Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
In this lesson, students will analyze and create multimedia messages to communicate the risks to life and property associated with severe weather and natural disasters. Students will analyze informational graphics made by meteorologists to identify critical information and actions residents need to... Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: November 11th, 2022
Using Multimedia to Communicate Weather Hazards
In this lesson, students explore gas production by micro-organisms by designing and experimenting with biogas digesters made from small water bottles. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: November 4th, 2022
Anaerobic Respiration
Students will investigate the nitrogen cycle and the flow of nutrients in an ecosystem. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: November 8th, 2022
The Nitrogen Cycle
In this introductory unit on using map scales, students will use a map scale to determine the distance between two points on a map. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: November 4th, 2022
Fractions Using a Map Scale
Students will research, present, and analyze the pros and cons of various forms of alternative energy. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: June 10th, 2022
Science Literacy
Students explore causes for the decline in number of giant catfish of the Mekong River system and interpret a set of data taken from 2003 regarding the size and mass of catfish that were caught and tagged. They will display their knowledge in the form of tables, graphs, and pictures. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: November 3rd, 2022
Tracking Population Decline Using Biology and Algebra
Students will use springs to investigate the quantitative characteristics of waves. Then, they will use their data to derive the formula connecting frequency, wavelength, and velocity. Later, students will connect those math ideas to an example from nature. This lesson is Part 2 of "Beyond the Slinky®,"... Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: June 17th, 2022
Quantitative Characteristics of Waves
Students will be able to explain the fundamental concepts involved in electrostatics, such as: charge, friction, conservation of charge, laws of attraction, and Coulomb’s Law. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: June 13th, 2022
Electrostatics
In this lesson, students will investigate the qualitative characteristics of waves. The next lesson in this three-part series focuses on the quantitative characteristics of waves. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: June 2nd, 2022
Qualitative Characteristics of Waves
Students will use DNA processes such as replication, transcription, and translation to study the differences between healthy individuals and those with a genetic disorder (in this case, cystic fibrosis). Students will apply this knowledge to the inheritance of traits through the use of Punnett squares. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: May 26th, 2022
DNA Processes
