[…]century, German artist Albrecht Durer (see Figure #) used a grid to develop linear perspective.[i] During the era of Modernism in art, Jasper Johns used a grid composition and numbers as subject matter. In the Post-Modern era, contemporary artist Chuck Close reinvigorated the use of the grid. The grid will […]
[…]survival reflexes?) Even worse were high fly balls—I could never judge where they were going to come down, and I counted myself lucky if I happened to be underneath the ball in the right spot when it did. Maybe if I had understood more about how vision works, I would […]
[…]unit is designed not only to cover content related to weather, but also to inspire students to go outside and observe the sky a little differently. Although climate change will not be directly taught, the connection with nature will set them on a path to be a better environmental observer […]
[…]for first graders. It has a focus on literacy, specifically informational text, in regard to forces and motion. Students will explore forces and motion with an emphasis on weather. Students will use a ramp, Hot Wheels cars and teacher-created weather from the four seasons to test lengths the cars traveled […]
[…]metropolitan region specifically and the South in general to the wider, global activities and designs connected to the field of human geography. The goal is to bring these academic terms involved with the curriculum to life by presenting them in very familiar, local formats. This unit will shadow the broader […]
[…]tools available through CTI and the Gantt Center. Current Gantt Center exhibitions include: Welcome to Brookhill, Question Bridge: Black Males, and Hank Willis Thomas: What We Ask is Simple. CMS teachers will have the unusual opportunity to sit in on a CTI seminar in progress (Exploring American Sacred Values led by Dr. Kendall […]
[…]be on novels set in major American cities, as this will afford an interesting basis of dialogic comparison and contrast. Explore curriculum units developed by Fellows in this seminar here. Participating […]
[…]on” experience, students form cooperative learning race teams and use modified matchbox cars to test the principles of force and motion on a classroom-sized racetrack by a series of “runs”. The first run is timed trials between teammates to determine their fastest car. After timed trials, teams face-off against other […]
[…]to interpret and create visual information, to understand images of all kinds, to use images to communicate more effectively, and to apply visual representations as a means for mastery and long-term retention of knowledge (2) Strategies The first strategy is to bring my students to a basic understanding of forces […]
[…]that “when you can measure something and express it in a number, you know something about it.” [1] Measurement in science is not a new concept but found its beginnings in ancient times when the sizes of the Earth, Moon, Sun and the distances between them were determined by indirect […]