131 Stomach Turner Roller Coaster Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 10–12 Professional Commentary: This unit teaches students to recognize, graph, and write equations for sinusoidal curves with and without the use of technology. Students analyze the amplitude, period, horizontal shift, and vertical shift of sinusoidal curves and recognize the connection between the graphical and algebraic representations of a function.... Projects: COR 132 Computer-Assisted Instruction and Science Resource Type: Professional Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades PreK–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This professional resource discusses how computer-assisted instruction improves instruction for students with disabilities because students receive immediate feedback and do not continue to practice the wrong skills. Many online activities allow students to move through instruction at the student’s pace and keep track of the student’s errors and progress.... Projects: COR 133 Using Current Data for Graphing Skills Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This promising practice resource focuses on graphing and is designed to help students identify the difference between an effective and ineffective graph, draw their own graphs, and interpret and relay information in a graph into another form of communication. This lesson requires the use of computers and the Internet and will be most effective if real-time scientific data is used, as is found in the following ORC resources: USGS Real-time Water Data for the Nation, U.S.... Projects: COR 134 How Are Polymers Utilized in Everyday Life? Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This is a promising practice resource designed around the topic of polymer science. Students use the Macrogalleria website to gather polymer information, put it into a graphic organizer and then present their polymer information to the class. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to identify chemical and physical properties of the polymer, explain how it's used in everyday life, describe the pros and cons of using this polymer, and identify how the polymer has improved over time. (author/cb) Projects: COR Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This promising practice resource contains video segments for students on the kinetic theory of motion and contains a separate video for teachers that reinforces this topic. Student video segments are interactive and require students to watch the video, record their observations, make predictions and draw diagrams to demonstrate their understanding of the topic. After watching the video segments, students are asked to perform a lab to support or refute their predictions. (cb) Projects: COR Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This content resource focuses on the conservation of mass and points out that volume may not necessarily be conserved when combining two or more elements or compounds as part of a chemical change. For this resource, you will find a video viewing guide, and two types of video for professional development and student viewing. (author/cb) Projects: COR Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice resource students discover how heat is transferred by conduction through matter by watching interactive video segments. This is an excellent resource, but it is important to note that convection and radiation are not covered and should be addressed prior to showing these video segments. Along with the student video segments, a teacher video is also included to provide additional reinforcement around the topic of conduction. (cb) Projects: COR 138 The Secret Life of Scientists Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–12 Professional Commentary: This content resource is a web-based series that shows what happens when the lab coats come off. Every two weeks, a new video is released and a new scientist introduced.... Projects: COR 139 Assessment Professional Development Guide Resource Type: General Education Resource Discipline: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts, Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This online assessment resource is designed for professional development providers. Divided into two parts, this module begins with a brief introduction to assessment that includes an expert interview on the importance of assessment, an overview of the different types of assessments, and strategies for using rubrics.... Projects: COR Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 1–2 Professional Commentary: This lesson asks students to investigate how animals get food during the winter months. Students read fiction and nonfiction books and access the Internet to gain information about how animals survive during the winter.... Projects: COR |