In this series of inquiry-based activities, students research and investigate energy sources and the ways we use energy.

Students will study transformations and the role transformations play in defining congruence. The need for clear use of language is emphasized through vocabulary, the process of writing steps to perform constructions, and ultimately as part of the proof-writing process.

In this lesson, students listen to poems read aloud, and they discuss the rhythm and sound of poetry. Students then perform poems using musical instruments to emphasize cadence. Using online tools, they learn about line breaks and the way these affect the rhythm of a poem. Finally, students write poems they believe will be enhanced by music and perform them for the class.

Students will explore the connotations of the colors associated with the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." They will discuss the meaning of connotation and how word meanings can change. Next they will work in groups to explore the cultural connotations of a particular color, present findings to the class, keep a color log as they read the novel, and write an analysis of a major character.

Welcome to "Conquistadors," an Online Learning Adventure from PBS. This innovative educational resource has been created for middle and high school classrooms to learn about the Spanish Conquistadors in the New World and the legacy of their contact with Native Americans. There are extensive lesson plans for teachers and in-depth online content for students available in both English and Spanish. *Four units of study can be found on site--each relating to a different aspect of the Spanish Conquistadors in the New World. 1. Cortes and the Aztecs 2. Pizarro and the Incas 3.Orellana and the Amazon 4. Cabeza de Vaca

A unit that will develop a model for constant velocity using verbal, graphical, and quantitative representations.  It begins with a paradigm lab using a constant speed toy cars (or any other similar device).

This is an intermediate Learning Plan. This can be used with 6th grade Math students when working on standard NS.6.a The Coordinate Plane. You can change the links to suit your needs.This resource was developed as part of a professional learning opportunity funded by the NCDPI Digital Learning Initiative Planning Grant.

This is an intermediate Learning Plan. This can be used with 6th grade Math students when working on standard NS.6.b The Coordinate Plane. You can change the links to suit your needs.This resource was developed as part of a professional learning opportunity funded by the NCDPI Digital Learning Initiative Planning Grant.

This lesson takes advantage of students' interest in music and audio sharing as part of a persuasive debate unit. Students investigate the controversial topic of downloading music from the Internet. They draw upon their prior knowledge and experience by discussing their own sources of music and Internet practices, then conduct internet research to investigate the history and legal issues of copyright infringement.

This is a short unit for grades 3-5 about how to take notes and cite sources properly for a research project.

This unit will introduce students to many of the complex issues surrounding coral reefs. The 8 investigations in this unit incorporate some of the most current research data and visualizations available. Using data from a variety of sources, students will learn about the influences of both humans and the environment on the health and vitality of coral reefs.

Students will use scatter plots to determine the relationship between variables, recognize that correlation is a value from -1 to +1, match correlation coefficients to appropriate scatter plots, understand that correlation does not imply causality, draw the line of best fit, use the line of best fit to make predictions, and calculate the correlation coefficient by calculator.

In conjunction with reading and studying the novel DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE, students collaborated in a team to create a "booth" to host a Rare Disease Day Expo at the Johnston Medical Mall on Rare Disease Day. Students used tools to complete guided research on their rare disease of choice. With rubric guidelines, they included all of the necessary information to present to the public to create awareness and also encourage advocacy. They had the privilege of receiving a special guest speaker, an advocate for rare disease awareness, and hearing the story of how her own son had the same cancer as the character from the novel.

After learning about how a community functions and looking at how our local community works on a day to day basis.  Students work together to create an imaginative community including all the elements that make a community run smooth.  Students will use Google Draw to learn how to "draw" a house on a chromebook for the mural as well as using Kahoot! to take a survey about the naming the community, what materials to use, and what would students want to include to take the community complete.

In this series of lessons, students will research the lyrical and dramatic structure of opera through internet sources and audio examples. Students will cooperatively discuss similar and different elements of opera stories vs. their own lives. Finally, students will create a one-act opera based on their own life experiences that has both singing and spoken (recitative) parts, and simple original accompaniment using classroom percusion instruments.

Huckleberry Finn opens with a warning from its author that misinterpreting readers will be shot. Despite the danger, readers have been approaching the novel from such diverse critical perspectives for 120 years that it is both commonly taught and frequently banned, for a variety of reasons. Studying both the novel and its critics with an emphasis on cultural context will help students develop analytical tools essential for navigating this work and other American controversies. This lesson asks students to combine internet historical research with critical reading. Then students will produce several writing assignments exploring what readers see in Huckleberry Finn and why they see it that way.

In this unit, students will learn how two or more electrical devices can be connected to form an electric circuit. Lessons in this unit include: Circuit Symbols and Circuit Diagrams; Two Types of Connections; Series Circuits; Parallel Circuits; and Combination Circuits. This unit also includes videos, animations, and mini quizzes to check for understanding and facilitate learning.

In this unit students will learn about electric circuits and electric current power. The unit will teach students the anatomy of the light bulb and how to build closed circuits. Students can self assess their understanding of concepts by answering questions at the end of each section.

In this unit, students will learn why charge flows through wires of electric circuits and the variables that affect the rate at which it flows. Lessons in this unit include: Electric Field and the Movement of Charge; Electric Potential; and Electric Potential Difference. This unit includes videos, animations, and mini quizzes to check for understanding and facilitate learning.