College Board
2005 AP® Psychology Free-Response Questions
How can diagnostic labels help children? Is hypnosis a useful tool or a fraudulent practice? An examination prompt explores controversies in psychology. A second, structured inquiry unpacks perception—and its various influences.
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Job Shadowing
Prepare high schoolers for the world of work by organizing a job shadowing experience. The resource packet contains all the required materials, but you will have to make the arrangements with the school and the employers.
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Health Careers
Each of the 9 slides have a list of possible careers within areas of the Health industry. There are no explanations or details of any of the jobs and so this would be useful to introduce the areas and then let the students research some...
Common Sense Media
Talking Safely Online
What is the difference between online and real-life friendships? Pupils learn how to keep information private online and maintain their safety in various situations requiring online communication.
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Groundwater Basics
Groundwater is an essential natural resource, not to mention a fascinating topic to study. Here is a series of twelve amazing lessons on the water source and how we use it in our daily lives. Concepts require higher math and physics...
IBM
What Path Will You Follow?
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question every kid has to answer quite often. Here is a lesson that will allow them to do some thinking about that very topic, and to learn about some professions they might consider...
California Department of Education
What’s A Hot Job?
What jobs are the next best thing? Curious career scholars explore their options in lesson plan three of a five-part series. Pupils research job trends and labor statistics before discussing the factors that influence occupation trends.
California Department of Education
What Occupation Interests Me?
Is the secret to success turning an interest into a career? Eleventh graders explore the occupation-interest connection in a career education instructional activity. Individuals first take an interest inventory and then create a...
Baylor College
What is Air? Pre-Assessment
First, estimate existing knowledge about air with a class discussion. Then, hand out a 10-question pre-assessment quiz to record how much pupils know to compare to their knowledge later. This will also give mini meteorologists the...
Baylor College
Animals' Needs
Explore the wonderful world of earthworms as your class learns about the requirements of animal life. After building soda bottle terrariums, students observe worms over the course of a couple weeks, building an understanding that all...
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Cloze Instruction
Bring Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Mad Libs, and cloze activities to your college class with this lesson plan. They complete a cloze instruction activity in which the students choose words that would fill in the blanks and create...
California Department of Education
Choosing My Lifestyle
How much does it cost to live the life your dream life? Scholars explore the pitfalls of personal finance through planning, discussion, and research. The first lesson in a five-part series tasks individuals with determining an...
California Department of Education
My Best Resume
For employers and recruiters, the first step in their quest to find good candidates is the paper screening process. They look at a candidate's application and resume and push forward the files of those who meet their requirements. Thus...
New York State Education Department
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 10
How have educational standards evolved? Educators of adults examine expectations in the 10th workshop out of 15 to better determine how standards have grown. Participants respond to a variety of sample questions to determine how they...
Mind Snacks
SAT Vocab - MindSnacks
Who knew learning and practicing vocabulary for the SAT could be this absorbing? With 500 words to learn after an upgrade, and nine different games for practice, users are sure to feel prepared on testing day!
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James and the Giant Peach Character Study
Every book has a few great characters, but James and the Giant Peach is the only one whose characters travel in a piece of fruit. The class creates T-charts for the main characters of the novel, while reading the book. They write actions...
EduGAINs
Guidance and Career Education: Pathways— Goal Setting and Action Planning
Sooner or later, the learners in your class are going to move on to college and the professional world. Help them organize their goals with a project designed for groups, which prompts them to examine entry points and next steps for...
Purdue University
The Represented World: Recreational STEM
How are forces and motion important to a swing set? Scholars explore the concepts of force and motion using swing sets. In preparation for their own STEM design project, individuals take surveys and data from peers, complete labs on...
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Post-Secondary Choices
Students discuss interests and future goals. After completing a personal preferences handout, students research colleges that are compatible with their interests. They request, in writing, additional information from their selected...
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Letters of Recommendation
Students write letters of recommendation. They discuss uses for letters of recommendation including jobs, colleges, scholarships, and internships. They discuss who to ask for letters of recommendation and obtain two to three letters of...
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Casserole Lab
Students participate in a lecture and lab explaining the qualities of a casserole, identifying the different kinds, the function of the ingredients and foods used in the preparation of the casserole.
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A Valid Conclusion? Testing and Reporting on Hypotheses Using the Scientific Method
Students explore importance of accuracy in reporting, focusing particularly on articles documenting scientific discoveries, and practice scientific method by conducting experiments to test and report on scientific hypotheses.
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Time Management: College Study Skills
Young scholars read articles and listen to a lecture about time management. They discuss an appropriate balance between study and leisure time and identify the importance of setting a regular schedule for eating and sleeping. Students...
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How to Stay Healthy in College
Students plan ways to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle while in college. They keep a food log and cooperate as peer editors to make food choice suggestions for healthier eating. Students also consider the role of exercise in...