August 8, 2016 | Fracking in the Sandhills By Amneris Solano Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” as it is more commonly called, is one of the major issues in environmental and political news today. Recently, the issue...
August 8, 2016 | Plant + Soil Unit By Amneris Solano The purpose of this project is two fold: To show show the cycle of connectedness from science to economics, through use of Math and Language...
August 8, 2016 | Innovations in Healthcare: It all starts with the EMS By Amneris Solano This lesson introduces students to the Electromagnetic Spectrum. The lesson begins with a comical narrative chain which leads in to a simple jump roping activity...
August 8, 2016 | Discovering Pythagoras in the Real World By Amneris Solano Eighth grade students will be discussing and discovering the Pythagorean Theorem. Students will view a video of a real world situation that involves right triangles...
August 8, 2016 | Science Literacy, Inquiry and 21st Century Skills: Environmental Influences on Normal Cell Function & Cancer By Amneris Solano The purpose of this lesson is to engage prior learning of the student in what they know about cancer. Students will use a model system...
August 8, 2016 | Introduction to Fractions By Amneris Solano Through this lesson students will understand that fractions are part of a whole. Students will gain knowledge of numerical and visual representations of fractions using...