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Interdisciplinary Integrated Unit on DNA/Genetics Part B: Math
The second lesson of an interdisciplinary integrated unit on DNA and genetics, focusing on math. The other lessons in the unit focus on science and language arts.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics)
By Jane Lentz, Jimmy White, Marlene Smith, and Tori Goldrick.
Interdisciplinary Integrated Unit on DNA/Genetics Part C: Language Arts
The third lesson of an interdisciplinary integrated unit on DNA and genetics, focusing on language arts. The first two lessons in the unit focus on science and math.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Jane Lentz, Jimmy White, Marlene Smith, and Tori Goldrick.
Interior Design Project
Within this lesson, students will role play the job of an interior designer.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 )
By Shannon Braxton.
Interior design: Designing my dream room
Students will study interior design as a profession. They will integrate their study with math, writing, vocational education, and computer skills by designing their own dream bedroom.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
By Paula Hightower.
Interior designers: Working with area
In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.4
In this lesson for grade seven, students will act as interior designers, and will measure the walls of the classroom to determine the area of each wall.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.
Interior designers: Working with right triangles
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.2
In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of right triangles to create a design for an abstract work of art.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)
By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.
Investigating evaporation
Students will investigate evaporation as a cooling process. They will witness that temperature is affected by moisture content and the process of evaporation. Next, they will explore websites related to the processes of evaporation and condensation. Students will apply gained knowledge to real-life situations, and will share their new knowledge with a person outside the classroom.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
By Jessica Bohn.
Investigating surface area
This is a hands on lesson best used to introduce geometry students to 3-dimensional figures. Students will have the opportunity to draw 3-dimensionally and create collapsible figures which can be used to develop the standard surface area formulas.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)
By Jennifer Bronzini.
Irrational numbers: Application to natural frequency and resonance
In A mathematical model to describe fluid behavior, page 1
After a discussion about the effects of natural phenomena on an object’s natural frequency, students will conduct an experiment to model resonance in plant stems and measure the natural frequency of pine trees. Through these activities, the students will gain an understanding of frequency, natural frequency, resonance, oscillations and square roots.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
By Jenny Rucker.
Is Mr. Wolf really a bad guy?
This lesson is intended to show children the importance of evaluating information as they read. The author's point of view is limited in that it only truly shows one side of the story. There is always another perspective. How the author views a subject colors everything that he or she writes about.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
Issues, we've all got them: Language arts/visual arts integration
Students will learn how to deal positively with social issues important in their lives through personal investigation of social issues addressed in literature and art.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and English Language Development)
By Runell Carpenter.
It's a zoo out there!
In Proto-ZOO-ology: A problem-based protist inquiry unit, page 3
This lesson is part of the unit "Proto-ZOO-ology: A problem-based protist inquiry unit." In this lesson, students learn about the diversity of protists.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Science)
By Cate Colangelo.
It's alive... or is it?
In Proto-ZOO-ology: A problem-based protist inquiry unit, page 2
This lesson is part of the unit "Proto-ZOO-ology: A problem-based protist inquiry unit." In this lesson, students continue to learn about the six characteristics of living things.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Science)
By Cate Colangelo.
It's all about them!
Students will create a class database using information about their classmates.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills and Information Skills)
By Skip Thibault.
Job interviews: Focus on details
In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.5
In this lesson for grade seven, students will develop questions and answers for hypothetical job interviews, and will perform job interview skits for the class.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
By Anissia Jenkins.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
Juicy Juice Box
Students will be able to use their knowledge of volume and surface area through this fun, hands-on activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
By Sheila Martin.
Landscape architects: Working with indirect measurement
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 3.5
In this lesson plan, students use indirect measurement to discover the height of the school's flagpole. Students learn about careers in landscape architecture.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)
By Valerie Davis, Sonya Rexrode, and Monika Vasili.
Language families
In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.7
Students will identify and locate the three language families of contact period North Carolina and calculate the physical area covered by each language family.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 7–8 Mathematics and Social Studies)
Laws and government: Hammurabi's Code
In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.2
In this lesson, students analyze the Code of Hammurabi and make inferences about Babylonian society based on the code. The lesson plan concludes with a discussion of contemporary careers that involve knowledge of laws.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Social Studies)
By Mary B. Taylor.
Learn new words using context
With guided practice students will use context clues to determine meaning of unfamiliar words in short passages. When students have completed the practice activities, they will read a newspaper or magazine article, picking out unfamiliar words and using context clues to decide what the word means. As a group activity they will share the article, the words, and their meanings with the class.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–8 English Language Arts)
By Betty DeLuca.