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Author Archives: Grayson Hollowell

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January 24, 2020 – 1:49 pm

Teresa Strohl, 5th Grade, Elon Park Elementary

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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)

Synopsis

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)

Synopsis

Tags bias, Stereotypes | Permalink | Comments Off

Building Perspective: Understanding History through Fiction

January 24, 2020 – 1:19 pm

Shannon McFarland, Language Arts, Cochrane Collegiate Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Author’s Purpose, central idea, Historical Fiction, Holocaust Literature, Informational Texts, Literature, Persuasion | Permalink | Comments Off

The Civil Rights Movement: Young Participants, Martyrs and Volunteers

January 24, 2020 – 1:14 pm

Pia Townes, Social Studies, Wilson STEM Academy

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags acquit, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Movement, double jeopardy, Integration, Jim Crow, Ku Klux Klan, Norman Rockwell, Segregation, Separate but Equal, sit-in, Voting Rights Act | Permalink | Comments Off

Memoirs of Childhood: How Children Experience War

January 24, 2020 – 1:12 pm

Luke Rizzoli, English, West Charlotte High

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags Analysis, Children and Conflict, perspective, Vietnam War, World War One, World War Two | Permalink | Comments Off

The U.S. Civil War through the Eyes of Children

January 24, 2020 – 1:10 pm

Jonathan Wall, History, Rocky River High

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags abolitionist, border state, casualty, compromise, confederation, popular sovereignty, secession, states’ rights | Permalink | Comments Off

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Author Archives: Grayson Hollowell

Topography

Connecting Clouds with Weather and Climate Studies

Urban Development and the Environment

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

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

Studying Biomes and the Carbon Cycle

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

Keeping Our Cool: Studying the Statistics of Climate Change

A Problem Based Learning Unit on Environmental Stewardship

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

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

Building Perspective: Understanding History through Fiction

The Civil Rights Movement: Young Participants, Martyrs and Volunteers

Memoirs of Childhood: How Children Experience War

The U.S. Civil War through the Eyes of Children

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