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Inquiry Based Learning Project: ENERGY DRINKS
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Energy Drinks are one of the fastest growing sections of the food industry, and a growing issue in high schools everywhere (over 40% of students admit to having had one in the last three months!). But what exactly are they at risk of? Are energy drinks better than drinking coffee or a can of soda? Are they ok to have on occasion?Our students should know the truth about the drinks they're consuming and their affects, but more impor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
The Critical Thinking Toolkit: DESIGN SPRINT (Design Thinking Activity)
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Design Sprints are creative problem-solving tools for moving your student’s thinking forward a lot in a small amount of time (1-2 hours) by taking them through a series of timed brainstorming, feedback, and iteration sessions. The logic behind them is that it’s better to test and figure out all the thing
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
High School Career Exploration Project Based Learning {Printable & Digital}
Are you looking for a fun, engaging, and student-directed career exploration project for college and career readiness without having to spend the time and energy creating or planning the experience yourself? This project-based learning resource for self-directed learners is for you!Your students will dive into career exploration through student-directed project-based learning. This project-based learning lesson plan was designed to guide students through a college and career readiness PBL projec
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Career Exploration Bundle: High School Career Research Projects
Inquiry Based Learning Project: SELF-ESTEEM & BODY IMAGE
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Self-Esteem is an important aspect of overall mental health and well-being. It is the way we perceive and evaluate ourselves, and it can have a significant impact on our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Body Image is closely related to self-esteem, as it involves how we see and feel about our physical appearance. Students will explore the concepts of self-esteem and body image, and how they relate to each other. They will also c
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
TED Talk Viewing Guide: The Danger of a Single Story
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author of multiple fictional and non-fiction works, and a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. Her texts explore themes of feminism, race, and intersectionality, poetry, and many other topics. She’s even won a GRAMMY as a featured artist on Beyonce (Beyonce’s 5th album)!This talk is from 2009 and discusses the dangers of how our single stories (stereotypes) of people and places are problematic for everyone. This talk also took her from a rising star in the lit
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEGA BUNDLE
TED Talk Viewing Guide: Grit & The Power of Perseverance
Angela Lee Duckworth is a psychology professor and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies psychological issues related to student and professional performance (things like perseverance, self-control, co-operation, etc.), and is so good at what she does that she was awarded a MacAurthur (Genius) grant. This talk is from 2013 and discusses how 'grit' (a combination of perseverance and passion for what you do) is a better indicator of success than IQ or social factors like famil
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Understanding Procrastination Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about Procrastination and how it affects our lives.High school students need executive functioning skills for all kinds of school and personal tasks, such as prioritizing responsibilities and using time effectively, studying and completing assignments, following through on commitments, and making healthy choices. With this package (and series), students gain an understanding of what executive functio
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
Inquiry Based Learning Project: CYBER BULLYING
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!The internet has given us new power to connect, but has also given rise to one of the largest social health crises that people have ever faced: Cyberbullying. While often dismissed as ‘not big deal’, cyberbullying has been identified as a leading or accompanying factor in the rise of mental health degradation over the last 20 years. It can happen 24 hours a day, it can follow us home from the outside world, and it can be relentles
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
TED Talk Viewing Guide: The Puzzle of Motivation
A Viewing Guide to get your class motivated!Inspire and empower your students to become self directed learners, and to put a bit of perspective on just trying to get the grade (or the pay check)!Dan Pink is an American author and former political speechwriter. He has written about several topics related to social science, looking at everything from regret, to sales, to motivation, to career choices, and many more. In this TED Talk he focusses on the large gap between what science knows about how
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
Prepare to Write a Children's Book: Analysis, Critical Thinking Gr. 6, 8, 9, 12
A PerfettoWritingRoom © Special Edition, this special $1.00 taster Lesson helps an instructor of students ages 12-20+ actually learn how challenging it can be, and how many decisions go into writing even something as “easy” as a picture book or young reader.
