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Secondary Education and Teaching

Pace University

2010

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Grades 9-10 Algebra: Graphic Quadratics On The Coordinate Plane, Michelle Darcy Jan 2010

Grades 9-10 Algebra: Graphic Quadratics On The Coordinate Plane, Michelle Darcy

Math

This lesson is part of a total unit of graphing quadratics. Each project is tiered and allows the students to see the many different places in which math is present in the world and outside the math classroom. This is part of the Algebra curriculum. Through this lessons students will be able to graph quadratics.


Grades 9-12 Earth Science, Katie Whittaker Jan 2010

Grades 9-12 Earth Science, Katie Whittaker

Science

New York state standards emphasizes the importance of connecting past and present events to possible future events. This lesson plan focuses on the geologic past as it is presented in the New York state referenced tables for Earth Science. The lesson plan features a clip from "you tube" as a hook, a RAFT assignment that embraces theories by Bloom and Gardner, a post card activity to test understanding, and a closure activity where students will predict future events based on patterns from the geological past.