Tag Archives: Middle School

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 2: How Science is Done: A Behind the Scenes Look at Scientific Research

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?

Elizabeth Ashley Walker, Language Arts, Randolph Middle School

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2015 Vol 3: The Origins of Human Language

Human Language: A Non-homologous Feature in Humans

Nicole Nunley Nesbitt, Eighth Grade, Road Middle School

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2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Are Math and Literacy in Proportional Relationship?

Rima Solh, Math, Southwest Middle School

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2015 Vol 7: Africa: Moving Beyond Popular Culture

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

Ian Joyce, Social Studies, Eastway Middle School

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2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Understanding Ecosystems: Learning and Living in the Carolinas

Kimberly Luter Terrell, Fifth Grade, Steele Creek Elementary School

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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!

Julie Ruziska-Tiddy, Science, Carmel Middle School

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2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Active Learning and Student Data Collection in the Middle School Classroom

Jennifer Thompson, Science, James Martin Middle School

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

The Changing of the Everyday Hero

Jennifer Marie Ladanyi, Language Arts, Bailey Middle School

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

North Carolina: A Brief History and Economy

Melanie Greely, Grades 4-6, Chantilly Montessori

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

Social Conformity versus Free Thinking

Michael Richards, Social Studies, Bailey Middle School

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

The Breadwinner and the struggle for Social Justice

Sarah Anne Korenyik, Language Arts, Northwest School of Arts

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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

Cheryl Hanly, Language Arts, McClintock Middle School

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2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Fundamentals of Mathematics: How Do Numbers Make Sense?

Lisa Clark Ashworth, Fifth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

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2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

Musical and Exponential Models

Gilberto Franco, Math, Collinswood Language Academy

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2015 Vol 4: Fundamentals of Mathematics

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Connie George, Math, Quail Hollow Middle School

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