During this lesson, students will be introduced to how mathematical statistics influence real-life situations so that they can use those skills to create solutions to problems in their everyday lives. Prior to this lesson, students have researched a real-life current event that personally affects them.
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Shannon Bowman
In this lesson, students will make their own solutions using water, food coloring, salt, and sugar. Students will observe how the solutions are made and predict what might happen when they mix those solutions. Students will add various quantities to a communal bin and observe what they see. The teacher will challenge the students to think about how they might return the solution back to its original form and students will test their hypotheses. The class will then discuss various social and emotional scenarios that reflect the observations of the experiment.
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Kathleen Janes
In this lesson, students will identify math in the natural world, build a number line, and create their own artwork using mathematical properties of the Fibonacci sequence. Students will read various texts to discover the sequence and examples in the world. They will then use their own work and calculators to extend the sequence on a number line. This work can be scaffolded for students’ readiness levels.
Author
Kathleen Janes
Students will explore the concepts of testing, variations, and variables through the construction of a hoop glider and participation in a competition to see which team can build a glider that will glide the farthest before touching the ground.
Author
Thomas House
Students will explore their interests and goals to share with a broader audience. An autobiographical video allows middle school students an opportunity to present themselves to adults and peers. Speaking to an audience of adults and peers is one of the key interpersonal skills that we would like students to develop.
Author
Thomas House
Students will gain hands-on experience to learn what the world of virtual reality has to offer as not only an entertainment platform but an expansive doorway to transforming the educational experience.
Author
Maggie Gaines-Hackney
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This lesson is all about exploration. Students will explore their own strengths, weaknesses, and interests. Students will then explore their dream occupations and map out various pathways to achieve their career goals.
Author
Robert Butts
This lesson will give students an introduction to the deconstruction and assembly processes. Students will learn what the assembly process steps are and how to assemble something by first deconstructing it. This lesson will also have a focus on measurement using a ruler and how the roles of producers and consumers affect the assembly process.
Author
Crystal Whisenant
An electric cooperative is defined as “a not-for-profit electric cooperative owned by the people it serves”. In this lesson plan, students will learn the different departments associated with an electric cooperative. The students will be placed in different departments such as Board of Directors, General Manager, Assistant Manager, Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, and Delivery. The cooperative will provide merchandise (candy) to the student body and at the end of the activity, the students in the Personal Finance class will receive capital credits as cooperative members receive at the end of the fiscal year. By the end of this project, students will have a better understanding of the definition of a cooperative, how to work as a team, and how a business is run collaboratively, as they each perform their business duties.
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Daria Fedrick
There is a large need currently in agriculture for new ideas, engineering and designing better equipment, developing nutrient-efficient crops and sustainable practices to support a growing population. Throughout the semester, students will travel to several tour sites, gathering information about the various components of agriculture, horticulture and the technological advancements that make it all possible. Students will then have the opportunity to design a final product based on the needs, ideas, or environmental concerns that they observe throughout their experience.
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J’Lisa Miles
This course is designed to teach kindergarten students how to work purposefully, collaboratively, and creatively like engineers, by practicing the safety principles and school rules to ensure their safety at school and prepare them for real-world jobs. Through my internship at Siemens, I learned that educators can prepare students for the real world by incorporating activities that compel collaboration, teamwork, communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and responding to feedback.
Author
Lisa Cook
This lesson plan utilizes candy, sports, and air pollution to explore scatterplots and correlation of variables. It is adapted from Section 3.1 in The Practice of Statistics Sixth Edition by Starnes and Tabor.
Author
Margaret Borden
Students explore the idea of correlation and least squares regression through baseball, chocolate, and human mortality.
Author
Margaret Borden
In this two to three-week assessment and project, students will work in groups to write argumentative essays (supported by textual evidence) explaining who is responsible for helping the communities that we have read about to “clean up” after war has ravaged their countries.
Author
Emily Ericson
This lesson outlines the steps for planning an Agriculture Awareness Day for elementary-aged students. The objectives are the event are to help students:
Author
Crystal Folger-Hawks