Images and text that introduce four Wisconsin food traditions: wild rice, booyah, pasties and fish boil.
Brief video demonstration showing tools and steps needed to make a borax crystal snowflake.
The lessons in this issue of Smithsonian in Your Classroom introduce the work of botanists and botanical illustrators, specifically their race to make records of endangered plant species around the world. “Very little of the world’s flora has been fully studied,” says one Smithsonian botanist, “and time is running out.” In the first lesson, students gets to know six endangered plants. They examine illustrations, photographs, and dried specimens of the plants as they consider this question: If a scientist can take a picture of a plant, are there advantages in having an illustration? They go on to consider some of the big questions that botanists themselves must ask: Which of these species are most in need of conservation efforts? Are any of these plants more worth saving than others?In the second lesson, the students try their own hands at botanical illustration, following the methods of a Smithsonian staff illustrator. All that is required for the lesson are pencils, markers, tracing paper, and access to a photocopier.
Determine the value of two fractions you have chosen (which are represented as points on a number line). Then find a fraction whose value is between your two fractions and determine its value. This manipulative is the same as "Bounded Fraction Pointer" but there is no arrow to help the user determine the value of a fraction between the two endpoints. Bounded Fraction Finder is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Determine the value of two fractions you have chosen (which are represented as points on a number line). Then find a fraction whose value is between your two fractions (using an arrow on the number line as a guide) and determine its value. Bounded Fraction Pointer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
This activity allows the user to view box plots for either built-in or user-specified data, and experiment with outliers.
Photo of nurse testing reflex of patient's forearm
Students will review and practice breaking numbers apart into expanded form in order to add.
*students will use brainstorming and mind mapping tools/activities to outline their writing process; they will use the following: bubbl.us--this is a mind-mapping tool
This resource is a collection of lesson plans and hands-on activities about aquatic macroinvertebrates and water quality for K-6 students.
Build fractions from shapes and numbers to earn stars in this fractions game or explore in the Fractions Lab. Challenge yourself on any level you like.
Build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change. Then play a game to test your ideas!
This is a great lab that walks students through interactive labs that include Forces, Loads, Materials and Shapes and how they affect the way we design and build structures. Pairs really nicely with any design and build lab assignments like Bridges, Cranes, etc.
Photo of a built-up plate.
Photo of built-up handles and weighted silverware.
Pennsylvania Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content eBook to assist educators in preparing student for the Keystone Exams.
The Council on Foreign Relation's (CFR) "Deforestation in the Amazon" InfoGuide provides a compelling look at the causes and consequences of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and is available online in English and Portuguese. CFR InfoGuides are a multimedia series to promote understanding of complex foreign policy issues.
Common Plants of Wisconsin - developed by UW Stevens Point Department of Biology.
Pictures and descriptions of each common plant found in Wisconsin. Organization topics include: Seedless Plants, Gymnosperms, Woody Dicots, Dicot Herbs, and Monocots.
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Lesson Description
Students compare different algorithms to find the best method of sorting a group of unknown weights in order. Students practice a Selection Sort and Quick Sort. Additional variations include:
Insertion SortBubble SortMerge Sort
The lesson also introduces students to the concept of recursion.
Online Resources
Online resources include a step-by-step downloadable Lesson Plan. The webiste also provides a YouTube video, photos, related resrouces, and additional curriculum links.
Introduce students to Binary and Algorthims prior to conducting this Algorithm Sorting Activity
This powerpoint contains guided reading questions as students read Jack London's Call of the Wild. It provides geographical background, images, and discussion questions to guide students in their reading.