Students develop quantitative reasoning and critical thinking by analyzing descriptions tables for content, language, and organization with a particular focus on verb tense selection, and then writing descriptions of tables themselves.
From Quantitative to Qualitative: Writing Descriptions of Data From Tables
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Greetings from the Biomes of the World
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
To share their research on biomes, students use iPads to create postcards from all over the world.
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Getting Graphic with Alternative Energy Sources
7 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
After researching alternative sources of energy, students create online comic books to present their information.
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A Blast from the Past with Nuclear Chemistry
11 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
After researching the history and basic facts of a nuclear chemistry topic, students utilize the Web 2.0 tool Timetoast to create an electronic timeline that they use to present their research to the class.
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Fashion Fun with Fossil Fuels
9 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
After researching specific fossil fuel issues, students create their own clothing brands that express their opinions about the issues and then share their information and clothing line using either PowerPoint or Prezi.
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Trading Information about Minerals Through Trading Cards
6 - 8
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Using the free Trading Cards Mobile App, students create trading cards to share properties of various minerals with their classmates and connect the use of minerals to their own lives.
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Poppin' Fun with Physical and Chemical Changes
6 - 9
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| Standard Lesson
Students will enjoy learning about physical and chemical changes as they turn their own photos into a narrated video using the iPad app SonicPics to illustrate (and eat) their results from a popcorn lab.
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Developing Aesthetic Criteria: Using Music to Move Beyond Like/Dislike with Poetry
9 - 10
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| Standard Lesson
In this lesson, students develop the cognitive tool of criteria development for discussing the aesthetics of poetry and music.
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Book Report Alternative: Sharing Info from Informational Reading
5 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Reporting on an informational book doesn't have to be boring! Instead of the traditional book report format, students create newspapers using a Printing Press interactive to share what they have learned from reading informational books.
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A-B-C: It's Easy as 1-2-3 to Make Math Alphabet Books
4 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Using the Alphabet Organizer app, students create alphabet books to review math terms.
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Persuade Me in Five Slides! Creating Persuasive Digital Stories
6 - 12
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After students write persuasive essays, use this lesson to challenge them to summarize their essays concisely by creating five-slide presentations.
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Using Mobile Devices to Illustrate Literary Devices
6 - 8
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Using mobile devices, students capture images to represent literary devices. Students then reflect on why their images depict the literary devices.
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Making the Cut: Revising Memoirs by Detecting Clutter and Confusion
6 - 10
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| Standard Lesson
Students improve a slide show by removing pictures. Their reasons for cutting pictures are translated into revision guidelines for cutting unnecessary words and sections from their rough drafts.
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Locating Purpose in Allusion through Art and Poetry
9 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
Through this lesson, students will learn how to use the literary term "allusion" in discussing how and why authors and artists draw on and transform subject material.
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An Introduction to Julius Caesar Using Multiple-Perspective Universal Theme Analysis
9 - 12
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This resource is an introduction to William Shakespeare's tragic play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, through the study of universal themes using multiple-perspective investigations of betrayal scenarios.
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Making History Come Alive Through Poetry and Song
6 - 12
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Students compare the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with the song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," then create their own poetry about a historical event.
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Picture This: Student Created Online Vocabulary Flashcards
7 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
Let the students be the vocabulary experts! Prior to whole class instruction, students create online flashcards and teach the class the new vocabulary.
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Chasing the Dream: Researching the Meaning of the American Dream
9 - 12
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By conducting interviews, sharing and assessing data, and writing papers based on their authentic research, students reach their own conclusions on the meaning of the American Dream.
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Story Writing from an Object's Perspective
4 - 7
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| Standard Lesson
Students explore writing from non-human perspectives through a picture book read aloud, mini-lesson, collaborative writing, and the writing process. Students create "A Day in the Life of…" story about an inanimate object.
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Book Report Alternative: Creating Reading Excitement with Book Trailers
4 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
In this alternative to the traditional book report, students create book trailers using Microsoft Photo Story 3, a free downloadable software program for digital storytelling.