This curriculum encompasses lessons designed for pre-kindergarten to the third-grade level, which is relevant for my specific classroom. Teaching renewable energy with the emphasis on geothermal will be the main topic in the classroom for two weeks duration. Student research on the topic will be done in my classroom and outside. …Continue Reading Geothermal Energy
Curriculum Units
Wind Energy in Oklahoma
This unit, Wind Energy in Oklahoma, explores the science and real-world application of wind as a renewable energy source, with a focus on its significance in the state of Oklahoma. Students investigate how wind energy is produced, the mechanics of wind turbines, and Oklahoma’s leading role in U.S. wind energy capacity. The curriculum integrates STEM concepts with environmental awareness, encouraging students to design wind-powered inventions and analyze turbine efficiency through hands-on activities….Continue Reading Wind Energy in Oklahoma
Monster in the Village: Developing a Positive Worldview through the Challenges of Community Life Experiences
This unit explores the multifaceted experiences of community life. It is ideally suited for teaching in the 11th and 12th grades, offering a unique perspective on how individuals can cultivate a positive worldview despite encountering various community adversities. …Continue Reading Monster in the Village: Developing a Positive Worldview through the Challenges of Community Life Experiences
Haiku: Poetry with a Purpose
Teaching Haiku poetry is beneficial because it provides an opportunity for my students to nurture, develop, and transform their experiences, ideas or emotions into an artistic form of expression. Because of its minimalist approach to language and imagery, Haiku poetry can enhance creativity, produce enthusiasm and confidence, and discourage a writer’s reluctance….Continue Reading Haiku: Poetry with a Purpose
A French-Language Perspective of Human Skeletal and Social Evolution
In this unit on human skeletal and social evolution, students will explore the unique biological and cultural characteristics that distinguish Homo sapiens from four other related species. Students will accomplish this goal by learning the names of both human and hominin body parts and their comparative features of anatomy in the French language. …Continue Reading A French-Language Perspective of Human Skeletal and Social Evolution
Monsters, Transformations, and Annihilations: Atwood, Garland, Kafka, Ishiguro, Okorafor, Shakespeare
This unit asks students to engage with real and imagined transformations, monstrous and otherwise, and in so doing to master state-mandated learning objectives in literacy, as well as the use of modern communications technology. Students will create research projects that analyze and critique past, present, and future events that may have engendered unfairness and inequality, in order to become agents of progress and change….Continue Reading Monsters, Transformations, and Annihilations: Atwood, Garland, Kafka, Ishiguro, Okorafor, Shakespeare
Aya: Poetry as a System of Resistance
Aya: Poetry as a System of Resistance explores how Black poets across generations have used language to challenge oppression, reclaim narrative and transform poetry into a tool for freedom. Through close readings, discussions and performances, students will analyze how language operates both as a critique of systemic oppression and as a space for self and communal discovery….Continue Reading Aya: Poetry as a System of Resistance
Predictive Biological Anthropology: Looking Around to Look Forward
This unit is designed for middle school Gifted and Talented students to explore the ways humans have physically adapted and acclimatized to their environments over time. By examining real-world examples from different cultures and climates, students will learn how various environmental pressures shape the human body. Once students understand these connections, they’ll apply their understanding by predicting how humans might adapt to hypothetical but plausible future environmental changes….Continue Reading Predictive Biological Anthropology: Looking Around to Look Forward
The Viability of Hydrogen as a Fuel Source for Transportation
This unit explores the possibility of expanding HFC technology and some of the challenges that must be overcome. It describes the technology behind the hydrogen fuel stack, how H2 is made and transported, and it speculates on how HFC technology may be implemented at a large scale….Continue Reading The Viability of Hydrogen as a Fuel Source for Transportation
Making Faces: Anthropological Identification and Re-Creation
Students will investigate facial features in artistic portraits and sculptures to better understand what different ethnicities and species look like and how their proportions vary. They will then set up still lifes with skulls to represent individuals or groups of people, e.g., a housewife, a ballerina, a football player, Vikings, or pirates, and then sketch them. Finally, students will illustrate and model their understanding of what they have learned with an original art piece….Continue Reading Making Faces: Anthropological Identification and Re-Creation