This lesson is part of a sequential unit. Students hold a critique session to evaluate the work of their peers using the criteria for value and meaning they developed in "Ceramics: A Vessel into History -- Lesson 1."

How are grocery shelf location and sugar content of cereals related? In this task, students visit two grocery stores to compare the amount of sugar in boxes of cereal that are displayed on the top shelf to the amount of sugar in boxes of cereal that are displayed on the second to the bottom shelf. They design and conduct a survey to compare their findings from two stores. In doing so, they encounter sample size, sampling technique, data collection, and
data analysis and reporting. Students compare their data in summary plots using two box and whisker plots. Students create a written report to share and relate findings to marketing decision making.

Observe how a chemical reaction evolves over time and affects the balance of potential and kinetic energy in the system.

Students work individually and in groups to compare and contrast two chairs that were made in different time periods. They will then create a collage depicting an historic scene inspired by artist Nicole Cohen's video installation that incorporates historic and modern imagery.

In this lesson, students will be presented with examples of the three phases of matter and be asked to draw their own models of the particles contained in each. Students will then construct their own 3 dimensional models of the particles in each phase of matter. After the teacher introduces the concept of simulations, students will be asked to locate their own simulations online and explain the positives and limitations of each.

Primary Strand
SCI.5.7.c Explain the role of energy in changing the phase of matter of a substance.

Integrated Strand
Reading 5.5a Summarize events in the plot in a fiction text
Reading 5.5m Use reading strategy of visualizing when reading fiction and nonfiction

In this lesson, students will read the mentor text What's the Matter With the Three Little Pigs? Students will summarize at stopping points throughout the book. Students will also find three examples from the book and how the matter changed.

Changing attributes of rectangular prisms  Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

Students learn about the evolution of landscape painting in France from the 17th to the 19th century. They will examine and compare three landscape paintings, emphasizing space, depth, and the concepts of foreground, middle ground, and background.

Summary of three-day event in which teachers centered on changing patters of agriculture that involved both classroom instruction and a field experience. Spectific curriculum topics included sustainability, urban agriculture, environmental ethics, and women in agriculture; skills such as formal observation, data collection, landscape analysis, speculation and spatial analysis; and processes such as climate change, economic development, and the Geo-Inquiry process. Contains links to numerous resources.

Lecture notes on changing speech and culture relations in Southwest Virginia. Historical overview of Southern Appalachian Speech practices with a Virginia emphasis.

A short screencast to demonstrate how to change your password in #GoOpenVA (if you have an assigned account).  IF YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT ACCESSED THROUGH A SINGLE-SIGN-ON SOLUTION FROM YOUR SCHOOL DIVISION (CLEVER OR GOOGLE), YOU SHOULD CHANGE PASSWORDS ONLY ON YOUR GENERAL DIVISION LOG-IN ACCOUNT.

Chansons françaises is the integrated music component of Français interactif. Chansons features a French or Francophone song, related to each chapter's cultural or pedagogical focus, presented via audio or video. Accompanying pdfs provide additional information, as well as comprehension exercises. Songs act as a portal to various Francophone cultures and musical genres. Aural comprehension and study of lyrics afford students practice with culturally authentic text and expression. Students discover yet another reason to be passionate about studying French!

This simulation allows you to observe the behavior of an object reflecting around a circular table.

Questionnaire for child and parent followed by comparing and contrasting using grouped character traits to prompt discussion.

Geometric characteristics of solid figures Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom. 

English Instructional Plan – Characterization Grade 4 

English Instructional Plan – Characterization: Character Development Grade 5

This video is part of the Continue to Know with WHRO TV series. Watch Chautauqua Hopson teach about character traits.

This lesson provides resources to assist in using Roald Dahl's short story Lamb to the Slaughter to teach characterization. It provides an anticipatory activity, versions of the text for the student and teacher, text-dependent questions, and a mastery activity. While it does not include instructional materials, these are great resources to build a lesson around.