This playbook includes resources created, curated, and adapted by the ITSs and LMSs at Ocean Lakes High School to support virtual, concurrent, and hybrid learning. Use this playbook to find resources and strategies to make lessons more interactive and engaging, streamline workflow, and foster a sense of community in your classroom. ✍Note to Reader - Due to restricted sharing permissions, some linked resources may not be accessible to individuals outside of the VBCPS school division.  All linked resources were publicly & freely shared; paid resources have not been included in the Playbook.  Efforts have been made to retroactively include attributions for authors for original content & derivatives.   

This article discusses the importance of student feedback in creating a respectful, equitable classroom.

Students learn about the manufacturing phase of the engineering design process. They start by building prototypes, which is a special type of model used to test new design ideas. Students gain experience using a variety of simple building materials, such as foam core board, balsa wood, cardstock and hot glue. They present their prototypes to the class for user testing and create prototype iterations based on feedback. (Note: Conduct this activity in the context of a design project that students are working on; this activity is Step 5 in a series of six that guide students through the engineering design loop.)

This plan will provide the teacher and student with the resources to engage in kind and constructive feedback. Students will use music terminology to evaluate, define, and provide feedback to peer performances.

In this 15 minute video, Paul Andersen explains how feedback loops allow living organisms to maintain homeostasis. He uses thermoregulation in mammals to explain how a negative feedback loop functions. He uses fruit ripening to explain how a positive feedback loop functions. He also explains what can happen when a feedback loop is altered.

Also included is a concept map, slide show, worksheet and transcript of the video.

Transcript added from YouTube subtitles. You can use this to write your own worksheet or quiz.

This article discusses research findings about classroom questioning and provides tips for teachers and online and print resources.

Students learn basic concepts of robotic logic and programming by working with Boe-Bot robots—a simple programmable robotic platform designed to illustrate basic robotic concepts. Under the guidance of the instructor and a provided lab manual, student groups build simple circuits and write codes to make their robots perform a variety of tasks, including obstacle and light detection, line following and other motion routines. Eight sub-activities focus on different sensors, including physical sensors, phototransistors and infrared headlights. Students test their newly acquired skills in the final activity, in which they program their robots to navigate an obstacle course.

Students learn about homeostasis and create models by constructing simple feedback systems using Arduino boards, temperature sensors, LEDs and Arduino code. Starting with pre-written code, students instruct LEDs to activate in response to the sensor detecting a certain temperature range. They determine appropriate temperature ranges and alter the code accordingly. When the temperature range is exceeded, a fan is engaged in order to achieve a cooling effect. In this way, the principle of homeostasis is demonstrated. To conclude, students write summary paragraphs relating their models to biological homeostasis.