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Inquiry Based Learning Project: VAPING
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Vaping has become more and more common over that past decade, but how (un)healthy is it really for us? 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 end, they are given the option of presenting in one of four different modes: A presentation, a podcast, a documentary film, or an essay. This Package Includes:An Introduction to VapingAn Ov
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Informational Text Lesson on Hot Topics: Internet Safety, Woes of the Web
This is a set questions paired with two articles that pose the essential question: Do you know what your digital footprint looks like? The articles catch students' attention immediately, and spark some serious discussion. Not only will students be engaged throughout this mini unit, but also they will be practicing key ELA skills. Student Experience: This lesson provides a close reading guide with questions for each article and then provides and argumentative prompt to pull both of them togeth
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Hot Topics Informational Text Lessons: BUNDLE, Set #1
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
Inquiry Based Learning Project: ANXIETY
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Anxiety is a growing issue in high schools everywhere, and our students need to know the warning signs, its affects, how to cope, and who they can talk to if they're going to be able to tackle it! In this project, 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 end, they are given the option of presenting in one of four different modes: A
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Inquiry Based Learning Project: CLIMATE CHANGE
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Climate change has been a topic of discussion and debate, under various titles, for many decades. With an increase in droughts and flooding, ecologically forced human migration, and the melting of ice sheets globally, climate change is obviously a major issue. But if we know it's a problem, why is so hard to solve?! With the ability to look at climate change scientifically, politically, socially, economically, or any combination o
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6th - 12th
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
All of our Inquiry Based Learning Research projects, all in one place, and all %50 off the regular price! All products have digital and printable hard copy formats.This bundle is a growing package, so purchasing it now at the lower price will lock you in for all of the future additions (over the next few months) for free!Each project includes 16 pages of the Inquiry Learning Process Explanation, Brainstorming, 5 Vetted Background Information Sources pertaining to their individual topic, a Later
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6th - 12th
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
BRAIN TEASER COMPREHENSION MYSTERY STORIES and PUZZLES - Grades 5-8 Fun
Save 30% on this brain teaser no prep mystery reading comprehensions and activities fun collection! Your Middle School students will love analyzing the 27 mystery short stories, 5 long mysteries, AND all of the riddles and puzzles. They will have so much fun they won't realize how their inference making and deductive skills are being challenged and sharpened! A number of written questions will ensure that their writing skills are being exercised too.BRAINTEASERS MYSTERY SHORT STORIES GRADES 5-8
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5th - 8th
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: RENEWABLE ENERGY
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Renewable energy has become a more popular topic over the past two decades, largely because of rising global temperatures and an increase of climate catastrophes. While many renewable energies have been around for quite a while (solar, geothermal, tidal, etc.), the amount of resources being dedicated to advancing renewable technologies have skyrocketed as we culturally (and politically) understand what our reliance on fossil fuels
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7th - 12th
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
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
Intro to Economics *Bundle Pack* Full Course PPTs & Teacher's Guide
Designed for teachers, this digital download product includes the full 13-week Teacher's Guide/ Syllabus as well as the PPTs designed to enrich your learner’s understanding of the text: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Maybury.The downloads provide the detail into each of the weekly topics, reading assignments, lecture videos with multi-media presentation, discussion/ essay questions, supplemental video/ articles through the course syllabus and teacher's outline as well as weekly sma
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8th - 12th
DYSTOPIAN SCIENCE FICTION FILM STUDY - LEVEL 3 MEDIA STUDIES 91493
**UPDATED July 2023** -- Now includes an exemplar student essay from the 2022 91493 exam, graded E8A 49 page booklet to support a genre film study of dystopian science fiction films.Three focus texts are:Mad Max: Fury Road directed by George Miller (2015)Elysium directed by Neill Blomkamp (2013)Snowpiercer directed by Bong Joon-ho (2012)Notes included are hyperlinked to supporting materials (websites and YouTube videos) with footnoted references. Content covered includes:Unpacking the genre of d
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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
Ethics in Business
In Part 1 of this webquest, students are asked to explore the different government agencies that regulate ethical behavior and social responsibility (FDA, USDA, etc). For each of the agencies there is a direct link to take that explores what exactly that agency does. They then must explain 2-3 things that agency is responsible for, and who they help. Part 2: Students will explore 6 companies that are known to use sweatshops. The links will take the students to the "Code of Conduct of Busines
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9th - 12th
Executive Branch Research Paper
Increase your Civics and American Government curriculum with the Presidential Research Paper—an immersive academic journey meticulously designed to deepen students' understanding of the Executive Branch. As educators, we're constantly seeking innovative ways to engage students in critical analysis and argumentative writing, and this research paper offers a compelling solution. I recommend assigning assigning each student a different president to research.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
14th Amendment and the Equal Protections Clause
This handout has students learn about the 14th Amendment's equal protections clause and then read about and analyze several seminal Supreme Court decisions about the clause including Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education. They also analyze the stop and frisk policy of the NYPD, the 1964 Civil Rights Act and protected classes, and subsequent Supreme Court cases that relate to it (Lawrence v. Texas, Obergefell v. Hodges, and Bostock v. Clayton County). It ends with asking students to
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Law and Justice Curriculum
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
International Humanitarian Law: Slides + Independent Work Packet
The International Humanitarian Law unit covers the following:International Criminal CourtGenocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, crime of aggressionInternational Court of JusticeHistory of Israel and Palestine (context for current case before the ICC)Islamophobia (understanding bias to enhance media literacy)Antisemitism (understanding bias to enhance media literacy)Media literacy principlesCareers in humanitarian lawWhat's included:43 PowerPoint slides (w/links to readings and videos)11-
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9th - 12th
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING: Perfectionism Article & Research Activity
The perfect reading and analysis activity on the Executive Functioning! Have your students learn about Perfectionism 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 functioni
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6th - 12th
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
US History Review EOC STAAR Packet and Study Guide
US History Study Guide STAAR EOC Review Since 1876 Post Reconstruction, US History STAAR reference guide.Editable to add or delete items. I use this as an easy study guide. I also use this for students that have been absent for multiple days before an exam or for students who are new to my class that will have to test for the STAAR or EOC test. We use it as a reference guide for games and questions. Some TEKS left out to save space and keep information digestible and manageable. Thanks so muc
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8th - 12th
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