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By Eli Sheldon
In the Modernizing Greek Myths lesson, students read and summarize a classic myth from Ancient Greece. Working in teams, they then brainstorm ways to bring that myth into the modern age. Teams write three minute plays based on their modern ideas,
Subjects:
Creative Writing, Ancient History, Drama
Grades:
5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
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In the Cell Division Comics activity, students create short comic strips that tell the story of cell division in a creative manner. Similar to the cell analogies project, students use abstraction to develop an analogy that still represents the
Subjects:
Science, Biology
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th
Types:
Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
RST.6-8.7
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In the Enigma Machine lesson, students will learn the intricacies of cryptography used in World War II to convey secret messages to soldiers in the field. Students will start by looking at a simple shift cipher and will create their own cipher wheel
Subjects:
European History, World History, Computer Science - Technology
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson
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In the Body System Amusement Parks project, students team up to create amusement parks based on the various systems and organs within the human body. With the power of abstraction, each attraction represents the cardiovascular system, the muscular
Subjects:
Science, Anatomy, Biology
Grades:
7th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
RST.6-8.7
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In the Lord of the Flies Island Map activity, students team up to create an annotated map of the island from Lord of Flies, including important locations and events that help portray the novel’s story visually. Students also include a quote from the
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Close Reading
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RST.6-8.7
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In the Creating a Podcast project, students team up to write and record elements of a podcast about a novel they are reading. Students choose components from a list of ideas, each of which are worth a certain number of points towards the effort
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Close Reading
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
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In the Superhero Transformations project, students design their own simple superhero and distill it down to its core geometric shape. Students choose a story stem and write a short story about their superhero. Students then draw their hero’s shape
Subjects:
Math, Geometry, Graphing
Grades:
7th, 8th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
8.G.A.2, 8.G.A.3, 8.G.A.4
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In this multi-week unit, students dissect the American criminal justice system by creating their own laws and applying them to real criminal cases. Optionally paired with the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers, the unit begins with students running
Subjects:
Social Studies - History, Government, U.S. History
Grades:
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
Types:
Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
RH.6-8.3, RH.6-8.8, RH.9-10.3
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In the BabyMaker activity, students begin by identifying their own genetic traits, answering a series of questions about their facial features. As they input their phenotype, an animated cartoon representation of themselves as a baby is created.
Subjects:
Science, Biology
Grades:
7th
Types:
Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
RST.6-8.3
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In the Designing Greek Monuments in 3D lesson, students design new monuments to honor events in Greek history, Greek gods, or another aspect of Ancient Greece. After sketching their design on paper, students create their designs in 3D using the
Subjects:
Ancient History, Graphic Arts, Engineering
Grades:
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
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In the Writing Historical Fiction project, students interview an adult family member or neighbor about their experience with a significant historical tragedy as a child or young adult. Students research the event and combine facts with their
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing
Grades:
5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
W.6.3, W.6.3a, W.6.5, W.6.7
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In this series of activities on evaluating racial bias in traffic stops and searches, students calculate the probabilities of drivers of different races being searched at traffic stops, and compare their findings to census data to determine if the
Subjects:
Math, U.S. History, Statistics
Grades:
7th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
FREE
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Designing a Solar System is an activity that allows students to explore the dynamics of a fully-customizable set of celestial bodies. Starting with just a star and a planet in stable orbit, students can add planets, asteroids and meteors at varying
Subjects:
Science, Astronomy, Physics
Grades:
6th, 7th, 8th
Types:
Activities, Simulations, Lesson
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In the Ancient Civilizations activity, students create their own civilization and see how it fares over the years based on choices they make for location, animals, plants and natural resources. Students create an artistic rendering of their
Subjects:
Social Studies - History, Ancient History, World History
Grades:
6th
Types:
Activities, Games, Lesson
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In the Mapping Earthquakes to Save the World activity, students leverage real-time data to plot earthquakes on a world map. The fate of the world is in their hands – the President of the United States has asked for their help to save humankind.
Subjects:
Science, Earth Sciences, Geography
Grades:
6th
Types:
Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
6.NS.C.5, RST.6-8.7
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In The Evolution of Zoe the Protozoa, students take on the role of Zoe in the struggle to find food and adapt in an ever-changing changing environment. Starting as a lowly protozoa, Zoe and her species experience mutations, some of which are
Subjects:
Science, Biology
Grades:
5th, 6th, 7th
Types:
Activities, Simulations, Lesson
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In the Polygon Transformations lesson, students explore geometric manipulations including reflections, translations, rotations and dilations using the Polygon Transformer web app. This tool can be used throughout the unit, and can also be leveraged
Subjects:
Math, Geometry, Graphing
Grades:
8th
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
8.G.A.1, 8.G.A.2, 8.G.A.3, 8.G.A.4
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In the Hanging Atom Models project, students team up to create a series of elements using an online simulation tool. They record their results on paper and consider how their atoms differ from one another. Finally, teams choose one of their elements
Subjects:
Science, Chemistry, Physical Science
Grades:
8th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
RST.6-8.7
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In the Cell Analogies project, students represent plant or animal cells by coming up with an overarching analogy that includes each cell component. They create a visual representation of their analogy on paper, in Google Slides or by coding it in
Subjects:
Science, Biology
Grades:
6th
Types:
Projects, Activities, Lesson
CCSS:
RST.6-8.7
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In the Voting Rights and Voter ID Laws lesson, students interview family members or neighbors about their experiences voting, and then analyze real footage from polling locations in neighborhoods around the country. Students then learn about the
Subjects:
Civics, Elections - Voting, U.S. History
Grades:
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
Types:
PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Lesson
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