Tag: High School

Thanksgiving Ideas for your Classroom

by M.Sandoval • November 14, 2011 • 0 Comments

The holiday season can be stressful for us as the students get riled up in anticipation of school break, classes get shorter making it hard to cram our lessons into half days, and our personal lives get busy. I personally view holidays as a way to celebrate with students and take some of the pressure off of the normal academia pacing that at this time of the semester can leave us all exhausted. Here are a few holiday ideas to either help your department raise money, fit in some extra holiday excitement, or comply with a half day schedule.

Creepy Crawly Yummy Bug Recipes

by M.Sandoval • October 31, 2011 • 1 Comment

In many parts of the world people eat insects as part of their daily diets. Bugs are high in protein and have even been stated as possibly being the answer to the world’s hunger problems. Let your students decide for themselves by exploring entomophagy (bug eating) through this fear facing f0od lesson.

Little Dresses for Africa

by M.Sandoval • October 28, 2011 • 3 Comments

Want an easy sewing project that help your students and school feel good too? Nancy’s Notions, a popular sewing tools & pattern store have come up with this charitable project for African children–a Pillow case re-purposed into a little girl’s dress.

Sandwich Glog Project

by K.Graybill • October 21, 2011 • 1 Comment

Tired of messy physical posters? Introducing Glogs–virtual, interactive posters that don’t take up physical space and are a blast to create. Use this new virtual poster technology with any subject! This lesson is a fast, fun way to teach students about sandwiches and incorporate technology all at the same time!

Preschool Activities

by M.Sandoval • October 7, 2011 • 0 Comments

Have a preschool program at your school? Here are some tried and true lessons and ideas to keep your preschoolers busy and learning of course!

Vanilla Lesson Plan

by M.Sandoval • September 30, 2011 • 0 Comments

Vanilla is expensive and vanilla beans even more so. This is a great lesson to teach students about vanilla without breaking the bank. One vanilla bean required!

Child Development Theory & Finger Puppet Show

by M.Sandoval • September 9, 2011 • 0 Comments

How do babies grow and develop? We were all there once and of course there are several theories on how we develop socially, emotionally, and cognitively. This lesson is a intro type lesson to the general concept of theorists and child development theory.

Pop Tarts from Scratch

by M.Sandoval • August 26, 2011 • 0 Comments

I don’t know if you like pop tarts or not but they have a large student following. Personally I think the crust tastes like cardboard but I guess kids don’t notice. Why not learn how to make kid’s favorite snack from scratch and turn it into an experiment?

Subway Economics

by M.Sandoval • August 19, 2011 • 3 Comments

This lesson follows a case study of a busy couple that is challenged by one of their coworker’s to figure out whether it is cheaper to make sandwiches or buy them from Subway. Students get a chance to apply their critical thinking & problem solving skills to a practical problem as well as get a chance to learn basic math in Excel.

Food Borne Illness Animoto Project

by K.Graybill • August 5, 2011 • 4 Comments

This is an investigative project for students to research specific food borne illnesses in more depth and then visually showcase them through Animoto, a free site that turns photos and video clips into professional video slideshows in minutes.

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