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Practicum in Online Teaching - Carolina Online Teacher Program: Teach your online course with a pilot group of students or teachers. An experienced online-learning mentor will guide you through typical problem areas. The Practicum in Online Teaching may be done in conjunction with your school or county, and even as part of your normal teaching load.; Take this course: Begins January 5.

Soooooo tall!: Students will build a figure out of Legos. There are two groups, and each group is competing with the other. Students build their tower of Legos as high as they can and then measure with a ruler or yard stick. The tower has to be free-standing so the children have to think of ways to keep the tower standing by itself.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics); By Beverly Rose.

Inside-outside circle: During inside-outside circle, students either sit or stand facing each other in two concentric circles. Students respond to teacher questions or note-card prompted questions and then rotate to the next partner. In the end of this type of structure, students...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Wall-trench structure: Excavators at the Occaneechi Town archaeological dig preparing to map a wall-trench structure and associated pit at Occaneechi Town. A wall-trench structure is a structure showing where the posts supporting the wall and roof were placed.; Format: image/photograph

Chorten in Purang, Nepal: A pagoda-style structure called a Chorten in Purang village, en route from Muktinath to Jomsom in the Mustang district of Nepal. The structure has a crown on top and has two round orange circles on the front wall, symbolizing two eyes. On both sides of the...; Format: image/photograph

A lintel in Structure 1 of Bonampak in the Mexican state of Chiapas.: The settlement of Bonampak is located in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It appears to archaeologists that the buildings on this site were built between 580 and 800 as part of a small Mayan settlement with dependent ties to Yaxchilan, a larger site further north....; Format: image/photograph

Excavated wall-trench structure: The excavated remains of a wall-trench structure and associated pit at Occaneechi Town.; Format: image/photograph

Round robin: In this structure, each student takes turns sharing something new with members of the collaborative group. Round robin offers students the opportunity to express ideas and opinions while learning more about their teammates.; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Helping students understand text structures: Informational problem/solution: This exercise teaches students to understand the organizational structure of problem/solution essays by having them write "what it says" and "what it does" statements about a text. Asking students to write these statements about a text will enable students to read the text closely and will ensure that they understand the structure of a problem/solution text.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Margaret Ryan.

Roundtable: In this cooperative learning model, each team member writes one answer on a piece of paper that is passed around a table. Roundtable is highly effective with creative writing and brainstorming activities. This structure encourages responsibility for the group...; By Heather Coffey.

Interior of a kiln: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 18; Figure 16 shows the interior of the kiln shown in Figure 15. The shape of the roof was achieved by building a wooden frame that looked like an upturned boat in the interior to support the firebricks of the roof until the full structure was complete and self-supporting....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Odd organelles: In this lesson, students are given a set of odd objects that they must use to represent cell organelles. Students creatively draw analogies between either the structure and/or function of an object with that of an organelle.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By MaryBeth Knight Greene.

Town Creek major temple: The earthen mound after which Town Creek Indian Mound is named is the town's principal structure. The mound, made from soil carried in baskets on people's backs, was built on the site of an earlier ceremonial earth lodge that had collapsed. More soil was piled...; Format: image/photograph

Think-pair-share: In the think-pair-share strategy, students think on their own about a topic and then pair with another student to discuss their thoughts. Finally, the pair shares their thoughts with the rest of the class. This structure facilitates independent thinking and...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Fresco in Structure 1 at Bonampak, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.: The settlement of Bonampak is located in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It appears to archaeologists that the buildings on this site were built between 580 and 800 as part of a small Mayan settlement with dependent ties to Yaxchilan, a larger site further north....; Format: image/photograph

Cleveland County Historical Museum: Students will learn about the early days of Cleveland County and will see artifacts and other exhibits at this historical museum.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Co-op: The co-op structure is more complex than many of the other cooperative learning structures. This ten-step process engages students in the development of a product or project. Students work individually on a single task to contribute to their team, and the...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

The ABCs of the Three Little Pigs: This lesson uses a familiar fairy tale to teach writing. It is designed to emphasize using varied sentence patterns in writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); By Penny Canipe.

The Declaration of Independence: In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 5; In this interdisciplinary lesson, students will examine the role of the Declaration of Independence in the development of the American Revolution and as part of the American identity. They will also analyze the argumentative structure and write their own declaration.; Format: article (grade 10 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.

Three-step interview: The three-step interview takes the place of the traditional group discussion because each person in the group must produce and receive information. In the first two steps of this cooperative learning structure, students interact in pairs, interviewing each...; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Seeing two poems: This lesson will teach students how to actively read a poem and identify poetic devices.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); By Karyn A. Gloden.

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