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Modeling Digestion in the Mouth
This lesson and assessment are part of a larger project-based learning (PBL) experience on human body systems. The driving question for...
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Dec 6, 20223 min read
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Skin Color Project: Student Videos
Below are some examples of videos that my 8th grade students wrote, filmed, and edited for the Skin Color Project, an integrated project...
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Apr 1, 20221 min read
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2020 Digital Plate Tectonics Models
In the fall of 2020, my school went completely virtual and teachers and students all worked from home. I couldn't do the typical 3D Plate...
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Mar 30, 20221 min read
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3D Plate Tectonics Models
Below are some example of the 3D dynamic models that my students designed and built for an integrated project my colleagues and I...
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Mar 30, 20221 min read
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Teaching Forces and Motion Through Soap Box Derby Racing
I designed a project-based learning experience for my 8th grade students with the driving question: How can we use our knowledge of...
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Mar 24, 20221 min read
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