Our most popular download by far, this resource teaches
strategy,
critical thinking,
analysis of reading materials,
synthesis of findings
and application of findings into a complete product
If you want to APPLY findings into a paper o
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Capstone Research curriculum and instruction teaching multiple subject
This product includes a full Capstone Research project of 42 pages on "The Effect of Professional Development Training on the Understanding of Kindergarten Readiness." It includes a written capstone, References, and an appendix such as Google Forms Survey Questions & Data, a PowerPoint Presentation for the created professional development, and an example of an Informed Consent Form. It also includes a PowerPoint Presentation to present the Capstone Research Project.It also includes 4 Tasks f
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PreK - 1st, Higher Education, Adult Education
Inquiry Based Learning Project: DRUG & SUBSTANCE USE
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Substance use and abuse is a complex and often controversial topic that affects people of all ages and backgrounds. It can have serious consequences for individuals, families, and communities, including physical and mental health problems, legal issues, and social or economic challenges.Teenagers are particularly vulnerable to the effects of substance abuse because their brains are still developing, and the use of substances can h
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Willpower & Decision Fatigue Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about the concept of Willpower and how Decision Fatigue can affect our choices.High school students need executive functioning skills for all kinds of school and personal tasks, such as prioritizing responsibilities and using time effectively, studying and completing assignments, following through on commitments, and making healthy choices. With this package (and series), students gain an understandi
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
Inquiry Based Learning Project: FAST FASHION
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Fast Fashion has become one of the biggest environmental and human rights issues of the last 15 years - so much so that the fashion industry has been identified as contributing 10% of global CO2 emissions annually! So if we all know it's a problem, why haven't we fixed it?!In this package, students are given a general overview of how inquiry projects work, and are then set loose to dive into an authentic research process. At the e
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
Pre-Reading Collaborative Existential Philosophy Research~Camus & "The Stranger"
This is a 2-page, detailed PDF (printable!) pre-reading / research activity to set the stage for reading Albert Camus's existentialist masterpiece novella The Stranger (L'Etranger). The PDF includes:
a.) cooperative learning tasks within teams
b.) jigsaw topics (5 separate topics for 5 separate teams to research, from French colonization in Algeria, to Camus himself, to the origins and resolution of WWII, to current and historic death penalty laws -- both within and outside of the U.S., to Exist
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Socratic Seminar: Guidelines, How to Prepare, Grading Scale
The Socratic Seminar: Guidelines, How to Prepare, Grading Scale
Generic enough for you to use as many times as you wish. As the teacher, you create the question, that's it! The Socratic Seminar is challenging. Appropriate for college prep, honors, and advanced placement students.
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The activity is student driven/student centered. Excellent opportunity for you to take on the role of a facilitator rather than a lecturer. I cu
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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TED Talk Viewing Guide: How Great Leaders Inspire Action
A Viewing Guide to get your class thinking about the importance of LEADERSHIP!Leadership is something that we wish our students had, and that we ask them to demonstrate, without ever really explaining what that means (or how to do it). While there are many different aspects of leadership, communication (and how to convey your vision in a way that inspires others to come along with you) is fundamental piece of that puzzle. In his TED Talk, How Great Leaders Inspire Action, Simon Sinek discusses t
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7th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Inquiry Based Learning Project: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Recently, electric vehicles have taken the world by storm, but they have been around for a much longer time. Even so, they have not been very popular until the last few years. So why is it that we’re only starting to see their popularity grow now? It would seem that the former hurdles of cost, mileage, and infrastructure are all being addressed, but these solutions also present new issues.In this project, students are given a gene
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
TEST BANK for You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking like a Sociologi
TEST BANK for You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking like a Sociologist Core 6th Edition by Dalton Conley.TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER 1 The Sociological Imagination: An IntroductionCHAPTER 2 MethodsCHAPTER 3 Culture and MediaCHAPTER 4 Socialization and the Construction of RealityCHAPTER 5 Groups and NetworksCHAPTER 6 Social Control and DevianceCHAPTER 7 StratificationCHAPTER 8 GenderCHAPTER 9 RaceCHAPTER 10 Family
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Common Teacher Interview Questions/Answers Exposed!!!
This is from the desk of a superintendent... These are common interview and application questions with answers that will blow the interview team away.
Want to get hire?? Well you'll need these answers!
The questions below will include the answers.
1.) Tell us about yourself…
2.) What question should teachers ask themselves when developing a lesson?
3.) How would you attempt to teach various students in the same classroom at various academic levels?
4.) How would you assess student learning?
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Learning Strategies Article Analysis: Boost Your Brain With Boredom
Your students would be BETTER LEARNERS if they were BORED!(Sometimes.)Learning Strategies enhance student understanding and retention of class material. They help students engage with content, connect new information to prior knowledge, and apply what they learn to real-world situations. But the strategies are not just about what students do while they're learning: They’re also the things they're doing before and after learning that help students really understand and remember what they learned.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE EMERGENCY HEALTH & PE SUB LESSONS BUNDLE
TED Talk Viewing Guide: Everyday Leadership
Drew Dudley is a leadership expert and public speaker. He was the Leadership Development coordinator at the University of Toronto in 2010 and has gone on to found Nuance Leadership Development Services, a company created to develop leadership qualities and capabilities in organizations and individuals. He has spoken across the globe to leaders, and those who wish to lead, and is a best-selling author on leadership. As explained in this talk, Dudley believes that it is problematic for people to
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE TED TALK BUNDLE
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Understanding Self-Control Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about Self-Control and how it affects our lives.High school students need executive functioning skills for all kinds of school and personal tasks, such as prioritizing responsibilities and using time effectively, studying and completing assignments, following through on commitments, and making healthy choices. With this package (and series), students gain an understanding of what executive functionin
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING BUNDLE
Inquiry Based Learning Project: DETOXES & HEALTH CLEANSES
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!People have been experimenting with ‘health food’ since people began eating, but no health food trend has picked up more momentum recently than the detox diet or health cleanse. The idea of limiting the intake of food (or certain types of foods) to ‘reset’ our bodies and/or ‘flush out’ the toxins is not a new concept in health and wellness. But how much of this advice should we be following? Do the cleanses and detoxes actually wo
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
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