Learning Activities

Following their research into the positive and negative effects of cell phone usage in schools, students will read a brief article that shares recommendations for healthy habits for young people with phones. Students will create a Public Service Announcement promoting healthy habits for peers. This Public Service Announcement will be shared with peers. 

This learning activity was created as a result of the ALEX - Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) Resource Development Summit.

In the learning activity, students will review the Fundamental Counting Principle. After the students have reviewed the Fundamental Counting Principle, the students will use an exit ticket to assess their understanding of the topic. This activity is to be used as an after-activity.

Closing Up the Unit Circle is a Google Form that has two higher-level thinking questions as a quick assessment of learning for the lesson. This form is formatted as a quiz to be used after a lesson on modeling the sine curve and right triangles.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This introductory activity provides a gateway to exploring the town of Hershey, Cuba, a town built by Milton Hershey to produce sugar in the early 1900s. Using their taste buds, students will be captivated by this topic and will desire to learn more about Hershey, Cuba. This lesson provides opportunities to explore greater or reinforce the uses of the past tenses (preterit and/or imperfect) as well as build vocabulary related to sugar production and industry.

This activity is for the intermediate proficiency level and should be taught completely in the target language.

This activity is a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This activity is part research and part role play in order for students to learn about an important historical/current figure in the target culture.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages Course of Study Resource Development Summit.

Students will choose a real estate property for rent or sale in a target language city to research and then present to the class as a group. The students will prepare a group presentation about their property, in which they will speak freely to the class in the target language giving the basic information about the overall property and descriptions of each furnished room. Students will be using the interpretive and presentational modes of communication, as well as, strengthening their understanding of products and practices of the culture.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.

This activity builds upon the Introduction to Melody activity and is intended for students at the novice level of ensemble participation. In this activity, students will develop their melodic listening skills and learn to transcribe melodies into graphic representations. It builds and reinforces their knowledge of pitch, step and skip intervals, and melodic contour.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

In this learning activity, students will learn how to find the components of a vector by subtracting the coordinates of an initial point from the coordinates of a terminal point. The students will be asked to consider the vector in the diagram of the teaching video. They will answer the following questions: What are the coordinates of the terminal point? What are the coordinates of the initial point? And what are the components of the vector? This learning activity can be used as a stand-alone activity or an introductory activity. 

This learning activity will be used during a lesson on Finding the Components of a Vector.  Students will learn how to find the components of a vector by subtracting the coordinates of an initial point from the coordinates of a terminal point.  The teacher will use the Where Is My Arrow Pointing Lesson to cover the “I DO” and “We Do” portions of the lesson.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this lesson, students will use the distance formula and dynamic geometry software to compute the perimeter and area of polygons. Students will use the distance formula to calculate the length of each side of the given polygon.  Students will then compute the perimeter and area of each polygon.  All computations will be verified using a Geogebra applet.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This learning activity will be used at the end of a lesson on complex numbers. The student will use the relation i² = -1 and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties to add, subtract, and multiply complex numbers.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will view target language movie trailers, select a movie that interests them, and research where and when they could see the movie and what the cost would be. Finally, students create a movie poster for the film providing basic information about the film. (This lesson includes 3 phases, uploaded as separate learning activities.)

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.

Students apply their knowledge of physical acting by creating a short silent film, in the style of Charlie Chaplin.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

In this learning activity, students will be introduced to information regarding electronic cigarettes and vaping by answering Fact or Myth questions. Students will indicate their answers using whiteboards or by hand-raising. The teacher will be able to use student responses to gauge their understanding about the effects of electronic cigarettes and vaping on respiratory health. 

This learning activity was created as a result of the ALEX - Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) Resource Development Summit.

In this activity, the student will determine how rhetorical style contributes to the meaning of fiction. The student will follow along with the teacher as he/she presents notes on rhetorical style and meaning in fiction to complete a note sheet. This activity will help the students define, identify, and interpret two types of rhetorical styles which contribute to the meaning of fiction.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this activity, students will work in groups to create posters using Google Slides. Each poster will demonstrate an understanding of geometry words/skills that are prerequisites for computing the perimeters of polygons and the area of triangles in the coordinate plane. Students will complete this activity by providing constructive feedback to their peers via a virtual gallery walk.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This learning activity Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equations will be used at the end of a lesson on understanding the inverse relationship between exponents and logarithms and using this relationship to solve problems involving logarithms and exponents.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Create a fun, fictional family in the classroom. This should be a humorous activity. View the family signs and pronoun video, then proceed with the activity. The whole class will be involved as the family members attending a wedding. They will be trying to identify family members and relationships by asking yes/no and ‘wh’ questions with personal and possessive pronouns and answering factual information.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.

