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Alex: Circling the Bill of Rights
This is a hands-on, inquiry project to create a 3-D graphic organizer for the research and study of the Bill of Rights. It may be a stand-alone activity or may be included as part of a unit of study on the Constitution. Students will...
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Alex: The Bee's Knees of the 1920s
This is a culminating activity to an American history unit on "The Roaring 20s." Middle schoolers will work in groups to research notable individuals from the 1920s and apply that knowledge to create a digital poster using Glogster. This...
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Alex: Going to War!
In this 21st Century roleplay lesson plan, students use what they know about causes of the Civil War to have an educated discussion with another class. By utilizing Skype, students and teachers collaborate with one another in an engaging...
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Alex: Report the Trials: Salem Hysteria
Students will act as a radio/TV reporter informing the public of the hysteria of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Within partners/groups, students will create a podcast/vodcast connecting Puritan life and culture with the events in Salem.
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Alex: What's on Your Plate?
In today's fast food world, it can be hard to make healthy eating choices. In this lesson, learners will learn how they can incorporate healthy eating habits in their daily routines. They will use menus from local restaurant chains and...
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Alex: "Tools of the Trade"
Students will research tools that were used in Colonial tradeshops to determine how the tools were used during the 18th century. During the lesson, the students will have the opportunity to work together with their peers to conduct their...
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Alex: Pass It Down
This lesson, Pass It Down, integrates science and math into two consecutive hands-on genetics activities that should be embedded within an existing genetics unit suitable for biology learners. The results of each activity will be...
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Alex: Producing Poetic Podcasts (Hey, That's Alliteration!)
In this culminating lesson for a poetry unit, students will create a video podcast that summarizes a specific poem, analyzes the poet's use of literary elements, and infers the meaning of the poem (theme). The podcast must use a talk...
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Alex: A Revolutionary Dinner Party
Students play the role of colonists from the Revolutionary War period. Each group has decided to host a dinner party for some "famous faces" of the American Revolution. There are FOUR parts to this project: research, seating chart, music...
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Alex: Lip Balm Science
During this lesson, students will make three types of lip balm. They will then predict which lip balm they think will be preferred by testers and test that prediction by collecting data from testers who sample the lip balms. They will...
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Alex: Read Well Letter Chant Podcast
This lesson guides students through creating a Podcast that provides video and audio of the Read Well Letter Chant. Students take pictures of the cards and record the chant to go along with the cards.
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Alex: How to Participate in a Professional Job Interview
Through this lesson, young scholars will learn how to participate in a professional job interview.
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Alex: Keep Talking!
A lesson that helps learners develop their improvisational skills. Students select a random topic and speak about it for one minute.
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Alex: Three Principles of Civil Disobedience
Both Mahatmas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. were influenced by Henry David Thoreau's essay, "Civil Disobedience." Have students research and read, using the Internet, the first part of Thoreau's essay. Then have students write an...
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Alex: African American Honorees in Alabama History
Students will create a PowerPoint slide show presentation and brochure on a famous African American icon from the Alabama Calendar. Students may select famous African Americans from Alabama such as Rosa Parks, Vonetta Flowers, Dr. Mae...
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Alex: Puzzling Pangaea
In this lesson students will work collaboratively to research information in order to prove or disprove if a super continent ever existed. Students will create a model of Pangaea to show how their research findings 'connect' in a puzzle...
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Alex: Mentos, Soda, and Nucleation
In this lesson, Mentos candy and different types of soda are used to show examples of nucleation, surface tension, surface area, polar attractions, and supersaturated materials. A video will be used to show the examples and the students...
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Alex: A Voice for the Silent
This lesson is designed to help students make a connection between the events of World War II and the events happening in the world today. Students will compare examples of genocide from World War II and today. This lesson is taught in...
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Alex: Biodiversity: Local Ecosystem & Food Web
This is a hands on lesson in which students will explore their local community to identify living things. It can be used as part of a unit on biodiversity and energy transfer within a biology, zoology, or environmental science course, or...
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Alex: Literary Elements in Literature
This lesson is applicable to any story or novel in literature. The students will be introduced to twelve literary elements through a podcast. They will then be divided into small groups to complete activities involving story and literary...
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Alex: The Pythagorean Theorem in the Real World
The introduction of this lesson has students verifying the famous Pythagorean Theorem with a hands-on proof. Students will then apply the Theorem in one of two ways: by solving for the side lengths of a right triangle and by determining...
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Alex: The Marketing Mix
The purpose of these lessons is to encourage young scholars to apply knowledge of the marketing mix to a variety of real life products and services. The intention is that students should take what they know and use that information in...
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Alex: Explore Career Opportunities in Accounting
Students will work on a team to research a variety of newly related accounting careers, including accounting trends in the global market. Then, they will collaborate as a team to create and perform a PowerPoint presentation on their...
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Alex: It's Time
Students must prepare to be future business professionals. By researching the importance of employee/student time and attendance and creating a brochure, students will gain essential knowledge of practical business practices. The...