This resource consists of a Java applet and expository text. The applet is a simulation of drawing n cards from a standard deck. The parameter n can be varied.
Video lesson intended for grades 3-5 with a breathing activity, instruction about cardiorespiratory endurance, activities, and review. Video lesson is 18:23 minutes in length. Video created by Virginia's Chief Movement Officers cadre in collaboration with Focused Fitness, Virginia Department of Health, and Virginia Department of Education.
Checkout these trading cards featuring VA graduates thriving in their new careers. Disseminate one card a month for students to color and explore (there is a video accessible via QR code on each), incorporate them into your career exploration lessons, create a bulletin board, or share with teachers for possible alignment with their curriculum, shrink so they are pocket size and encourage students to collect or trade their cards! There are so many ways to incorporate this ready to use resources into your program- we can’t wait to see the many creative uses school counselors come up with.
Allow students the opportunity to explore their career goals! This activity will allow them to develop their research skills and provide a hands-on experience to help stretch their perspective. Let your students guide themselves into discovering new career path options!
Teacher Instructs the student to navigate to Google.com. The teacher will model researching their career by typing in the search box, “What is the average salary for a teacher in Virginia.” The teacher will ask what does average salary mean and add details to the students’ responses. The teacher will then pull up the Google Sheet to be used for today’s lesson. Students will begin researching their own career choice by typing, “What is the average salary of a _______________________ in VIrginia? The students will find a low, average, and top salary for their career choices. The students will use the average or middle salary given. If more than one average is given the students will use the mathematical equation for finding the mean to calculate the average of the salaries given.
Students will lead discussion on their net pay for their chosen career, their total expenses, and the amount they will have left after paying all the monthly expenses. If there wasn’t enough money to pay all their expenses what will they need to do?
Students will research the cost of homes and expences associated with owning a home. This proccess will help the studet to determine if thier chosen salary will support the purchase of the selected home.
Students will pretend they have a family of 4. Use the list given by students and make sure the following are included: average cost of groceries for a family of 4average cost of health insurance for a family of 4average cost of dining out for a family of 4 (multiply this by 4 for eating out once a week)average monthly internet feeaverage monthly cable or satellite
The teacher will lead discussion on cost of the vehicle versus the salary made for his/her career. What are the pros and cons of this vehicle? Students will then research the type of vehicle they want. Each student will determine the cost of the vehicle. Students will share with each other the type of vehicle they chose, the cost of the vehicle, and the pros and cons of the vehicle.
This wordsearch activity can be used to help review potential careers in cybersecurity and serve as an introduction into the lesson.
Learn more about how to find a career – or volunteer job! – in the vastly varied field of wildlife, as we highlight a wide range of backgrounds and education paths that can lead people to work with wildlife. The range of career paths that lead to working with wildlife is about as varied as the actual wildlife all around us. This episode features several different people working with or for wildlife, highlighting a collection of stories from their daily lives. Learn more about how to find a career – or volunteer job! – in this field, including the range of backgrounds and education paths that can lead people to work with wildlife. Even with a diversity of people, organizations, and agencies, roles, and responsibilities, a number of these professionals work together for a common goal of helping protect wildlife and the environment.
This is a lesson that introduces kids to the concepts of slope and y-intercept as they relate to multiplicative and additive relationships.
In this activity, students will learn to identify the 7 continents by name and location through song activity blending active learning. Students will learn facts pertaining to each continent and practice syllable breaking strategies.
Learn the reasons why keeping cats—domestic pets—indoors is better for wildlife, the cats themselves, and human health. Outdoor cats cause significant problems for wildlife and the environment; these cats also have shorter lifespans and are subjected to many more dangers than their indoor counterparts. Join Center staff, health experts, and a cat behaviorist to learn how we can fix this human-caused issue and keep wildlife, cats, and the environment safer.
This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846) focuses on expanding vocabulary, developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, strengthening reading comprehension, and strengthening expository and persuasive writing skills.
Have students learn about the main characters in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Let THEM become the casting director as they decide who is best fit to play the part!
I created this activity to use during the introduction of cause and effect for my fourth-grade class. I feel that beginning with pictures helps my students distinguish between why and what. This is an engaging way to allow students to practice with cause and effect. This is an engaging activity to practice SOL 4.5j.
Students will read the declarations of secession from each state joining the CSA. Students can be assigned to read all, a few, or just one. Students will then draft a statement summarizing the reason(s) the state is giving for secession. Students can write/share these with the class and then discuss any commonalities among the statements to determine the cause of the Civil War according the states that seceded.
Students will read the declarations of secession from each state joining the CSA. Students can be assigned to read all, a few, or just one. Students will then draft a statement summarizing the reason(s) the state is giving for secession. Students can write/share these with the class and then discuss any commonalities among the statements to determine the cause of the Civil War according the states that seceded.
Students will read the declarations of secession from each state joining the CSA. Students can be assigned to read all, a few, or just one. Students will then draft a statement summarizing the reason(s) the state is giving for secession. Students can write/share these with the class and then discuss any commonalities among the statements to determine the cause of the Civil War according the states that seceded.
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