This is a lesson that I created to walk my students through the expectations for using the Learning Management System in my Ceramics class.
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This is a Rubrik's Cube activity that I use to extend cognitive concepts and terms such as: algorithms, 3 Box Model, Levels of Processing model, and distributed vs massed practice.
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Here is the free website I use that allows your students to take a Meyers Briggs / Jungian type personality test.Link to Personality Test - CLICK HERE TO START
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This is a task we do to understand and practice how to use the DSM V. Students will learn the DSM V, then diagnosis Aaron Stampler from the film Primal Fear.(Note: this film is R so parent permsision is needed)
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Students will look to make connections between vertex form, standard form and intercept form for quadratic equations.
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In this activity, students will change their own heights to a z score and then use the standard normal table to convert to a percentile ranking. Students will then determine if their heights are considered unusually tall/short.
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Students engage in a competitive group relay to construct formal proofs involving triangles. New proofs can always be written to fit different curriculum and pacing.
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I would recommned using this task after feeling confident in your students' understanding of the properties of a parallelogram. While it could serve as a review, I think it is best suited as in introductory piece to get students to see how the properties have a trickle down effect to other quadrilaterals.
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This seminar will allow you to solve a system of linear equations by graphing. It will help you to understand what it means when the lines in a system of equations are parallel, and also what it means for the graphs to be the same line. You will learn how to visually identify information about the system of equations simply by examining the graphs of the lines that make up the system.StandardsCC.2.2.HS.D.10Represent, solve, and interpret equations/inequalities and systems of equations/inequalities algebraically and graphically.
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The 3 act math is a perfect way to incorporate the See-Think-Wonder activity. Dan Meyer is the originator of the 3 act math plays and the Pearson Envisions Math textbook incorporates one every Topic/Chapter. I am writing this lesson plan with the idea of using the Taco Cart 3 act math play.The link to the 3-act-math play is below.Taco Cart http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/tacocart/
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Students learn how to add, subtract, multiply, & divide fractions and decimals.
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This lesson consists of a basic introduction to the cardiovascular and respiratory system(s) along with basic (common) diseases within each system. Diseases include atherosclerosis, heart attack, stroke, COPD (emphysema, chronic bronchitis). Screenings to detect various forms of cardiovascular disease are also included at an introductory level.
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Lessons to help students to become better at conversations.
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Video recreations that teach world legends and folktales will be enjoyed by all audiences. Afghanistan - Eight Strands for Afghanistan; Albania - The Land of the Eagles; Algeria - The Legend of Tin Hinan; Angola - Kianda Takes a Bride; Azerbaijan - The Dove and Peace; Bolivia - The Legend of Chijchipa; Brazil - The Amazon River; Burma - Moguk - The Legend of the Rubies; Cambodia - The Tale of Thunder and Lightning; China - Journey to Dadu Marco Poso, The Silver Fish and The Great Wall. Colombia - The Legend of Furatena; Djibouti - The Legend of Hadal Mahiss; DRC - The Kingdom of Kongo; Egypt - Cleopatra; Eritrea - Queen of Sheba; Ethiopia - The Lion's Whisker; Georgia - The Pheasant of Tbilisi; India - Taj Mahal; Indonesia - The Legend of Merong Mahawangsa; Iran - The 1001 Nights; Iraq - Abul Abbas the Elephant; Israel - Solomon the Wise King; Ivory Coast The Legend of Queen Pokou. Japan - The Naming of Mount Fuji; Kazakhstan - The Legend of the Dombra; Kenya - The Spirit Wife; Kurdistan - Legend of Zembilfiroz; Kuwait - Mariam and Salim: Defenders of Kuwait; Lebanon - Cadmus The First Teacher; Liberia - The Chief's Wise Wife; Libya - The Legend of Cyrene; Mali - The Lost Manuscripts of Timbuktu; Mexico - The Lengend of Popocateptl & Iztaccihuatle; Mongolia- The Camel and the Rat; Morocco - The Legend of the Almond Tree; Nepal -Boudhanath; Nigeria - Bayajidda; North Korean - The Legend of Tangun; Oman - The Frozen Dates. Philippines - The Legend of Apo Lakay-Lakay, The Chocolates Hills of Bohol Island, Legend of Alitaptap and the Fireflies; Poland - The Mermaid of Warsaw; Portugal - The Rooster from Barcelos; Saudi Arabia - Poetry in Pre-Islamic Arabia Qays and Layla, Poetry in Pre-Islamic Arabia Antara and 'Abla; Serbia - Marko - Hero and King; Somalia - The Camel in the Sky; Syria - How the West Was Won by the Arabs; Thailand - Ta-in and Ta-na; Tunisia - Queen Ellissar, The Punic Wars; Turkey - Troy; Turkmenistan - Sultan Sanjar and the Fairy; UAE - The Milk Container; Uzbekistan - How Samarkand Got Its Name; Venezuela - The Five White Eagles; Vietman - The Legend of Betel: Cao Tan and Cao Lang; Yemen - The Discovery of Coffee.
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The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1959, is widely regarded as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world. In this free Listening Library, enjoy performances of more than 250 compositions written from 1691 to 2011.
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This shows how to find a theme in literature.
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Video describing pronoun and antecedent use.
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A lesson on Logos, Pathos, and Ethos and how to use them.
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This lesson will help students explore their idea of success. It utilizes the sentence-phrase-word protocal to help them articluate thier thinking.
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