. Throughout these lessons the students will be exposed to multiple media sources.Â
The author decribes this activity as follows: "This activity is a fairly …
The author decribes this activity as follows: "This activity is a fairly deep exploration of the elements of Newton's Universal Gravitation. In the "Gravity Force Lab" sim, the force between two masses is displayed. Both masses can be changed, as can the distance between them. Mathematical patterns are developed and cobbled together until the full universal gravitation proportionality is constructed."
Literacy, Reading, Math, SPED Specialists may upload this template to modify and …
Literacy, Reading, Math, SPED Specialists may upload this template to modify and use as a daily schedule and lesson plan guide when working with multiple groups across sites.
Literacy Specialists, Reading Specialists, SPED, Educators and administrators may use this template …
Literacy Specialists, Reading Specialists, SPED, Educators and administrators may use this template to collect data. This is a spread sheet that may be used K-8. This tool allows teams to collect and share data in a document that is easy to use, pull up and look at when working in collaboration with teams that include specialists, administrators, educators and parents working to close gaps for struggling learners. While created for reading interventions it may be used for all interventions in multiple academic settings.
This worksheet serves as a guide to the HHMI short film The …
This worksheet serves as a guide to the HHMI short film The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans by asking questions about the information provided in the film. Follow-up questions probe student understanding of how Dr. Allison found the link between sickle cell disease and malaria, and why this finding is important in understanding human evolution.
Per the creator, rreading and learning memory strategies utilized by the some …
Per the creator, rreading and learning memory strategies utilized by the some of the brightest minds of all time. The structure strategy was designed by Dr. Bonnie J.F.Meyer in the 1970s and has been tested extensively with exemplary results in reading comprehension. This video introduces how text structure helps us remember what we learn, why our brain likes the strategy, and the text structures of problem/solution and cause/effect. The video addresses that expert learners use these strategies and then refers to a few inventors that may have used these.
"Then and Now," helps students to visualize the affects of human development …
"Then and Now," helps students to visualize the affects of human development on wildlife. How do human settlements (parking lots, apartment buildings, etc.) influence wildlife habitat and populations? What are the effects of man-made structures on native and non-native species? These questions are explored by interpreting aerial photographs and related information sources in an attempt to uncover some of the correlations between changes in habitat and types of wildlife.
A lesson plan which takes students through the process of writing a …
A lesson plan which takes students through the process of writing a good thesis statement. The lesson plan is based on a short essay and a set of primary sources based on one historical event, Hay Market Square.
In the Kindergarten unit, students are introduced to: what the natural environment …
In the Kindergarten unit, students are introduced to: what the natural environment is how we use trees from the natural environment why we shouldn’t waste paper and litter the environment what we can do to conserve paper and keep the environment clean.
In this Dan Meyer Three Act, students are asked to determine how …
In this Dan Meyer Three Act, students are asked to determine how many levels of pyramids can be created by a container of toothpicks. During the next "Acts," Dan asks the students how many levels can be created by 250 toothpicks, 500 toothpicks, and concludes by having the students write a function that relates the number of levels of the pyramid to the number of toothpicks.
This is an activity about cause and effect. Learners will calculate the …
This is an activity about cause and effect. Learners will calculate the approximate travel time of each solar wind event identified in the previous activity in this set to estimate the time at which the disturbance would have left the Sun. Then, they will examine solar images in an attempt to identify the event on the Sun that may have caused the specific solar wind episode. This is Activity 12 of the Space Weather Forecast curriculum.
Photo of an individual demonstrating breathing difficulty who has assumed the tripod …
Photo of an individual demonstrating breathing difficulty who has assumed the tripod position. Featured section 13.2 of the Nursing Fundamentals textbook.
The National Humanities center presents reading guides with primary source materials for …
The National Humanities center presents reading guides with primary source materials for the study of America in 1815-1850: The Triumph of Nationalism/The House Dividing. Primary source materials include letters, diaries, journals, poems, paintings, maps, essays, stories, treatises, sermons, addresses, and more. Resources are divided into the topics: Culture of the Common Man, Cult of Domesticity, Religion, Expansion, and America in 1850.
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