This activity utilizes maps and other visualizations to analyze past NOAA hurricane data.  It incorporates graphing wind speed and pressure to note the correlation between the two. Finally, it will show the relationship between hurricane category and damage.  

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Gap Project.

In this introductory activity, students will learn the characteristics of search engines, identify popular search engines, and learn when to use search engines.  They will talk to classmates about their own recent internet searches and the types of results they received. This task activates prior knowledge of search engines as students prepare to use search engines for academic research.

In this learning activity, students will practice adding and subtracting vectors in 2D. This learning activity can be used as a stand-alone activity or an assessment activity for the corresponding activities found in the Notes or Recommendations section.

This activity is a digital entry ticket for students. Students will share real-life applications of polygons while completing this activity. The purpose of this activity is to develop student interest in the properties of polygons.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

After viewing the Amoeba sisters video, students will use the diagrams included for each stage of meiosis in the video (or textbook if teacher prefers) to create flashcards of the stages of Meiosis. Students will include names of stages, descriptions and a drawing in color. Students will peer check by putting another student's cards in order. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this lesson, students will use the concept of finding the probability of an offspring having more than one genetic trait simultaneously. They will use a shortcut method to find the probability and they will use a Punnett square calculator to check their answers. This lesson can be used to teach genetics in a science classroom or a practical "real world" application of probability calculations in a math classroom.

This activity was created as a result of the GAP Resource Summit.

Students will choose a restaurant in a target language city to research and visit virtually. Students will then write a review of the restaurant and finally complete an unrehearsed conversation with a classmate about their experiences during their virtual visit. (This lesson includes 3 phases, uploaded as separate learning activities.)

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.

Students will play Simon Says to practice their knowledge of the nine general stage directions in Theatre. With this activity, students will become proficient in learning the areas of the stage.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

This learning activity is intended to be used as an introductory lesson on rational exponents and solving exponential equations.  It can also be used as a bellringer for a day two lesson on rational exponents.

This learning activity will be used to introduce multiplying a vector by a scalar and is intended for an introduction activity. The students will watch the Scalar and Vector video to learn how to multiply a vector by a scalar. This activity will lead to learning how to represent scalar multiplication graphically by scaling vectors and possibly reversing their direction and compute the magnitude of a scalar multiple.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This learning activity will explain the meaning of the signals used in the sport of football. The resource, Football Signals, will show how to communicate the infraction or play to the fans, players, and coaches. The students will watch the Alabama vs. Auburn game to learn the procedures.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will work in pairs and roll various colored dice in order to create polynomial expressions for addition and/or subtraction.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will choose a restaurant in a target language city to research and visit virtually. Students will then write a review of the restaurant and finally complete an unrehearsed conversation with a classmate about their experiences during their virtual visit. (This lesson includes 3 phases, uploaded as separate learning activities.)

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.

Students explore how body language can show a story (i.e. how someone is feeling, character traits, etc.). This warm-up helps students take note of how their bodies move and respond to different given circumstances. This exercise also helps students to begin thinking about how to physically portray something as abstract as a feeling. Students will move around the room and be instructed to sit in different chairs in different ways. The teacher will provide all of the different ways to sit. Students will then be asked to use the chair as a different object (hat, cane, suitcase, phone, shield, etc.)

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

Students will explore one or more databases within Alabama Virtual Library. They will look for accessibility features like audio and translation. They will also look for options for refining results such as source type, date, and subject and productivity features such as cite, email, print, and download.

Musescore is an online music library for instrumentalists. Students may search specific song titles and then choose from various options available at varying levels of difficulty. Students may also listen to a recorded example of the music selected.  Students can choose to publish a composition of their own and make it available to other students through Musescore. The activity will provide students with greater knowledge of the impact of computing as referenced through R3. of the Alabama Course of Study.

This learning activity will be used to introduce scalar multiplication and is intended for a Before Activity. The students will watch the Scalar Multiplication video to learn how to multiply a scalar into matrices. This activity will lead to learning how to add, subtract, and multiply scalar matrices with appropriate dimensions.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.