Many, Many Examples Of Essential Questions Many, Many Examples Of Essential Questions by Terry Heick Essential questions are, ask Grant Wiggins defines, “‘essential’ in the sense of signaling genuine, important and necessarily-ongoing inquiries.” These are grapple-worthy, substantive questions that not only require wrestling with, but are worth wrestling with–that could lead students to some critical insight in a 40/40/40-rule sense of the term. I collected the following set of questions through the course of creating units of study, most of them from the Greece Central School District in New York. Or maybe I’ll make a separate page for them entirely. Decisions, Actions, and Consequences What is the relationship between decisions and consequences? Social Justice What is social justice? Culture: Values, Beliefs & Rituals How do individuals develop values and beliefs? Adversity, Conflict, and Change How does conflict lead to change? Utopia and Dystopia How would we define a utopian society? Chaos and Order Constructing Identities Creation
197 Educational YouTube Channels You Should Know About 197 Educational YouTube Channels You Should Know About If you don’t have a YouTube channel as an education provider, there’s a good chance you’re behind the times. Nearly every major educational institution in the world now hosts its own collection of videos featuring news, lectures, tutorials, and open courseware. Just as many individuals have their own channel, curating their expertise in a series of broadcasted lessons. These channels allow instructors to share information and blend media in unprecedented and exciting new ways. Because we can now sift through thousands of resources while navigating a single repository, the potential for inspiration and growth in the field of education has reached a new height. Here are the top channels worth following based on views, subscriptions, and quality of content: General YouTube EDU: Launched in 2009, Youtube EDU centralizes content from over 100 universities and colleges, providing access to lectures, research, and campus tours. Mathematics
Student Discovery Sets - For Teachers The new Library of Congress Student Discovery Sets bring together historical artifacts and one-of-a-kind documents on a wide range of topics, from history to science to literature. Interactive tools let students zoom in, draw to highlight details, and conduct open-ended primary source analysis. Full teaching resources are available for each set. Children's Lives at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Children of a century past: How were their lives different from today's? How were they the same? The Constitution The drafts and debates that brought the Constitution and the Bill of Rights into being, including notes by the documents' framers. The Dust Bowl Songs, maps, and iconic photographs document the daily ordeals of rural migrant families during a disastrous decade. The Harlem Renaissance Discover some of the innovative thinkers and creative works that contributed to the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. Immigration The Industrial Revolution The U.S.' Jim Crow and Segregation
100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers Although YouTube has been blocked from many/most schools, for obvious reasons and not so obvious ones. YouTube does provide great resources and content for teachers and students. View the list of the Top 100 Videos for Teachers. YouTube's 100 Best Teacher Videos: History These videos can give your students a better insight into historical events. Science Make science more fun and interactive by using these videos in class. Language Get advice on improving your language class or use these videos as classroom supplements. Arts These videos provide great information on art and art education programs for you and your students. ARTSplash! Inspiration Everyone has a hard day sometimes, and you can remind yourself why you became a teacher by checking out these videos. Classroom Management Ensure your classroom stays a happy and organized learning environment with some help from these videos. How-Tos and Guides Technology Humor If you need a good laugh, watch these over your lunch hour or after class.
WRITE ON! Sandra Markle: Share The Long, Long Journey I'm delighted to share the story of the bar-tailed godwits. Every year these birds make a marathon migration from their summer home in Alaska to their winter home in New Zealand. This bird's story is very special to me. For thirteen years, I lived near Christchurch, New Zealand. That always signified winter was over and spring had arrived. Now open the book and enjoy the story. Check out the aerial view of Cape Avinof, Alaska (the godwits' starting place) by visiting this website. Can you fly non-stop, the way the godwits do? How much will it cost you to fly between Alaska and New Zealand? So you learned what it costs the godwits is energy--what they get from eating and storing body fat. Just for fun, figure out what you would weigh if you doubled your weight to make this long trip. Now, try this activity to find out how the godwit uses its long beak to find and pick up food. First, cut the top off an empty gallon-sized milk jug. Take a close look at this picture of godwits in flight.
