Project Based Learning Rubric
(View Complete Item Description)This resource allows students to receive feedback regarding their project.
Material Type: Assessment, Formative Assessment
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Grade 4: Surprise Birthday Cake! - A Problem on Measurement
(View Complete Item Description)In “Surprise Birthday Cake!”, students will be planning to bake a birthday cake for their mom for her birthday. They will learn about converting between ounces and pounds when reading a recipe for making a birthday cake. They will create a table that show ounces versus pounds. They will also determine how many of each items they will need to buy to make a cake that will feed the number of people that have been invited. They will also determine how big the cake needs to be to feed the number of people invited using inches and feet.
Material Type: Lesson
Adventures in Tempo
(View Complete Item Description)Students will discover the differences in musical tempo between fast and slow. Students will learn to use the correct musical terms to describe the tempo of each piece. Students will use streamers and their bodies to show at what tempo each piece is played.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Remix
Remix - Writing SAMR Rubrics for High School Subjects
(View Complete Item Description)SAMR rubric template for developing classroom technology assignments aligned to curriculum standards. Develop an appropriate curriculum assignment using each of the four levels of technology integration. Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Resources for Webinar One - Copyright - Curriculum Review Academy #2
(View Complete Item Description)Next steps and support for Webinar #1 of the Curriculum Review Academy.
Material Type: Presentation
Dream Clubhouse (AIG IRP)
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson is designed to challenge students to learn about how geometry and measurement are used in the real world by architects. The students will explore various concepts such as area and perimeter as well as developing benchmarks for measurement. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Community Planner (AIG IRP)
(View Complete Item Description)Students will apply fourth grade concepts of fractions to develop a planned community that meets specific requirements. Throughout this task, students will need to think about fractions as part of a set and part of a whole area. The will compare fractions, find fraction equivalences, and add fractions with unlike denominators to ensure that the sum is one whole. Once all students have created the maps of their communities, they will have discussion to compare and contrast the fractional parts of each person’s community. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Fraction Creativity (AIG IRP)
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson is designed to challenge students who demonstrate mastery of understanding fractions as numbers (unit fractions, partitioning…etc.) and a strong understanding of fractions as a number on the number line. It integrates technology, writing, and mathematics (focus on fractions) through the use of a RAFT writing activity. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Fluffy the Snake (AIG IRP)
(View Complete Item Description)In this task, students will observe a snake’s length during its first three years of life. Students will analyze patterns, make generalizations, and formulate function rules for determining the snake’s length at any year of its life. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Bicycle Dilemma (AIG IRP)
(View Complete Item Description)This activity requires that students have an understanding of the impact (x10/÷10) the movement of a decimal left or right has on a quantity. Students explore the standard algorithm for multiplication of decimal numbers as they begin the task by solving various equations that utilize the same digits, which elicits the same digits for a product. The second part of the task involves analysis of a calculation error when adding sales tax. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Sophie's Surprise (AIG IRP)
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore linear relationships in the context of helping Sophie determine the best option (back yard celebration or dinner at a restaurant) for her parents’ surprise anniversary celebration. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
The Weekend Getaway (AIG IRP)
(View Complete Item Description)This task asks pairs of students to plan for a weekend camping trip. Students will need to evaluate their needs, select items to pack, and ensure that each person’s load does not exceed 30 pounds. In order to determine the total weight of supplies, students will need to compare decimals, convert fractions to decimals, and operate on decimal fractions. In addition, students will do some weight conversions between ounces and pounds. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Remix
Resources for Webinar #2 - PBL Hub Academy
(View Complete Item Description)Next steps and support for Webinar #2 of the PBL Hub Academy.
Material Type: Presentation
Which Pet Should I Get?
(View Complete Item Description)This project is launched at your local pet store. Students gather information about various pets by exposure of visiting the pet store, class family pet visitors, a local vet, pet adoption agency, classroom literacy, etc. Students then choose a pet they would like to promote to sell at the pet shop. The students build brochures/posters/web videos to promote which pet a customer (the audience) should get. The concluding expo entails the audience listening/viewing student research and collected data so that they would choose which pet they would get.
Material Type: Unit of Study
Text-based Inquiry Template for STEM lessons
(View Complete Item Description)This template provides STEM educators and their School Media Specialists with a template and a structure for developing Text-based Inquiry units that address multiple content areas.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Curriculum Review Rubric
(View Complete Item Description)This rubric is offered as a starting point for curriculum review and iteration on the #GoOpenNC platform.
Material Type: Reference Material
Project Design Template
(View Complete Item Description)This is a tool teachers can use to design high quality PBL projects, including how to ensure they have a strong connection to curricular standards and success skills, they are authentic per things students care about, they provide students with choice and voice during the project, assessments and scaffolding are intentional and personalized for each student, time is dedicated for student reflection and revision, and the project has a public audience.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Formative Assessment, Module, Reference Material
One, Ten, and One Hundred More and Less
(View Complete Item Description)This task acts as a bridge between understanding place value and using strategies based on place value for addition and subtraction.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Remix
BT & Teaching Newcomer/English Learners Remix
(View Complete Item Description)A list of teaching tips to use when teaching newcomer & EL students.
Material Type: Reference Material
The Waterworks Project
(View Complete Item Description)Water is life. We live in southern Appalachian Mountains, part of a temperate rainforest where over 50 inches of rain falls each year. This abundant precipitation creates a lush landscape on which our communities rely to support our population and economy. Students will explore this resource in depth from multiple perspectives. They will summarize the results of their studies with final products to include a written piece, an educational presentation/community outreach, a 3D product or art piece, and a multimedia component. Each of these products will allow students to demonstrate the mastery of both academic content and survival skills that they have achieved during the project. The final exhibition will be an Aquatic Adventure Academy where they will facilitate hands-on activities that teach local middle and elementary school students about water.
Material Type: Reference Material