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Author Archives: Grayson Hollowell

Making Cells and Seeing Organelles: A Visual and Tactile Exploration of Cellular Structure

February 1, 2018 – 12:05 pm

Kim Mayes, Science, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Tags ambitious science teaching, animal cell, Biology, cell art, cell membrane, cell wall, cells, cellular structure, culturally relevant science, cytoplasm, hierarchical organization, imaging, living, microscope, nucleus, organelles, plant cell, primer diagrams, ribosome, scientific representation, specialized cell, STEAM, tissue, unit of life | Permalink | Comments Off

Understanding Images and Their Power

February 1, 2018 – 12:03 pm

Kate Allen, Visual Art, W.A. Hough HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags 21st Century Skills, Analysis, art criticism, art history, communication, contemporary art, cross-hatching, description, Design, global themes, hatching, High School, images, interpretation, narrative, portraiture, proportion, scumbling, self-portrait, shading, symbols, value, visual literacy | Permalink | Comments Off

Square One: Establishing Visual Literacy in the Classroom

February 1, 2018 – 12:01 pm

Justin Pierce, Visual Art, W.A. Hough HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags adaptation, aesthetic, anticipatory guide, cinquain, collaboration, collage, Consumption, contemporary, Critique, Deconstruction, dialogue, differentiate, digital design, Elementary School, intertextual, observation, ownership, Photography, Photoshop, portfolio, snapchat, transformative, video podcast, visual literacy, VSCO | Permalink | Comments Off

Look at the World; Speak for the Trees

February 1, 2018 – 11:59 am

Jessica Young, Second Grade, Davidson ES

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags advertising, blended learning, digital literacy, Elementary School, environmentalism, Paideia, project based learning, Social Studies, socratic seminar, the Lorax, visual literacy | Permalink | Comments Off

Bringing Visual Literacy to Writing

February 1, 2018 – 11:57 am

Erin Murray, TD/Catalyst Hornets Nest & Statesville RD ES

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags descriptive writing, Elementary School, inference, Visual Thinking Skills | Permalink | Comments Off

You Must Remember This: Monumental Biographical Studies and Crafting Multimodal Autobiographies

January 31, 2018 – 6:01 pm

Lecia Shockley, Third Grade, Selwyn ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags academic conversation, Autobiography, Biography, collage, Courage, disability, Elementary School, evaluative practice, memorials, monuments, remembrance, Research, southern recollections, stories, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

The Grass Is Not Always Greener

January 31, 2018 – 5:57 pm

Emily Woods, Fourth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags 21st Century Skills, Compare, Contrast, Film, literacy, Media, Storyboard, visual literacy | Permalink | Comments Off

A Day at the Valley

January 31, 2018 – 5:54 pm

Emily Steib, Second Grade, Hidden Valley ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Africa, Asia, cameras, country, day in the life, Elementary School, Europe, India, Mexico, personal narratives, photograph, Photography, picture, rubric, school, Spain, United States of America, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

Finding the Human Story within an Image

January 31, 2018 – 5:51 pm

Deena Aglialoro, Language Arts, South Mecklenburg HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags antisemitism, Bear Witness, bystander, close reading, CommonLit, concentration camps, Courage, Elie Wiesel, extermination camps, fear, fiction, genocide, Germany, ghettos, good and evil, hate, High School, Hitler, Holocaust, human behavior, identity, Night, Poetry, Political Cartoons, Propaganda, pyramid of hate, research paper, Rwanda, swastika, testimonials, visual literacy, written conversation, Yad Vashem | Permalink | Comments Off

See It With Words: Critical Analysis Using Visual Literacy

January 31, 2018 – 5:49 pm

Amanda Soesbee, English, North Mecklenburg HS

Curriculum Units (pdf)

Tags critical analysis, High School, images, literacy, literary analysis, reading comprehension, visual literacy | Permalink | Comments Off

Practical and Hands-on Behavioral Psychology in the Self-Contained Classroom

January 31, 2018 – 5:43 pm

Zachary Sanford, Science, W.A. Hough HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Applied Behavioral Analysis, behavior, Behavioral Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Conditioned Response, Conditioned Stimulus, Differential Reinforcement, Extinction, Informed Consent, Negative Punishment, Negative Reinforcement, Operant Conditioning, Positive Punishment, Positive Reinforcement, Psychology, Response, scientific method, Social Learning, Social Learning Theory, Social Psychology, Stimulus, Unconditioned Response, Unconditioned Stimulus | Permalink | Comments Off

Pop Culture and Chemical Reactions

January 31, 2018 – 5:41 pm

Victoria Woods, Science, Independence HS

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags balanced equation, binary compound, chemical equation, chemical reaction, coefficient, combustion, conservation of mass, conservation of matter, decomposition, double replacement, High School, hydrocarbon, mass, neutralization, product, reactant, single replacement, subscript, synthesis | Permalink | Comments Off

Weather/OR Not…Learning is Fun!

January 31, 2018 – 5:38 pm

Tracie Cooper, Science, Hidden Valley ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Elementary School, fifth grade, lesson plans, Science, Water Cycle, weather | Permalink | Comments Off

Getting To The Core, Newton’s Third Law: Getting Past The Lyrical Recitation Of The Law, Getting Into The Force Of The Actions And Reactions

January 31, 2018 – 5:37 pm

Scott Balay, Science, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags collision, Force, middle school project, Motion, newton's laws, Physics, reactive force | Permalink | Comments Off

Effect of Improper Garbage Disposal on the Earth

January 31, 2018 – 5:35 pm

Namrata Gupta, Science, Nations Ford ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Biodegradable, Compost., Disposal, Garbage, non-biodegradable, pollution, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Waste | Permalink | Comments Off

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Author Archives: Grayson Hollowell

Making Cells and Seeing Organelles: A Visual and Tactile Exploration of Cellular Structure

Understanding Images and Their Power

Square One: Establishing Visual Literacy in the Classroom

Bringing Visual Literacy to Writing

You Must Remember This: Monumental Biographical Studies and Crafting Multimodal Autobiographies

The Grass Is Not Always Greener

A Day at the Valley

Finding the Human Story within an Image

See It With Words: Critical Analysis Using Visual Literacy

Pop Culture and Chemical Reactions

Weather/OR Not…Learning is Fun!

Getting To The Core, Newton’s Third Law: Getting Past The Lyrical Recitation Of The Law, Getting Into The Force Of The Actions And Reactions

Effect of Improper Garbage Disposal on the Earth

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