An anticipation guide and prediction strategies will be used to spark student interest and to help students make connections to their lives and/or real-world issues.

Students will read the play Julius Caesar and engage in a variety of activities to assure comprehension, develop vocabulary, and provide opportunities for analytical and interpretive work. Students will use the Internet to research theme parks to prepare for a creative-interpretive activity: a Julius Caesar Theme Park.

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Students, following a teacher-led overview of photosynthesis and cell respiration, will work in groups to design and conduct an experiment using CBL sensors/interfaces that determines the amount of carbon dioxide released by crickets during cell respiration under various temperature conditions. After developing a hypothesis and making a prediction, students will test them using the designed experiment. Students will share and discuss their data with others, write a summary/reflection report...Read more

: Students will read articles about global citizenship/community service and issues in developing countries. They will incorporate the information from the readings into written content (informational and persuasive pieces) for a website promoting global citizenship, awareness of issues in developing countries, and plans for action to increase global citizenship and/or help developing countries. Finally, students will give presentations to their class about one of their articles.

Working in small groups, students will design a display area within a proposed amusement park that will house a live dinosaur for the entertainment and education of park visitors. Students will conduct research to ensure that they incorporate the correct environmental conditions to successfully maintain the health of their dinosaur. Students will create job descriptions and salary scales for the necessary employees required for the project. Students will submit a detailed proposal of their pr...Read more

Students will design and create a quilt to donate to a local charity within the parameters set by the teacher. In creating their quilt, students will be required to use skills such as listening, reading, design, drawing, mathematical calculations, organization, time management, and basic concentration techniques used in sewing. The culmination of this lesson is a field trip to a charity the class has chosen to donate the quilts. Community members and organizations will donate all materials fo...Read more

Students will work independently to design an outdoor, in-ground sprinkler system for their home's lawn and garden. Students will create a scale drawing of the total area involved before researching various water delivery systems to fit their specific needs. Students will maintain a daily journal to document the planning, construction, testing, and modifications undertaken throughout the project.

Through inquiry and teamwork, students will design a geodesic dome. Scale models will test their individual designs for discussion of a final blueprint. The class will build consensus on a model/design and develop a materials list, budget, and construction plan. Next, students will create templates for the dome using string as a compass to achieve exact measure for each isosceles triangle and develop a tab for the triangles to attach to each other. Student will then cut out all of the tri...Read more

: Students will create a wiki website that is interactive with a history class. History students will post information about the 1930's to include the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. English students will contribute an online Reader's Guide for the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The students in both classes will be required to interact via internet to teach the content to one another.

Folder: National Performance Reports

A new policy and economic environment promises to upend the twentieth-century blueprint for high schools that has left large numbers of students without diplomas or the advanced skills to succeed in college and careers. In a flattening global economy, many more students must perform at high levels to ensure the nation‘s economic and social well-being. Almost all states have responded to the urgency to increase educational outcomes by adopting the common core state standards, which are inter...Read more

Folder: National Performance Reports

A new policy and economic environment promises to upend the twentieth-century blueprint for high schools that has left large numbers of students without diplomas or the advanced skills to succeed in college and careers. In a flattening global economy, many more students must perform at high levels to ensure the nation‘s economic and social well-being. Almost all states have responded to the urgency to increase educational outcomes by adopting the common core state standards, which are inter...Read more