Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy is a framework of hierarchical thinking from the basic, such as recalling facts, to the higher, more complex, such as creating original work. As educators, we learned about this in our collegiate education theory classes. However, Katelyn Propper of Indiana, used this Bloom’s Taxonomy lesson to teach her high school Education Professions class about it as they prepare their own lessons. Continue reading to learn more.

Math in the Kitchen

Many students hate math and don’t see the relevance in the real world! If you can relate, you know that students will grumble, complain and resist doing math at every turn, especially when a fraction is involved. Math in the Kitchen was created based on a book I read where one of the main characters, who loved to cook, struggled with math. Her friend took a recipe and changed the wording to include math problems where basic multiplication, division and fractions were used to decode the actual ingredient amounts. I thought this was a clever way to have students practice math and see the real world connection in cooking and baking, so I created a few. Read on to check them out!

Resiliency & The Family

Challenging situations in life escape no one, especially the family! Resiliency & The Family will provide you with ready to teach lesson plans that define many aspects of resiliency, explore associated risk and protective factors along with related characteristics in a variety of engaging ways.

AI Companions: Lessons & Activities

AI Companions is a new phenomenon that is rising at a growing rate. Is this phenomenon just a fad that will be here today and gone tomorrow? Or, is this an alarming trend that is here to stay? Either way, should we be concerned? In this AI Companions: Lesson & Activities, students explore the concept using the provided prompts before deciding if it is a good idea or a bad idea and completing follow-up activities.

Ultra-Processed Foods

Ultra-Processed Foods…talk about a topic that is in the news regularly…this is it! To help students learn more about Ultra-Processed Foods, I’ve created a variety of activities around the topic including chat stations, a drag and drop food sort, a dilemma for students to investigate and even a flashslide and warning label follow-up. Pick and choose or do them all!

Warren Buffet Quote Assignment

If you teach a finance class, you most likely teach about money management and investing. Warren Buffet has often been touted as the greatest investor of all due to his success over the years especially with his approach to investing. With that being said, I put together this Warren Buffet Quote Assignment that not only introduces students to him, but puts them in his shoes to decide if he would approve of real world financial behaviors and decisions.