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Equitable Access to Rigorous Biological Education

January 24, 2020 – 2:41 pm

Jennifer Forrester, Science, Harding University High

Synopsis

Tags AVID, Common Vertebrate Body Plans, Darwin, Darwin’s Finches, evolution, Problem Based Learning (PBL), QTEL | Permalink | Comments Off

How to Build a Human Chapter 12: If I Only Had a Brain

January 24, 2020 – 2:38 pm

Erika Williams, Science, Philip O. Berry Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags brain, cognitive, defect, degenerative, developmental biology, fertilization, fetal, neural tube, synaptic, zygote | Permalink | Comments Off

Should Scientists Be Allowed to Edit Heritable Genes? A Guide to Having Ethical Discussions in a Middle School Classroom

January 24, 2020 – 2:31 pm

Arianna Bonner, Social Studies, Martin Luther King Middle

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Bioethics, Biology, cells, debate, DNA, ethics, Genetics, Science | Permalink | Comments Off

Making a Menace to Society: The Criminalization of Black Men and Boys

January 24, 2020 – 2:26 pm

Yasmin Forbes, African American Studies, Mallard Creek High

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags 13th Amendment, 3 Strikes Policy, Black Codes, Black Power Movement, Blackness, Central Park 5/Exonerated 5, Chain Gangs, Civil Rights Movement, COINTELPRO, Convict Leasing, Crime, Criminal, lynching, Marginalize, mass incarceration, Media, Myth, Pig Laws, police brutality, Race Riots, Racism, revolution, stereotype, The Scottsboro Boys, Trope, Vagrancy Laws, War on Drugs, white privilege, white supremacy, whiteness | Permalink | Comments Off

Topography

January 24, 2020 – 1:49 pm

Teresa Strohl, 5th Grade, Elon Park Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags biome books | Permalink | Comments Off

Connecting Clouds with Weather and Climate Studies

January 24, 2020 – 1:46 pm

Ted Miracle, Science, Devonshire Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

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Tags climate, clouds, Elementary Science, weather | Permalink | Comments Off

Urban Development and the Environment

January 24, 2020 – 1:44 pm

Tamara Babulski, History, Independence High

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Christallers Central Place Theory, Cities, environment, geography, Urban Development, Urban Land Use, Urban Planning | Permalink | Comments Off

“Can we go outside?” Well, let’s predict the weather!

January 24, 2020 – 1:40 pm

Shota Kinjo, 5th Grade, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags air pressure, anemometer, barometer, cirrus, climate, clouds, cumulonimbus, cumulus, front line, metrology, nimbostratus, precipitation, rain gauge, stratus, temperature, thermometer, weather, wind direction, wind speed, wind vane | Permalink | Comments Off

Our School’s Backyard as a Lab for Studying Climate Change

January 24, 2020 – 1:36 pm

Keira Freeman, Science, Carmel Middle

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags abiotic, agricultural practices, biome, biotic, Carbon Cycle, coexistence, community, competition, Consumer, continental plate, cooperation, crust, decomposer, earth layers, earthquakes, Ecology, Ecosystem, Energy, environment, erosion, Habitat, host, inner core, limiting factor, lithosphere, magma, mantle, matter, mountains, niche, nitrogen cycle, ocean plate, organism, outer core, pedosphere, permafrost, Plate Boundaries, population, Predator, Prey, Producer, remote sensing, rock, scavenger, soil, species, Stewardship, succession, tectonic plate, tropism, vegetative cover, volcanoes, Water Cycle | Permalink | Comments Off

Studying Biomes and the Carbon Cycle

January 24, 2020 – 1:34 pm

Jessica Bronte, Science, Martin Luther King Middle

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags abiotic factor, adaptation, biome, biotic factor, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, dependent, environment, global warming, greenhouse gas effect, independent, limiting factor, Survival, temperature, Tolerance | Permalink | Comments Off

Integrating Climate Justice with Modelling Absolute Value, Piecewise, and Absolute Value Functions in North Carolina Math 3

January 24, 2020 – 1:32 pm

Dalton Cooper, Math, West Charlotte High

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Absolute Value Inequalities, Climate Change, Exponential Equations, North Carolina Math 3, Piecewise Equations | Permalink | Comments Off

Keeping Our Cool: Studying the Statistics of Climate Change

January 24, 2020 – 1:29 pm

Cannon Shipman, Math, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

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Tags bivariate data, climate, scatter plot, stabilization wedge | Permalink | Comments Off

A Problem Based Learning Unit on Environmental Stewardship

January 24, 2020 – 1:28 pm

Beth Kerr, 1st Grade, Bain Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

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Tags environmental stewardship | Permalink | Comments Off

Avoiding the Minefields of Fake News and Hoaxes: Teaching Students how to be Critical Thinkers

January 24, 2020 – 1:23 pm

Vicky Natland, History, Garinger High

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Joseph Goebbels | Permalink | Comments Off

Assume Nothing: The Role of Stereotypes and Personal Bias in Conflict

January 24, 2020 – 1:21 pm

Toni Johnson, 5th Grade, Parkside Elementary School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

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Tags bias, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

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