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- Translations, reflections, rotations
- This lesson will allow students to explore translations, reflections, and rotations using a resource of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop Interactivate Your Math Students. Students explore the world of translations, reflections, and rotations in the Cartesian coordinate system by transforming squares, triangles and parallelograms. Parameters: Shape, x or y translation, x or y reflection, angle of rotation. (Italics are a direct quote from Shodor.org.)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- By Deborah Bourne.
- Reflection designs
- Students will be able to illustrate the geometric transformation of a reflection through creating their own unique designs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Karen Boles.
- Reflections in Surprise Lake, Grand Teton National Park, WY
- Reflections in Surprise Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Amphitheater and Surprise Lakes are glacial lakes surrounded by subalpine meadows. They are located on a strenuous trail that offers outstanding views of Jackson Hole. The original park was...
- Format: image/photograph
- Cypress-gum swamp community
- In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 13
- When we talk about cypress-gum swamps, we talk mostly about the two dominant trees because often they make up almost all of the plants that live in the community. Most commonly the understory and herb layers of this community are poorly developed because of...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Experiential education
- This article explains the history and theory of experiential education, which combines active learning with concrete experiences, abstract concepts, and reflection in an effort to engage all learning styles.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Pool reflections in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
- The image of a black wrought-iron fence is reflected on the still surface of a pool. A clear blue sky is reflected in the water as well. Puerto Vallarta is a port town on Mexico’s west coast. It is a popular port of call for cruise ships and has developed...
- Format: image/photograph
- Freedom songs of the civil rights movement
- Students will listen to freedom songs recorded during the civil rights movement, 1960–1965. Students will write about personal reactions to the music and lyrics. Through reading and pictures, students will briefly explore historical events where these songs were sung. Listening again, students will analyze and describe — musically — particular song(s).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Music Education and Social Studies)
- By Merritt Raum Flexman.
- Learning literary elements through African and African American folktales
- In this eighth grade lesson, students will apply their knowledge of literary elements (plot structure and archetypal characters) to the analysis and creation of African and African American folktales. Students will work in groups to read several picture book versions of African and African American folktales. Each group then creates a plot map for a story and highlights other literary elements identified within the text. Students then compare the folktales with fairy tales from other cultures and explain what they learned about African and African American culture from reading the folktales. Finally, students work independently to write their own modern-day folktale.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
- By Hardin Engelhardt.
- Flipping around pentominoes
- The students will use Unifix cubes to create the twelve different pentominoes. The students will join 5 Unifix cubes to make different shapes that will lie flat on a table or level surface. The students will then test for new shapes by flipping, sliding, or turning to create each different pentomino.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Dianne Wingate.
- Debates in the middle school classroom
- In Arts of persuasion, page 2
- A plan for staging a debate, including choosing a topic, "debate do's," and assessment.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
- Coconut palms reflected in wet-rice fields
- Young coconut palm trees grow along the margins of wet-rice fields. Their reflections are visible in the water of the flooded fields in which young green rice seedlings grow. The water in the rectangular fields appears aqua blue, reflecting Bali's tropical...
- Format: image/photograph
- Reflections in Badwater Basin in Death Valley, CA
- Sculpted rock reflected in Badwater Basin. Normally a broad landscape of salt flats, a temporary lake can form in the basin after rare heavy rainstorms, as it has in this picture. Death Valley National Park is located east of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range....
- Format: image/photograph
- In the spirit of... (museum visit)
- This is an integrated unit that focuses on masks in cultures as reflections of individual spirits. This lesson focuses on students' observations of masks while visiting a museum.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- By Shannon Kelly.
- New beginnings
- In The First Year, page 2.11
- Treat January as an opportunity to start fresh, in your relationships with students and colleagues and in your classroom management and instruction.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Where were you born: A graphing lesson
- Students will gather data and graph the results. Lake Norman Elementary's student population has a wide range of native states. Many of the students were born in states other than North Carolina. This activity allows the students to survey each class to see what states are represented in our school. After the survey results have been tallied, students will use the data to create different types of graphs. The class will then compare the graphs and will decide which type of graph represents the information most clearly.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)
- By Erin Bradfeldt, Joan Milliken, and Kathy Beck.
- Collaboration and Teaching in a Virtual World: Online course syllabus
- Syllabus for the course Collaboration and Teaching in a Virtual World which is designed for educators who want to familiarize themselves with multi-user virtual environments, or MUVE’s.
- Looking back - An Art/English interdisciplinary unit
- This is an interdisciplinary unit that incorporates research of historical events of the past century. By students learning to recognize that society impacts the themes within art and literature, students then take this knowledge base and interview an individual to develop a biographical narrative, a collage, and oral presentation.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
- By Julie Osmon.
- Caucusing in the middle school classroom
- In Arts of persuasion, page 1
- Caucusing enables students to practice the elements of responsible citizenship, including persuasive writing and speaking.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
- In the spirit of... (museum post-visit)
- This is an integrated unit that focuses on masks in cultures as reflections of individual spirits. In the post-visit lesson, students will create plaster masks and write a brief description.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education)
- By Tamela Davis.
- In the spirit of... (museum pre-visit)
- This is an integrated unit that focuses on masks in cultures as reflections of individual spirits. In this pre-visit lesson, students will explore the cultures of the Western Hemisphere.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- By Shannon Kelly.
