Investigation Stations

These are research stations posted/taped around the room that students can spend a given amount of time at (5-10 minutes), discussing the evidence in ...

 

Personal Inquiries

Personal Inquiries are homework assignments that are completed at the end of each 2-3 week "sub-unit" of the Revolutions unit in history class....

 

Nation X Roleplaying Game

This is a five day role playing simulation of Old Regime France. The website for this game, including a short documentary: http://metro1.es-metro.org...

 

Physics Books

Students make a flashcard for every word/concept they learn in their Physics unit. All cards get a hole punched in them and are added to a keyring. ...

 

Simple Machines Project

Students are assigned simple machine components. They analyze their functions and connect them to physics concepts, and then teach the class about th...

 

What is Like a Machine?

Fun with YouTube: This is a series of warm-ups completed in journals and shared out to the class. There are a total of 10 clips provided. Students w...

 

Metaphor Machine Construction

Students measure, cut, and build their machines based on their conceptual plans. Students should spend 10-20 hours on machine construction. Each mac...