1. Assessment serves different purposes at different times: it may be used …
1. Assessment serves different purposes at different times: it may be used to find out what students already know and can do; it may be used to help students improve their learning; or it may be used to let students, and their parents, know how much they have learned within a prescribed period of time. 2. Assessment must be planned and purposeful. Planning must ensure that assessment is aligned with curriculum, instruction, grading, and reporting. ...
The purpose of this task is to strengthen students' understanding of area. …
The purpose of this task is to strengthen students' understanding of area. It could be assigned in class to individuals or small groups or given as a homework exercise to generate interesting discussions the following day. The relatively high levels of complexity and technical demand enhance its instructional value.
"A web portal with comprehensible information on Einstein's theories of relativity and …
"A web portal with comprehensible information on Einstein's theories of relativity and their most exciting applications from the smallest particles to cosmology."
Use the tabs along the menu at the top to find what you need from beginner to more in-depth info.
There was physics before Einstein in the same way that there was …
There was physics before Einstein in the same way that there was biology before Darwin. Einstein didn’t just add some new ideas to physics. And he didn’t just add a unifying framework for doing physics, like Newton. Einstein took what people thought was physics, turned it upside down, then turned it inside out.
In this lesson, students explore ekphrasis--writing inspired by art. Students find pieces …
In this lesson, students explore ekphrasis--writing inspired by art. Students find pieces of art that inspire them and compose a booklet of poems about the pieces they have chosen.
This art history video discussion examines El Greco's (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) "Adoration of …
This art history video discussion examines El Greco's (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) "Adoration of the Shepherds", ca. 1612 - 1614, oil on canvas, 126 x 71 in. (319 x 180 cm), (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
This is a children's science story about gravity (title translated: The World …
This is a children's science story about gravity (title translated: The World of Copocuqu: Queen Gravity and King Mass). Learners will read about the force of gravity and how it relates to the mass of a body. The story takes place in an asteroid in which all its inhabitants talk in the form of questions or the world of Copoqucu. The story ends with a magic secret (or learning capsule), which reflects in synopsis the science message that the child would take with him or her.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third …
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about beginning, ending, and elapsed time with clocks - word problems.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth …
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about beginning, ending, and elapsed time with clocks - word problems.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second …
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about beginning, ending, and elapsed time with clocks - word problems.
As part of the engineering design process to create testable model heart …
As part of the engineering design process to create testable model heart valves, students learn about the forces at play in the human body to open and close aortic valves. They learn about blood flow forces, elasticity, stress, strain, valve structure and tissue properties, and Young's modulus, including laminar and oscillatory flow, stress vs. strain relationship and how to calculate Young's modulus. They complete some practice problems that use the equations learned in the lesson mathematical functions that relate to the functioning of the human heart. With this understanding, students are ready for the associated activity, during which they research and test materials and incorporate the most suitable to design, build and test their own prototype model heart valves.
In the film, two co-workers are made to share the same workspace. …
In the film, two co-workers are made to share the same workspace. However, their clashing personalities and differing approaches to work soon create tension. How can they defuse the situation? The lesson explores how the characters express their emotions and the effect that different ways of dealing with conflict will have on them, their work and their colleagues.
This task introduces the fundamental statistical ideas of using data summaries (statistics) …
This task introduces the fundamental statistical ideas of using data summaries (statistics) from random samples to draw inferences (reasoned conclusions) about population characteristics (parameters). In the task built around an election poll scenario, the population is the entire seventh grade class, the unknown characteristic (parameter) of interest is the proportion of the class members voting for a specific candidate, and the sample summary (statistic) is the observed proportion of voters favoring the candidate in a random sample of class members.
This task introduces the fundamental statistical ideas of using data summaries (statistics) …
This task introduces the fundamental statistical ideas of using data summaries (statistics) from random samples to draw inferences (reasoned conclusions) about population characteristics (parameters). In the task built around an election poll scenario, the population is the entire seventh grade class, the unknown characteristic (parameter) of interest is the proportion of the class members voting for a specific candidate, and the sample summary (statistic) is the observed proportion of voters favoring the candidate in a random sample of class members.
This task introduces the fundamental statistical ideas of using data summaries (statistics) …
This task introduces the fundamental statistical ideas of using data summaries (statistics) from random samples to draw inferences (reasoned conclusions) about population characteristics (parameters). In the task built around an election poll scenario, the population is the entire seventh grade class, the unknown characteristic (parameter) of interest is the proportion of the class members voting for a specific candidate, and the sample summary (statistic) is the observed proportion of voters favoring the candidate in a random sample of class members.
This activity is designed for a social studies, politics, civics or citizenship …
This activity is designed for a social studies, politics, civics or citizenship class. It can be used in secondary and elementary classrooms. Here is an overview of the simulation:
Students take part in a quick open-voting process to understand why a secret ballot is important. Then they take on the roles of political party members or election officers. They run an election on a community or school issue they care about. Students vote for a candidate, ballots are counted and a winner is announced. Finally, students reflect on what they learned about their role in the simulation and what makes elections fair. This simulation is based on the procedures used for Canadian federal elections. The tools and information in the kit are as authentic as possible while still being classroom-friendly.
n addition to providing a task that relates to other disciplines (history, …
n addition to providing a task that relates to other disciplines (history, civics, current events, etc.), this task is intended to demonstrate that a graph can summarize a distribution as well as provide useful information about specific observations.
This is an activity about magnetic induction. Learners will induce a flow …
This is an activity about magnetic induction. Learners will induce a flow of electricity in a wire using a moving bar magnet and measure this flow using a galvanometer, or Am meter. Through discussion, this activity can then be related to magnetic fields in nature. This activity requires use of a galvanometer, bar or cow magnet, and wire. This is the fifth lesson in the second session of the Exploring Magnetism teacher guide.
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