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Myths and Science

March 11, 2015 – 5:30 pm

Tavia Highsmith, Science, Albemarle Road Middle School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Common Core State Standards, continents, Culture, diversity, English, ESL, exceptional children, Language Arts, LEP, life-long learning, maps, Myths, Science, Social Studies, stories, wonder, world | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Metamorphosis: Transformative Experiences

Metamorphosis Models in Mathematics

January 30, 2015 – 7:58 pm

Rima Solh, Mathematics, Eastway Middle School

FInal Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags association, bivariate, Frequency, functions, interpretation of graphs, Math, measurement data, Metamorphosis, scatterplots, Science, two-way tables | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Intersections of Science, Technology and Culture

We, Frankenstein: How Culture and Technology Morph Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

January 21, 2015 – 4:03 pm

Michele Lemere, English, Garinger High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags AP English, Culture, film analysis, Frankenstein, literature analysis, Science, technology | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Intersections of Science, Technology and Culture

Fractals: Beauty and Art in Science and Mathematics

January 21, 2015 – 4:00 pm

Melanie Mowry, Math/Science, Francis Bradley Middle School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags 1979, Bloom's taxonomy, fifth grade, fine arts, formula, fractals, Koch, Mandelbrot, Math, Science, Siepinski, sixth grade, theory | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Intersections of Science, Technology and Culture

Using Exponential Functions to Show the Impact New Technological Discoveries Have Had on Culture and Society

January 21, 2015 – 3:49 pm

Christian Lott, Mathematics, West Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags compound interest, data, exponential functions, exponential growth and decay, graph, Mathematics, Science, technology | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 2: The Global Energy Challenge

Creative Verve: the Merging of Metaphor and the Scientific Mind

January 21, 2015 – 3:06 pm

Gloria Brinkman, Visual Art, North Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Art, confection, dye-sensitized solar cells, ecological footprint, Energy, figurative, metaphor, parallelism, photovoltaic, Science, scientific thinking, temporal | Permalink | Comments Off

Boycotts and Banners: Teaching Students to be Environmental and Civil Stewards

January 21, 2015 – 2:53 pm

Adora Reid, Science, James Martin Middle School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Cross Curricular, essential standards, Science, Social Studies, Stewardship, Student Leadership | Permalink | Comments Off

2014 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Artificial Intelligence

The Scientific Method—Eureqa!

January 20, 2015 – 9:32 pm

Katelyn Gardepe, Fifth Grade, David Cox Road Elementary School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Artificial Intelligence, Eureqa, genetic algorithms, Math, Science, scientific method | Permalink | Comments Off

2013 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Imagining Modern Bodies: Disability and Art at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

Just Say “No” to Drugs: Disability, Pharmaceuticals, and Scientific Ethics

February 20, 2014 – 4:03 pm

Katherine Semmler, Chemistry, North Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Art, drugs, ethics, medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Science | Permalink | Comments Off

2013 Curriculum Units Vol 2: The Nature of Energy: How We Use and Store it to Power Our Everyday Lives

The Impact of our Energy Choices

February 7, 2014 – 6:58 pm

Christopher Herman, Science, West Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Energy, non-renewable energy, PowerPoint, renewable energy, Science, technology | Permalink | Comments Off

Is the Earth Flat? And other “Controversial” Science Ideas Project-Based Learning Unit

January 31, 2014 – 8:43 pm

StaceyAnne Hartberger, Science, Druid Hills Academy

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags crackpots, discoverer, discoveries, Doppler, Einstein, Galileo, global warming, History, human social groups, mavericks, PBL, plagiarism, project, project based learning, pseudoscience, Research, Science, scientist, STEAM, STEM, Telsa | Permalink | Comments Off

2013 Curriculum Units Vol 7: Chemical Magic

Chemical Reactions that Solve the Crime

January 30, 2014 – 3:58 pm

Janet Raybon, Chemistry, Myers Park High School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags chemical reactions, chemistry, forensic science, Science | Permalink | Comments Off

2012 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Environmental Science and Climate Change

The Rhetoric of Science: Finding Common Ground in the Analysis of Nonfiction Texts

March 29, 2013 – 3:35 pm

Marva Renee Hutchinson, AP English and Composition, Providence Senior High School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags English, Environmental Science, High School, Language, Providence Senior High School, Rhetoric, Science, Style | Permalink | Comments Off

2012 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Environmental Science and Climate Change

Examining Climate Change and its Impacts in North Carolina Through Problem Based Learning

March 29, 2013 – 3:25 pm

Wendy Kimball, Earth & Environmental Science, Northwest School of the Arts

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Climate Change, Earth Science, Environmental Science, NC Impacts, Northwest School of the Arts, Science | Permalink | Comments Off

2012 Curriculum Units Vol 8: Environmental Science and Climate Change

Not So “Good Vibrations” Molecules and Climate Change

March 29, 2013 – 3:07 pm

Julie Scott McConnell, Environmental Science, AP Biology, William Amos Hough High School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags Atomic Stucture, Carbon Cycle, Energy, High School, Science, Solar Energy, William Amos Hough High School | Permalink | Comments Off

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