Summer 2006
Summer 2006
| Vitali Andreev | |
| Subjects and Grade Levels | English L/A, Social Studies - 6th Grade |
| andreevv@rapides.k12.la.us | |
| Title of Lesson: | Social Pyramid of Ancient Egypt |
| Overview | |
| The students will use the Sketchy Program in order to create a Social Pyramid of Ancient Egypt. Mastering the knowledge of political and economical structure of responsibilities and distinguishing contributions based on specific social classes. Also, a learner will be introduced to a concept of polytheism (belief in many gods) with the help of interesting website link that presents a variety of potential characters of that time. - Click to view lesson | |
| Mary Cox and Jill Summers | |
| Subjects and Grade Levels | English/LA - Science - 6th |
| coxm@rapides.k12.la.us and summersj@rapides.k12.la.us | |
| Title of Lesson: | Magical Metamorphosis |
| Overview | |
| Students will use video, the Venn diagram, and Palm handheld computer applications to study complete and incomplete metamorphosis and to collect and analyze date and write about the mealworm. - Click to view lesson | |
| Melanie Dupre' and Nancy Brown | |
| Subjects and Grade Levels | Math - 3rd, 4th, and 5th |
| melanie.dupre@gpsb.org | |
| Title of Lesson: | Shape Up |
| Overview | |
| This is an introductory lesson (grade 3) or review lesson (grades 4-5). Students will identify and describe plane geometric shapes. - Click to view lesson | |
| Mary Jackson and Bonnie LeDuc | |
| Subjects and Grade Levels | English/LA - 10th, 11th, 12th, SPED |
| majackson@avoyellespsb.com and baleduc@avoyellespsb.com | |
| Title of Lesson: | Star Wars: Careers/Resumes of the Future |
| Overview | |
| Students will research possible careers and realize the positive and negative aspects of their career choice.Students will draw on various forms of knowledge given by perspective employers, parents, transitional educators and websites on writing for various audiences in producing a resume. - Click to view lesson | |
| Alicia LaBorde, Rhonda Norris, and Pamela LaBorde | |
| Subjects and Grade Levels | Science - 4th, 5th and 6th |
| plaborde@avoyellespsb.com | |
| Title of Lesson: | Nutrition |
| Overview | |
| Students will count the
calories, fat, and sugar they eat for one week. The next week they
will try to eat the recommended amount of calories, lower their fat,
and sugar intake. They will also determine how healthy they really are. - Click to view lesson | |
| Gaye Lynn Ortis and Amy Little | |
| Subjects and Grade Levels | English L/A - 2nd, 3rd, and 4th |
| littlea@rapides.k12.la.us ortisg@rapides.k12.la.us | |
| Title of Lesson: | Once Upon a Time... |
| Overview | |
| Students will be introduced to the fairy tale unit with a scavenger hunt that will review what they already know. Students will review and compare the famous story of The 3 Little Pigs with The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs using a Venn Diagram. Students will also be working in groups to create their own fractured fairy tale adventure. - Click to view lesson | |
| Marsha Sanders | |
| Subjects and Grade Levels | Science - 9th |
| wisesanders@aol.com | |
| Title of Lesson: | The Periodic Table of Elements |
| Overview | |
| This lesson is a review of the patterns of the periodic table including; atomic number, atomic mass, symbols and element names. - Click to view lesson | |
| Glenda Vanlangendonck and Gina Glchrist | |
| Subjects and Grade Levels | PE, Social Studies - 9th |
| gilchristg@rapides.k12.la.us | |
| Title of Lesson: | Eating is Mathematical |
| Overview | |
|
he learner will test their knowledge of the 5
food groups by designing a graphic organizer based on the food
pyramid. The learner will create a survey question based on the food pyramid to survey classmates and interpret results. The learner will use a graphic organizer with the Palm and view the Internet with a computer.- Click to view lesson | |
| Cherry McNease and Terri Carpenter | |
| Subjects and Grade Levels | Science and Math - 2nd |
| mcneasec@rapides.k12.la.us and carpentert@rapides.k12.la.us | |
| Title of Lesson: | Help! I Might Be Endangered! |
| Overview | |
| Students will use technology to discover the different levels of endangerment assigned to animals in the various animal groups. Then they will predict the most and least endangered of the assigned animals. Taking the information gathered they will create spreadsheets and then graph information to interpret - Click to view lesson | |