Professional Doc
Province of British Columbia

British Columbia Ministry of Education: Dance 11 and 12 [Pdf]

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Suggested activities and resources for teaching a high school dance program centered around dance as performance and choreography.
Professional Doc
Province of British Columbia

British Columbia Ministry of Ed: Drama 11 and 12: Film and Television [Pdf]

For Teachers 11th - 12th
An outline for how to teach this BC drama course. In Film and Television 11 and 12, students gain practical experience in some of the major areas of the industry, including acting, scriptwriting, and production.
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Other

College of Arts and Sciences: The Evolution of Folsom Fluting [Pdf]

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a complex and detailed paper about the fluting of the Folsom projectile point and the advantages of having these points fluted. Read about the sites where many of the Folsom points were found.
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Federal Reserve Bank

Frb: Regulation, Market Structure, Bank Failures of the Great Depression [Pdf]

For Students 11th - 12th
A scholarly paper written for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review looks at the causes of bank failures in the Great Depression, and how these failure rates were reflected across the country. Very detailed. [pdf]
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Violent Delights and Violent Ends: Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 11th - 12th
This instructional activity uses drama games and role playing to enhance the reading and understanding of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It includes pre-reading role play and information about Shakespeare's life and times, during...
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: The All Purpose Multimedia Poetry Beast

For Teachers 11th
In this activity students explore writing and performing poetry in various forms: writing poetry, choral readings, mime, and preparing a multi-media presentation by designing a web page.
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: Gridlocks: Level 3

For Students 11th - 12th
A collection of grid puzzles that cover a wide variety of topics in advanced high school chemistry. These are excellent for topic review and reinforcement. The puzzles can be played online and also downloaded as worksheets. Answers are...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Carbohydrates

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This activity covers the structure and function of carbohydrates. Students will learn about the different types of complex carbohydrates and how they are formed.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Proteins

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will learn about the structures and function of proteins and how we get protein in our diet.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Lipids

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers the structure and functions of lipids and the different types.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Nucleic Acids

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Online activity covers the structure and function of nucleic acids. Students will learn about nucleotides, the different types of nitrogenous bases, and the...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Ji Tt in Introduction to Demand Analysis

For Teachers 11th - 12th
An activity where students study the supply and demand graph to learn about factors that could shift demand curves.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Ocean Water: Density

For Teachers 11th - 12th
In this lesson students will learn about the stratification of the ocean by using a simulation to show the different densities. The simulation explores how temperature, salinity, and wind affect the development of water stratification.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Science and Religion

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A lesson using the strategy of structured academic controversy where students explore the roots of differing perspectives on evolution, In the process, they develop a deepened understanding of science and religion, and tolerance for...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Heat Is On: Understanding Local Climate Change

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A lesson unit where young scholars analyze long-term weather data for Phoenix to look for changes that have occurred over time. They look at factors that would cause climate warming, including greenhouse gases and other phenomena. They...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Phylogenetics Problems

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A lesson plan where students solve problems by using cladistics to determine phylogenies. Problems require that students determine which characteristics are ancestral or derived by looking at both dinosaurs' remains and primate skulls....
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Other

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Scientific Progress

For Students 11th - 12th
An article which attempts to explain how science has influenced society. Traces the history of scientific progress and how this has influenced societal behavior.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Convertible Shoes: Function, Fashion and Design

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students teams design and build shoe prototypes that convert between high heels and athletic shoes. They apply their knowledge about the mechanics of walking and running as well as shoe design (as learned in the associated lesson) to...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: High Arches, Low Arches

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A main concern of shoe engineers is creating shoes that provide the right amount of arch support to prevent (or fix) common gait misalignments that lead to injury. During this activity, students look at their own footprints and determine...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Counting Calories

For Teachers 10th - 12th
The students discover the basics of heat transfer in this activity by constructing a constant pressure calorimeter to determine the heat of solution of potassium chloride in water. They first predict the amount of heat consumed by the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Tippy Tap Plus Piping

For Teachers 10th - 12th
The Tippy Tap hand-washing station is an inexpensive and effective device used extensively in the developing world. One shortcoming of the homemade device is that it must be manually refilled with water and therefore is of limited use in...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Designing a Robotic Surgical Device

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Student teams create laparoscopic surgical robots designed to reduce the invasiveness of diagnosing endometriosis and investigate how the disease forms and spreads. Using a synthetic abdominal cavity simulator, students test and iterate...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Using Hooke's Law to Understand Materials

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the response of springs to forces as a way to begin to understand elastic solid behavior. They gain experience in data collection, spring constant calculation, and comparison and interpretation of graphs and material...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Creepy Silly Putty

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students learn about viscoelastic material behavior, such as strain rate dependence and creep, by using silly putty, an easy-to-make polymer material. They learn how to make silly putty, observe its behavior with different strain rates,...