Tag Archives: Middle School

Research: A Product of the Curious Mind How do we encourage students to breach the divide between nonfiction and fiction in order to pursue research into a topic of personal interest?

January 30, 2017 – 12:22 pm

Elizabeth Ashley Walker, Language Arts, Randolph Middle School

Tags ethical dilemmas, make, Middle School, research paper, Science, scientific research, the Design Cycle, thinking classroom, tinker | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 3: The Origins of Human Language

Human Language: A Non-homologous Feature in Humans

September 20, 2016 – 4:27 pm

Nicole Nunley Nesbitt, Eighth Grade, Road Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags analogous structures, Charles Darwin, common ancestor, embryological structures, evolution, homologous structures, Middle School, Science, Theory of Evolution, vestigial structures | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Are Math and Literacy in Proportional Relationship?

February 22, 2016 – 1:41 pm

Rima Solh, Math, Southwest Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags axis, direct variation, equation, equivalent fraction, horizontal, linear relationship, Math, Middle School, Number Sense, Origin, proportion, proportional relationships, rate of change, Ratios, similar triangles, Slope, table., unit rate, vertical, y-intercept | Permalink | Comments Off

Accuracy in Africa: The Causes of the Sierra Leone Civil War as a Lens for Stereotypes of African Conflicts

February 2, 2016 – 2:48 pm

Ian Joyce, Social Studies, Eastway Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags A Long Way Gone, African Conflict, Causes of Sierra Leone Civil War, civil war, English, globalization, Language Arts, literacy, Middle School, Sierra Leone, Social Studies, Stereotypes of Africa, Urbanization | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Understanding Ecosystems: Learning and Living in the Carolinas

February 2, 2016 – 2:07 pm

Kimberly Luter Terrell, Fifth Grade, Steele Creek Elementary School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags and indigenous, aquatic, community, consumers, continental shelf, deciduous forest, decomposers, ecosystems, estuary, fertile, grasslands, interconnected, lakes, Middle School, oceans, photosynthesis, ponds, population, producers, rainforest, salinity, salt marsh, shoreline, species, terrestrial, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences: The Components of Earth as a System: How Energy Flows Through an Ecosystem!

February 2, 2016 – 2:01 pm

Julie Ruziska-Tiddy, Science, Carmel Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Consumer, Earth as a System, Ecosystem, Energy Flow, Energy Pyramid, Metamorphosis, Middle School, Predator, Prey, Producer, Science, Trophic Level | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Active Learning and Student Data Collection in the Middle School Classroom

February 2, 2016 – 1:53 pm

Jennifer Thompson, Science, James Martin Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags active learning, cooperative learning groups, Kinesthetic Learning, math integration, Middle School, Physics, speed | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 5: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War

The Changing of the Everyday Hero

February 1, 2016 – 4:27 pm

Jennifer Marie Ladanyi, Language Arts, Bailey Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, code of ethics for heroes, comic strip, drawing, flipped classroom, Forged by Fire, Hero, Instagram activity, Middle School, Reading, reading strategies, signpost, TP-CASTT, WebQuest, write around the room, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 5: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War

North Carolina: A Brief History and Economy

February 1, 2016 – 4:21 pm

Melanie Greely, Grades 4-6, Chantilly Montessori

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags economy, Elementary School, History, integrated, Language, Middle School, Montessori, North Carolina, Peace, Reading | Permalink | Comments Off

Social Conformity versus Free Thinking

February 1, 2016 – 4:14 pm

Michael Richards, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags fear, group identity, hatred, Hitler, Middle School, Nazis, Novel study, Reading, Social Studies, The Wave | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 5: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War

The Breadwinner and the struggle for Social Justice

February 1, 2016 – 3:47 pm

Sarah Anne Korenyik, Language Arts, Northwest School of Arts

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags 6th Grade English Language Arts, Afghanistan, Deborah Ellis, Language Arts, Literature, Middle School, peace education, Reading, The Breadwinner | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 5: Peace Education: Psychological Factors that Endorse War

War and Honor: Use of the Outsiders to Study Aggression, Cause and Effect, and Peace

February 1, 2016 – 3:34 pm

Cheryl Hanly, Language Arts, McClintock Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags Aggression, Cause and Effect, conflict, Honor, Middle School, peace education, Reading, The Outsiders, War | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Fundamentals of Mathematics: How Do Numbers Make Sense?

February 1, 2016 – 2:28 pm

Lisa Clark Ashworth, Fifth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags : mathematical problem solving, Algebra, algorithms, Middle School, numbers, Probability, Statistics | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Musical and Exponential Models

February 1, 2016 – 1:47 pm

Gilberto Franco, Math, Collinswood Language Academy

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags base, exponent, exponential model, function, guitar’s strings, Major Scale, Math, measure, Middle School, Music, pattern, rhythm, time | Permalink | Comments Off

2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

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February 1, 2016 – 1:38 pm

Connie George, Math, Quail Hollow Middle School

Final Unit(pdf) Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

Tags area model, decomposition, Division, factoring, Fractions, Math, Middle School, Multiplication, number theory, place value, prime factorization | Permalink | Comments Off

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Tag Archives: Middle School

Research: A Product of the Curious Mind How do we encourage students to breach the divide between nonfiction and fiction in order to pursue research into a topic of personal interest?

Human Language: A Non-homologous Feature in Humans

Are Math and Literacy in Proportional Relationship?

Understanding Ecosystems: Learning and Living in the Carolinas

Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences: The Components of Earth as a System: How Energy Flows Through an Ecosystem!

Active Learning and Student Data Collection in the Middle School Classroom

The Changing of the Everyday Hero

North Carolina: A Brief History and Economy

The Breadwinner and the struggle for Social Justice

War and Honor: Use of the Outsiders to Study Aggression, Cause and Effect, and Peace

Fundamentals of Mathematics: How Do Numbers Make Sense?

Musical and Exponential Models

4M4Z1NG 7H1NGS W17H NUMB3R 7HE0RY

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