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Unit TitleAuthor

2016


Planetary Motion From the Ground Up

Klint Kanopka
Keywords: advanced placement, advanced placement physics, ap physics, argument, astronomy, Galileo, geocentric, geometry, gravity, heliocentric, High School, Inquiry, Kepler, Math, mathematics, Newton, observation, orbit, Physical Science, physics, Science, simulation, solar system

Sisters in the Shadows: Black Women During the Black Arts Movement

Kristian Ali
Keywords: black arts movement, black women, English, feminism, gender awareness, High School, language arts, movement, revolution, self-awareness, social justice

2015


The Impact of the Haitian Revolution on 18th Century Philadelphia

Keysiah M. Middleton
Keywords: 18th century Philadelphia, 18th century Philadelphia merchants, affranchise, African American History, American History, big whites, class division in Saint Domingue, Code Noir of 1685, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, eleventh grade American History, Exclusif, francophone, free people of color, French negroes in Philadelphia, French slaves in Philadelphia, gens de couleur libres, Girondists, Global Studies, grands blancs, Haiti, Haitian rebellion, Haitian Revolution, Haitians in Philadelphia, high school history, Jacques Pierre Brissot, literature of Haitian Revolution, Middle school social studies, ninth grade World History, petits blancs, petty whites, Philadelphia 18th century history, Polverel, Saint Dominguan slaves in Philadelphia, Saint Domingue civil war, Saint Domingue rebellion, Saint Domingue refugees in Philadelphia, Saint Domingue slave revolution, slave uprising, small whites, Societie des Amis des Noir, Sonthonax, Stephen Girard, tenth grade African American History, world history

The Panama Canal: Path to Global Destiny

Patrick Naughton
Keywords: American History, Empire, engineering, Geography, Panama Canal, Roosevelt, Socratic Seminar, yellow fever

“Moving on Up”: The Causes and the Impact of the Great Migration on African Americans

Tonya R. Oniyama
Keywords: African American History, eleventh grade, inquiry-based learning, ninth grade, tenth grade, The Great Migration, world history

Our Songs, Our Story: From Spirituals to Hip-Hop- The Use of Music in the African-American Culture

Jada L. Warfield-Henry
Keywords: hip-hop, History, language arts, Music, Slaves, songs, spirituals

“What If…?”

Joyce Arnosky
Keywords: being “the other”, ethics, science fiction, social commentary, time travel

(re)viewing bodies: The Walking Dead and Social Constructions in a Post-Apocalyptic Society

Tara Ann Carter
Keywords: “The Comet”, African American History, language arts, Literature, Reading, Social Construction, The Walking Dead, W.E.B. Du Bois, writing

“All of the Same Family”: The Fictional Science that Created America

Benjamin Hover
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Enlightenment, Human Experimentation, Kindred, science fiction, Scientific Racism

Un-Zombied and Magically Black: A Kaleidoscope of the African-American’s Supernatural World

Wendi Mungai Umoren
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Enlightenment, Human Experimentation, Kindred, science fiction, Scientific Racism

The Electrochemistry of Cell Phone Batteries

Joseph L. Hill, Jr.
Keywords: batteries, battery, Danielson, Electrochemistry, lithium ion, oxidation, reduction, voltaic cell

Is It Sustainable? Renewable Fuels for the Future

Vicki Baker
Keywords: algebra, economy, fossil fuels, graphing, green cars, linear equations, renewable energy, sustainability

The Electric Human

Nichole Boyd
Keywords: Human body replica, Models of human body, Nervous system, Ohm’s law

Teaching Math Using Electronics

Cara Wallin
Keywords: Algebraic Equations, circuits, Conversions, Robots, STEM

Hey! Who Turned Out the Lights? Electricity in Series and Parallel Circuits

Sharon Mastrobuoni
Keywords: conductors, electrical circuit, electricity, insulators, Parallel Circuit, Physical Science, resistance, Series Circuit

How To: An Adventure in Writing and Designing Circuits

Tia D. Larese
Keywords: breadboard, Circuit, diode, engineering, invention, language arts, LED, light bulb, Physical Science, quiz board, Technology, timeline, transistor, writing

Development of an Energy Plan for Franklinville Using a Single Energy Source

Richardson Guerrier
Keywords: energy sources, environment, non-renewable energy, Physical Science, renewable energy

What Is It Like to Live Without Electricity?

Catherine Michini
Keywords: choice boards, data displays, electricity, Environmental Science, physics, probability, Probability and Statistics, quantitative tools, real world problems, scientific context, Statistics

What Did that Cell Phone Really Cost?

Alena Newpher-Lockard
Keywords: cell phones, energy, sustainability, Technology

What a Waste!

Tiffany Moyer
Keywords: literacy, litter, Math, recycling, Science, social studies, trash, waste