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2024


Meditation as Liberation: Transforming our Schools and Ourselves

Elizabeth Cesarini
Keywords: contemplative studies, EL, ELD, elementary, emergent bilinguals, English as a second language, English language development, English learner, English to speakers of other languages, ESL, ESOL, immigrant education, Meditation, Middle School, Mindfulness, ML, multilingual learners, project based learning, refugee education, SLIFE, student choice, students with limited or interrupted formal education, translanguaging

2023


Soundtrack to Our Class: Reading, Writing, and Speaking about Music

Emma Connolly
Keywords: community building, English Language Arts, figurative language, Identity, Middle School, Reading, social-emotional learning, theme, writing

Trauma, Music, and Healing: The Power of Music to Transform a Classroom

Charlette Walker
Keywords: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), digital literacy, ELA, Emotional Health, mental health, Middle School, Music, resilience, social-emotional learning (SEL), toxic stress, Trauma, writing

Elevating Education: The Impact of Drones on 21st Century Learning

Charlette Walker
Keywords: coding, CoDrone EDU, digital literacy, DJI Tello drones, drone applications, drone careers, DroneBlocks, drones, ELA, Google Sites, Google Slides, Middle School, Research, Scratch, STEM

Introduction to Drones- Flying and Coding Skills for the 21st Century Middle School Learner

Justin Guida
Keywords: classroom, coding, Drone, drones, education, flight, flying, Middle School, robotics, Robots, school, Science, STEAM, STEM, students, Technology, UAV

2022


Considering Cultural Communities in the Middle School Literacy Classroom

Emma Connolly
Keywords: assimilation, comprehension instruction, Culture, discussion, ethnicity, graphic novels, Identity, Middle School, special education, vocabulary instruction

The Immigrant Experience through Literature and History

Sarah Vieldhouse
Keywords: ELA, English, immigration, Literature Circles, Middle School, Research

2021


Who Am I and Where Am I? A Place-Based Poetry Unit

Emma Connolly
Keywords: comprehension instruction, fluency instruction, identity development, Middle School, place-based learning, poetry, special education, writing instruction

Using Transfer as a Schema to Learn about Energy: A Modular Approach

Matthew N VanKouwenberg
Keywords: Constructivist, electricity, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Energy Transfer, Environmental Science, Eolic, Experiment, Generator, global warming, High School, Lab, Magnetism, Mechanical Energy, Middle School, Motor, PhotoVoltaics, Physical Science, physics, student-centered, Thermodynamics, wind energy

2020


“Free To Be ME”

Charlene Jones
Keywords: abolitionist, bullying, by-stander, campaign, Middle School, Slavery, students, up-standers

2017


Put Yourself Out There: Identity, Genre, and Concert Production in Music Ensemble Performance

Walter Bechtold
Keywords: Arranging, Band, Culture, Genre, Grade 7-12, High School, Identity, Instrumental Music, Middle School, Music, Music Technology, Orchestra, Performance, Popular Music, social studies

2013


The American Civil War and African American Emancipation: A Documentary Analysis

Keysiah Middleton
Keywords: Abraham Lincoln, African American History, capitalism, Civil War, emancipation, History, Middle School, primary source documents

The Struggle for Equality: Apartheid in South Africa

Eilis Hood
Keywords: Apartheid, History, Middle School, Nelson Mandela, social studies, South Africa

The Color of Beauty in the Darkness – Using Poetry and Art to Create a Visual Picture of Your World

Michelle Todd
Keywords: English, figurative language, Langston Hughes, Middle School, poetry, segregation

DNA Replication, Transcription, Translation: What is the Difference?

Kathleen Tait
Keywords: (DNA) replication, (DNA) transcription, (DNA) translation, Biology, DNA, Middle School, Science

Scatter Plots in Statistics for Struggling Students

Kathleen McCullough
Keywords: correlation, eighth grade, Math, Middle School, Probability / Statistics, scatter plots, Statistics

2009


Brave Voices through Time and Space: Poetry Café for Young People

Samuel A. Reed, III
Keywords: African American poets, Art, biography, constructive criticism, demystify poetry, figurative language, Middle School, Music, read, Reading, Research, social studies, speak, write, writing

2008


Seek and Save the Yeti Campaign

Maxine Tumaian
Keywords: art critique, career, conservation quests, cross-curricular, cryptozoology, film interpretation, Middle School, scientific process, vocabulary builders, Yeti

Childhood Obestiy in America

David H. Adams
Keywords: body fat, childhood obesity, daily exercise, fast food, healthy good choices, Middle School, poor diets, processed foods, science lab, self esteem