Quickly review and assess each students' understanding of the endocrine glands with this scavenger hunt.
- Subject:
- Health Education
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Assessment
- Author:
- Bridget Mariano
- Jenn Vedder
- Date Added:
- 12/14/2020
Quickly review and assess each students' understanding of the endocrine glands with this scavenger hunt.
Students will work collaboratively to research specific glands of the endocrine system and complete a slide within a group student slide show.
This is a quick slideshow to help guide students into better researching skills.
Give students some freedom, but provide a reasonable workflow with this Genius Hour Workflow HyperDoc. Also included, a model to help students understand that this is not just free time and that they are expected to master, create, learn, innovate, produce, and maybe even serve.
This is a professional learning resource prepared for VBCPS and intended to be modified by other divisions as needed. The Schoology course was built based on the #GoOpenVA Workshop in a Box and enables asynchronous, remote professional learning.
The 7 Cups and VBCPS Growth PathsPersonalized Growth Paths contain activities made for those dealing with a certain situation. It helps a person understand what they are dealing with and self-heal with activities that are expertly compiled.There is also a “gamified” element to the Paths. Students complete “Steps” to fill their cups and move ahead on their chosen path.You can find text, slides, and videos here or the Gratitue Growth Path on 7 Cups as well with a free membership.
This represents an entire unit designed to be cross curricular in nature for English 11 and VA/US History. The Historical Fiction Research Unit Google Doc can be found here and contains various links to additional resources to support this unit of study.The "before", "during", and "after" are included in each day for this series. The unit will take approximately 12 days.
There are 3 parts to this project:How group works togetherA Google SiteA skit This is how it will work:Each group picks the name of an infectious disease at random.Group will designate the following roles: a doctor, a nurse, a scribe, and a patient. If you have a 5th member they can be a specialist.
The Kindness Curriculum, available in both Spanish and English, has been shown to help students self-regulate, improve peer relationships, develop a stronger sense of empathy and kindness, and positively impact academic performance and social competence.
This spreadsheet has links to audio files and lesson plans for the Kinetic Scholar lessons developed as part of the Active Learning grant our school division was awarded. Many are student voiced and all involve some sort of audio lesson paired with movement. We encourage teachers to take students outside to listen and move around with these lessons when possible to increase circulation, get some fresh air, and enjoy our beautiful campuses.
Learning target: I understand when someone tells me where places are located in a city/town.
Title: Media Messages Mini-UnitTopic: Media MessagesEducational Standards: 9.2 The student will produce, analyze, and evaluate media messages.Subject Area: English 9
Students are asked to shade in the graphics to illustrate understanding of the moon's phases, then to cut out the cards as a means to study the characteristics of each phase.
Background Information“The Moth” is a storytelling podcast that features real people telling short, engaging stories from their lives. We are going to become Identity and Conformity Detectives while listening! As we listen, we will search for ways identity and conformity have intersected in the lives of our storytellers.Essential QuestionAs you listen, consider this question: How does society shape our identities? Learning TargetsI can learn about conformity and reflect on the ways it impacts my life and identity.I can utilize audio media as a source to inspire ideas and analysis in my writing.
Title: Narrative Elements LessonTopic: Narrative ElementsEducational Standards: SOL 9.4Subject Area: English 9
Title: Of Mice and Men Unit - Summative PBA Topic: The American Dream, Of Mice and Men (After Reading)Educational Standards: SOL 11.4Subject Area: English 11
LOGISTICS - Adjust and adapt as you see fit within your classroom context (student & curricular need)Each day we engaged with the chapter through an activity/discussion during the first half of class.The second half of class (these slides), students worked independently to reflect on each chapter’s essential question, read paired passages, and draw connections between the texts.
The Pharmacy Technician FlexBook is a 17 chapter OER textbook curated and created by two Virginia Beach City Public Schools educators, Kim McTyre and Kathleen Vuono, to support the new CTE Pharmacy Technician course.
A very short but very important note on how VBCPS teachers, administrators, and other instructional staff are able to access to #GoOpenVA.
Now that students have researched their topic/social issue and created an effective formal written argument, it’s time for them to demonstrate their rhetorical skills by applying them to another genre! Students will:Select an appropriate platform for the product and use it to articulate and present an effective argumentArgue and defend original position in a succinct manner (brief but still comprehensive) Use appropriate tone and rhetorical devices/strategies for the chosen presentation mediumReflect on choicesClick this link to get a Raise Your Voice! Part II: Performance-Based Assessment Google Doc.