This lesson plan includes 2 lesson plans for 2 classroom sessions with all 8th grade students. The purpose of this lesson is to have a discussion and help prepare students for the transition from 8th grade to 9th grade and ultimately create a high school schedule.This lesson would be considered best practice, is commonly used and believed to be of high quality. Another purpose of this lesson would be to answer any questions students may have about high school, classes, schedules, extra-curricular, sports, graduation requirements, credits, college classes, review the high school course description book and talk about anything and everything students want to talk about.Using student accounts in Xello also provide additional information on interests and scheduling as well as choosing high school classes that prepare students for college entrance. Discussion of transcripts, grades that will not change and the importance of learning how to self-motivate and self-direct their learning through high school. 

In this lab exercise, students practice correctly using measurement tools, recording data, calculating density, using significant figures, and exploring the concepts of accuracy and precision.

This resource folder provides an adaptation to two units in the OpenSciEd Curriculum: P.1 Energy Flow from Earth's Systems and P.5 Electromagnetic Rdition.  Included is a varation on the student workbook that allows more space for student work to be completed, and embeds readings and activites. Also included in the folder are teacher resources pages that keep all important ideas, links, and other resources handy for each lesson.  Materials created by OpenSciEd are shareable under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.  More information can be found at: https://www.openscied.org/openscied-terms-of-use-and-privacy-policies/

This activity lesson plan is called “Build a Better Wall” where students are planners and constructors who are trying to construct a wall using various materials that can withstand an earthquake.

The slides give a broad overview of discussion points and activities for a day-long, computer science workshop for middle and high school students. The agenda breaks down the day into small group and whole group sessions. Snacks, lunch, and prizes were built into the day. 

This resource folder provides an adaptation to the Food for All unit in the New Visions for Public Schools HS Biology Curriculum.  Included is a varation on the student workbook that allows more space for student work to be completed, and embeds readings and activites.  Included in the folder are Spanish Translations for sections of the unit.  Materials created by New Visions are shareable under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.  More information can be found at: https://curriculum.newvisions.org/license-and-copyright-information/. 

This resource folder provides an adaptation to the Evolution of Sick Humans unit in the New Visions for Public Schools HS Biology Curriculum.  Included is a varation on the student workbook that allows more space for student work to be completed, and embeds readings and activites.  Included in the folder are Spanish Translations for sections of the unit.  Materials created by New Visions are shareable under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.  More information can be found at: https://curriculum.newvisions.org/license-and-copyright-information/. 

This resource folder provides an adaptation to Unit 1 (Marathon Runner) in the New Visions for Public Schools HS Biology Curriculum.  Included is a varation on the student workbook that allows more space for student work to be completed, and embeds readings and activites.  Included in the folder are Spanish Translations for sections of the unit.  Materials created by New Visions are shareable under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.  More information can be found at: https://curriculum.newvisions.org/license-and-copyright-information/. 

Electronic practice that can provide teachers the ability to individualize or assign as a group. This collections of topics covers middle school standards through AP Calculus AB. Easily create a class and assign practice topics to one or all of your students. You can assign due date, late dates, as well as customize how many questions students need to work through. Students get immediate feedback on their practice and are walked through the correct solution if they get it incorrect. This website is run by a math teacher who created it because he was looking for an alternative to assigning textbook problems.

This lesson is set up like a Structured Academic Controversy (SAC). Students will explore both sides of the argument over whether to keep or abolish the Electoral College then write a response with what they believe is the best way to elect the president.

Participants will use a tube and bead (or ball) model to visualize and predict how changes in sea level can control the lateral and vertical facies distribution within and adjacent to a marine sedimentary basin. They will also critique the model and identify shortcomings and assumptions involved in the model. Participants will use their knowledge to draw a sea-level curve for Paleozoic rocks of the Central Midwest.

This is a hands on activity where students will see how instruments can be used to warn people of a tsunami. This activity demonstration can be flexible to the needs and ages of the students and can be a game or a conversation.