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Doing a structured investigation using real plants where students get to water, measure, etc. to discuss what plants needs to survive.

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This year I would like to have students take more virtual trips and perhaps focus on one that we can ACT OUT. Taking a trip to another country is one idea I would like to try.

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This year I hope to truly set the stage to engage in my classroom with my next few IB Units of Inquiry. I would like each line of inquiry to have a very engaging lead in and authentic activities throughout the studies.

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My class this year is a publishing house. My students are "interns" who have roles that are found within a publishing house (staff writer, photographer, department chairs, editors, etc.). During the first nine weeks we "teleconferenced" (facetime) with a woman who worked at a magazine in DC. She explained what it's like to work in the publishing industry & the types of jobs available. Each nine weeks I plan to "teleconference" with another person from the publishing industry as we delve deeper into our business and our jobs.

Each nine weeks we publish a newsletter that includes writing from 5 departments (ELA, math, science, social studies & community), and the end of the year will culminate with the publication of a full length magazine. During the first semester my students are treated as interns & learn all of the jobs. During the second semester, my students will learn to write resumes & how to interview. They will apply for "permanent" positions that they keep the rest of the year. Those positions will be "paid" and math will then be integrated as students learn to budget & pay bills.

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9-12th grade Health
Use imovie to have students make PSA about , Drug use prevention(Alcohol, tobacco, hard drugs) or Nutrition 30 sec video or less.

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I am hoping to incorporate more of a real world blogging so that my students can use the TL appropriately in real world situations and have native Spanish speakers and other Spanish students read and respond. This will allow them to write and read more effectively! :-)

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In our Culture Unit we have a focus on Native American Culture. I think it would be a good idea to talk about the real world problem of the pipeline. I think getting some Native American speakers talking about how sacred lands should be treated and having students create PSA's on whether or not we should have the pipeline completed would be a good service project. This would also tie in with our opinion and fact writing unit.

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English I. I am interested in using blogging as a means of close reading a text. I have been using pair and shares but they could practice their writing skills by communicating through blogging. As I was browsing authentic learning online I found a really awesome idea for Romeo and Juliet that I think I am going to use.

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Our second grade students have recently adopted two Bonnethead sharks. These will be tagged, so we can track their migration patterns because the oil companies are trying to dredge off our coast. We are trying to determine how this will effect their migration patters.

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High School Special Ed.
All inclusion with Algebra and English 1 this semester.

I'm thinking about working with my English team. We are talking about being a New Tech school which is primarily project based.

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In my 9th grade English class, I'd like to expand on the Fast Food Nation project.  I'd like to pull more community members in to work with the groups as individuals in creating their product.  I would also like to add to the panel members by adding teachers from other departments - I think this would widen the level and number of questions posed.

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3rd grade-I think we could research the effects of hurricanes on erosion, deposition and weathering. We could think about our science standards around fast and slow changes.

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We're about to move onto our nonfiction writing unit "All About ____". We will begin by visiting the Riverbank Zoo in Columbia. The students will have the opportunity to select an animal in which they find interesting at the zoo. They will have clipboards and pencils to write notes about their animals. When we return to the classroom, we will continue to use our chromebooks for further research on their animals to help with their "All About ___" books. The students will present these during our End-of-Unit Writing Celebration.

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In our second grade class we study force and motion. We could dive deeper into the learning and give them an opportunity to be active in their learning. We could do a STEM related project and then use various apps to record and demonstrate our learning.

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In Spanish III Honors (grades 9-12), each student will write his own personal blog in Spanish and share it with an a Spanish speaker in the ESOL group at our high school. Students may choose their own topics, so their writing will be meaningful.

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For the upcoming elections, students have been close reading different election texts such as Duck for President and Grace for President. Students go through the process of registering to vote, going into the booth, and completing the google form to vote. They have to write an opinion piece to support their vote. Now that students know the process, they applied to be president and they are running their own campaigns. They were chosen by a group of teachers and split into half to create the 2 parties. Students create iMovies, posters, slogans, logos, and party names for their groups. The students then have a 'debate' and present their ideas and speeches in front of their parents and other classmates. They will then vote on their classmates.

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I liked the social studies oil spill newscast video. I am going to use imovie to make newscasts for Earth changes like landslides, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, etc.

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I teach ELA, and we are about to move on to biographies. Students will be reading different biographies in a jigsaw collaboration group. Then the students will be responsible for being that historical figure in a debate. They will need to debate as their person, and then the class will vote on who would be a good president for our country. Prior to , these students will be given the task to create campaign ads

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Suzanne Muoio 9th
Standard: Students will identify and/or describe the basic molecular structure of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and/or nucleic acids.
Students will describe the primary functions of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and/or nucleic acids in organisms.
Students will explain how enzymes speed up the rate of a biochemical reaction by lowering the reaction’s activation energy.
Students will identify and/or describe the effect of environmental factors on enzyme activity.

Students will watch video clips of advertised health drinks, like Muscle Milk, Plexis, etc. Students will act take on roles as Advertisers, Lawyers, Sellers, and Customers.

There goal is to analyze the benefits, the possible risk, the cost comparison, the customers base, etc ( depending on their role)

Guest speakers could include a corporate lawyer, or patent lawyer, an ad exec, a nutritionist or Doctor.

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In second grade we study weather and weather tools used to measure weather. In my classroom I am planning on beginning a Project Based Learning activity in which the students will be creating their own rain gauge. They will be given items to choose from and they have to create their own rain gauge. This will also tie into STEM because students will have to use math and engineering in order to make the rain gauges. This would be real-world because we would put them outside of our classroom and collect data to determine rainfall in our area. We could also discuss the recent flooding in the areas near our school.

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Money/Economics
In 2nd grade we learn about Money/Economics. The students could have the opportunity to learn about producers/consumers, supply and demand and real world selling skills (making/counting change) by making a "Store". The students could be in partners or in groups and create an idea for a real life store and product they could sell. They could go through the motions of making advertisements, making the product and eventually getting to a point where they could sell their products at a booth. As a class or a grade level students would be able to sell their products to other students and have a sort of mall (ex. "Pepperhill Plaza") After the sale the students would be able to discuss supply and demand what sold the most and what didn't how prices effected these things and so on and so forth. Consistently reminding the students that these things are real world skills, this is an opportunity to bring in local store owners, bankers to discuss all the moving pieces that are involved in making a successful business, the research that goes behind selling products as well as the money aspect of it.