60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know 60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know by Ryan Schaaf, Notre Dame of Maryland University When I was a high school student, I had the privilege of having a wonderful English teacher. She was kind, often helped her students, and created a wonderful classroom environment that was rare in my high school experience. As I now reflect upon her and my learning experiences fondly, I had only one criticism – I did the same type of work day in and day out. Nowadays, many educators use the same methods over and over again in their lessons for students to express themselves and demonstrate their new knowledge. Below is a diverse list adapted from resources found at fortheteachers.org of potential student products or activities learners can use to demonstrate their mastery of lesson content. 60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know 60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate Understanding
6 Secrets to Successful Research with Kids Research, the very word, can draw shudders from teachers and audible sighs from students. If you are one of those shuddering educators dreading that next research project, then you are truly going about research all wrong. Take it from this elementary school librarian!! I have been an elementary educator for twenty years, and a certified library media specialist for the last seven years. How about a few insider secrets to turns those sighs into high fives?? 1) Your librarian should be your best resource. 2) You can easily teach inquiry-based research skills in short bursts of time. 3) I believe that it is our job to set our students up for success. Scaffold the project. Provide strong resources. Simplify the citation process. 4) Successful research inquiries begin with strong keywords! Some people, even a few librarians, think that simple fact-finding questions lack depth and complexity. 5) Create a final product that is fun and exciting. 6) Don't get hung up on the word research!!
10 Very Good Educational Websites That Are Now Integrated with Google Classroom December 18, 2015 With the increasing adoption of Google Classroom in instruction, Google opened up Classroom API and made it possible for developers to seamlessly integrate Classroom with a wide variety of websites and platforms. As a result, several educational websites are now integrated with classroom . This means that teachers and students can now share, assign, or turn in links, videos and images from any webpage that is part of this integration. Additionally, if you have a classroom website or blog, you can easily add Classroom Share Button and allow students to share resources right from class website to Google Classroom Check out this page for more instructions. Up till now, a number of key educational websites are already integrated with Google Classroom. 1- The American Museum of Natural History ‘The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. 3- Scholar 4- Discovery Education 5- Duolingo 6- GeoGebra 7- Pear Deck
Top 10 Blog Post Ideas for Students (and Teachers!) by Casey Robertson Student blogging is a growing practice within the classroom. With district & parent permission and the right privacy settings in place, this is an excellent format for students to express their ideas to an authentic audience. Blogging incorporates the use of technology and writing, helping to bridge the gap between student interest and classroom assignments. Whether you’re using student blogs for authentic writing purposes of as a means of formative assessment, the following prompts can be assigned or made available for students to select for more self-directed blogging. Students should know how to properly review a book before they start blogging. Top 10 ListsBooks into Movies | The 10 best and/or 10 worst movies based on books.Genre | Best genres or books from a specific genreBest Books | All-time, for the current year, for the year they were born, etc.Best Cover ArtLiterary Crushes | Tobias, Peeta, Prince Maxon :)Book quotesLiterary Shockers | Make sure to include a spoiler alert!!!
9 TEDTalks by impressive kids Few scientific papers are written in crayon and begin with the words, “Once upon a time.” But then again, few scientific papers are written by a group of 8 to 10-year-olds. In this adorable talk from TEDGlobal, neuroscientist, artist and educator Beau Lotto shares why he thinks children have an edge when it comes to scientific inquiry — they are able to celebrate uncertainty and ask wonderful questions. An experiment is actually a form of play, says Lotto, who invited a group of 25 students from a small school in the UK to make a useful contribution to science by asking a question of their choice. The question the students came up with: can bees think like human beings? Student Amy O’Toole joined Lotto on stage to explain the experiment, which tested whether bees could solve a puzzle and learn to fly to a specific color of flower in a specific pattern. “This project was exciting for me because it brought the process of discovery to life,” says O’Toole in this talk.
Picture Books as Framing Texts: Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, videos, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice In this lesson, students use picture books as frames for structuring research projects. back to top Possible Framing Texts for Research Projects: The picture books on this booklist are suitable texts for framing student research papers. Research papers can fill any teacher with dread. Further Reading This lesson plan was adapted from: Dean, Deborah.
ACARA Work Samples - Work Samples Any subjects published prior to 2016 will not be found in this resource. English, Mathematics, Science and History work samples can be found as PDF documents below the year level achievement standards in each learning area. About work sample portfolios Each portfolio demonstrates student learning in relation to the achievement standard. When publication is completed for all learning areas, three portfolios will be available for each achievement standard, illustrating satisfactory, above satisfactory and below satisfactory student achievement. The interactive format allows teachers to compare work samples at different levels of achievement to assist them make their judgements. Each portfolio comprises a collection of students’ work drawn from a range of assessment tasks. Each portfolio comprises a collection of students’ work drawn from a range of assessment tasks. ACARA acknowledges the contribution of Australian teachers in the development of these work sample portfolios. less information
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