411 Number Line I: Locations Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–7 Professional Commentary: A number line is stretched across the room with evenly spaced points representing the integers from -10 to 20. Students "dance" along the number line to illustrate addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.... 412 Number Line 2: Changes and Shortcuts Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–7 Professional Commentary: Working on a number line, students find a way to express the addition of two integers as the addition of a single integer. This site is a sequel to Number Line I: Locations and focuses on addition of integers.... Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: Fix a center, turn, and you have a rotation. Many objects in nature--flowers, starfish, crystals, etc.--and many objects we use every day have rotational symmetry.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Construction Technologies, Hospitality & Tourism, Manufacturing Technologies, Marketing Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: Many objects in nature--butterflies, flowers, crystals, etc.--and many objects we use every day have reflection symmetry. In this four-part investigation using JavaSketchpad applets, students learn the mathematical definitions and properties of reflections and reflection symmetry.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Construction Technologies, Engineering & Science Technologies, Information Technology Projects: Standards First 415 Body Plan Comparison Challenge: Phylum Comparison Challenge Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This promising practice lesson focuses on distinguishing features of animal body plans. Students explore the characteristics of the eight major animal phyla.... 416 Mysterious Life of Caves: Microbial Townhouse Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: The purpose of this activity is to understand that microorganisms can survive in many different environments and that microorganisms live in places where conditions are suitable for their growth. Students use commonly available materials to create Winogradsky columns.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Health Science Projects: Standards First Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: The objective of this activity is to describe the forces that keep objects in orbit in the solar system. Following a discussion about gravity on earth, students will compare the weight of objects on earth to the weight on other planets.... 418 The Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and Artifacts: Ethnographic Field Studies in Fiction Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 11–12 Professional Commentary: This instructional unit uses The Grapes of Wrath and digital images from the American Memory collections to explore cultural and literary themes. Students use the American Memory collections to conduct research and gather artifacts.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Arts & Communication, Human Services, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 419 The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources from the Roaring Twenties Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 11–12 Professional Commentary: In order to appreciate historical fiction, students need to understand the factual context and recognize how popular culture reflects the values, mores, and events of the time period. This lesson uses The Great Gatsby to study the connection between fiction and historical/social contexts.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Transportation Systems Projects: COR, Writing 6-12, Standards First 420 Cartesian Candy Bars I Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–5 Professional Commentary: This lesson compares ratios of the coordinates of various points in a Cartesian grid. The aim is to help students realize that equivalent ratios lie along a straight line.... |