Curriculum Cafe: March 2022

Explore our picks for curriculum resources and lesson plans this month: March 2022!

 MATH

• Elementary
  • Cooking up fractions (lesson)
  • Order of Operations treasure hunt (lesson)
• Middle
  • Gathering data to analyze (interactive)
  • XY Flyer (interactive)
• High
  • Building Quadratic Functions to Describe Situations (Part 2) (video)
  • Finding Values for Elements in the Domain of Linear Functions | Algebra 1: Module 10 (video)

 ELA

• Elementary
  • Titanic Research Project (lesson)
  • Axle the Freeway Cat (interactive)
• Middle
  • Recognizing Inappropriate Verb Voice and Mood (document)
  • Identifying "Fake" News | Common Sense Education (media gallery)
• High
  • Literary Elements and Techniques | Conflict (video)
  • War News in the Digital World: Real, Staged, or Both? (lesson plan)

 SCIENCE

• Elementary
  • Smelling Bee (lesson)
  • The Pattern of the Moon's Changing Appearance (interactive)
• Middle
  • Weather Condition Analysis (lesson)
  • The Transferring of Genetic Information (lesson)
• High
  • DNA and the Science of Genetic Engineering (collection)
  • Physics in Motion (collection)

 SOST/HISTORY

• Elementary
  • Freedom Rides of 1961 (collection)
  • ARTHUR: All About Community (collection)
• Middle
  • The Onset of the Civil Rights Movement (lesson)
  • Japanese Internment Camps (lesson)
• High
  • South Carolina Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust (lesson)
  • Economics - Commodities and Commodity Markets (video)

 THE ARTS

• Elementary
  • Music Engagement for Primary Grades with Meredith Trobaugh (video)
  • Peter and the Wolf (collection)
• Middle
  • 6th Grade Shadow Puppetry with Shirley Mack Bell (video)
  • Street Art (collection)
• High
  • Empathy/Acting Out and/or Sharing Emotions with Kathleen Pennyway and Martha Hearn (video)
  • Austin City Limits: Lessons From the Show (collection)

 CAREERS

• Elementary
  • Creating Hidden Pictures® (lesson)
  • Career Connections (collection)
• Middle
  • IMCS 360 | Let's Go! CAREERS (360 video tour)
  • STEM Careers (collection)
• High
  • Introduction to Becoming a Firefighter Using Let’s Go Career (lesson)
  • Career Spotlight (collection)

 ENGINEERING/TECH

• Elementary
  • Coding (lesson)
  • ThinkTV | David and Kayleen Design a Glider (video)
• Middle
  • STEM: 7 steps to the Engineering Design Process (lesson)
  • What's Up in Factories (collection)
• High
  • Technology at Allen University | Palmetto Scene (video)
  • Engineering Is ... (collection)

 HEALTH/PE

• Elementary
  • Wall Ball (lesson)
  • Protect Your Health and Environment (interactive)
• Middle
  • Soccer Golf (lesson)
  • The Facts About Concussions (interactive)
• High
  • Invent Apps That Help Others and Build Empathy (interactive)
  • Body Systems Project (lesson)

 WORLD LANGUAGES

• Elementary
  • Juan Felipe Herrera - Bilingual Children's Books | Young Minds Dreaming (video)
  • Salsa (collection)
• Middle
  • Revenge of Verbs - Conjugating IR | Standard Deviants TV (video)
  • Exploraciones (collection) 
• High
  • Let's Talk! Basic Italian Conversations - Informals | Standard Deviants TV (video)
  • Beauty of Jasmine (collection)