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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

I am an Early Adolescent/Generalist Nationally Certified teacher. I am in my sixteenth year of teaching. Currently I teach 8th grade math and science in Henderson County at Rugby Middle School. I have the distinct honor of being a Technology Weaver in Henderson County. My husband works for our local Chamber of Commerce and we have two daughters in first and second grade.

Resources created by Hilda Hamilton

E-pal Adventure
Students will be paired with an e-pal they will hopefully meet during their 8th grade trip to the coast.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)
By Hilda Hamilton.
Ohm's Law made easy with a spreadsheet
In this lesson, students will use math word problems to help them input information into a spreadsheet that will use Ohm's law to calculate current and resistance using common household appliance wattages.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics and Science)
By Hilda Hamilton.
What Can Scatterplots Tell Us?
Using data from peer surveys and self surveys of popular TV shows, students will create computer-generated scatterplots. Students will culminate a unit on correlation with a Parent vs. Teen scatterplot project.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Mathematics)
By Hilda Hamilton.