AEA K-12 E-Curriculum features content developed by AEA Learning Online and partnering Iowa educators for Iowa schools to use in their classrooms. This curated collection focuses on text-based lessons, specifically made with the SoftChalk Cloud platform.
Introduction to nature of science lesson for high school students. Covers law, theory, hypothesis and scientific method.
As part of our continued commitment to education, the team at The Bee Cause Project has created this companion document, Educator’s Curriculum Guide, to supplement the Nature’s Partners curriculum.Our Tips from the Hive are designed to add layers of concept extensions, optional digital methods of delivering content, and support to educators that are either brand new or experienced environmental educators. The Buzz Worthy Resource Materials are video links, notable articles, and more printable resources, while the Bee Cause Book Club highlights recommended readings for students of all ages. Several titles have quality read-aloud links as well.
Bar chart of countries ranked by their net migration flow as of 2005. While the highest net in-flow is generally into large rich countries (USA, Spain, Germany etc.) Afghanistan had the second highest net inflow thanks to returning refugees.
Pair this activity with a moon/space unit to engage students in evaluation and critical thinking about life in space.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, NASA learns hard lessons from the first American attempt to do work while "walking" in space. The video also explores Newton's third law of motion.
This lesson discusses the nine elements of Digital Citizenship as identified in Mike Ribble's book, which is endorsed by ISTE. These elements help us organize digital citizenship so we can build an organized curriculum.
Start a chain reaction, or introduce non-radioactive isotopes to prevent one. Control energy production in a nuclear reactor! (Previously part of the Nuclear Physics simulation - now there are separate Alpha Decay and Nuclear Fission sims.)
Students use Library of Congress primary sources to understand the genuine experience of oral history in order to appreciate the process of historiography using the topic of immigration.
This is a fun way for students to create complex math problems thinking about Order of Operations.
The purpose of the lesson is to provide an orientation for new staff to Indianola Middle School led by both of the building instructional coaches.
In this blended/flipped activity students will be using the "Connect, Extend & Challenge" thinking prompt along with a discussion thread on our LMS, to make connections between what they have already learned and to identify their new learning after going over other Spanish verbs that conjugate like the verb "gustar". (ACTFL Standards: Connections - 3.2 & Comparisons - 4.1)
This lesson was created to use for staff professional development related to Google Drive & Docs.
This lesson is for 7th graders to learn about and practice paraphrasing.
Students will review the parts of speech by following the instructions for this activity. Students will also learn from each other as they view and listen to what others have created.
Play with one or two pendulums and discover how the period of a simple pendulum depends on the length of the string, the mass of the pendulum bob, and the amplitude of the swing. It's easy to measure the period using the photogate timer. You can vary friction and the strength of gravity. Use the pendulum to find the value of g on planet X. Notice the anharmonic behavior at large amplitude.
Students read, perform, and compose four-beat rhythmic patterns.
Personal Finance by Rachel Siegel and Carol Yacht is a comprehensive Personal Finance text which includes a wide range of pedagogical aids to keep students engaged and instructors on track.
This book is arranged by learning objectives. The headings, summaries, reviews, and problems all link together via the learning objectives. This helps instructors to teach what they want, and to assign the problems that correspond to the learning objectives covered in class.
Personal Finance includes personal finance planning problems with links to solutions, and personal application exercises, with links to their associated worksheet(s) or spreadsheet(s). In addition, the text boasts a large number of links to videos, podcasts, experts' tips or blogs, and magazine articles to illustrate the practical applications for concepts covered in the text.
Students will use a music application to create a personal song. Song should have multiple tracks, instruments and between 2-4 minutes long.
Personalized Professional Development is a way to meet all educators where they are and seek to help each individual move forward at their own pace and toward self-determined goals.
Personalized Professional Development is a way to meet all educators where they are and seek to help each individual move forward at their own pace and toward self-determined goals.