ASE: High School Diploma

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In this activity, students will analyze the ways in which political parties and presidential candidates use persuasion to convince voters to vote for them; and identify how methods of persuasion change over time-based on other changes in US society.

Source: Spelling: List of Lessons and Practice Exercises (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

The author of this site was frustrated with the available materials used to teach spelling, so she and her co-workers developed lessons and exercises that addressed some of the basic rules of spelling. These are totally printable, so you can use them in non-computerized settings. The lesson suggested here is the one on "s" word endings. In Section 1 you will see a link to the lesson.

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In this activity, students discuss the music they do and do not enjoy. They then watch a short video segment of a band playing "St. Louis Blues" and are asked to write a critique of the music they heard based on their opinion and a critique from a music critic. Students then reflect on how their point of view influenced their opinion.

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In this activity, students watch a video called The Science of Flavor to learn about the perception of flavor and then discuss what they learned.

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Source: Periodic Table with Links to Videos (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this activity, students watch a short video about an element and report its properties to the rest of the class. There are videos for all 118 elements. All of these videos were created by video journalist, Brady Haran, and feature chemists from the University of Nottingham. In these videos, the elements come to life and become a meaningful learning experience.