Learning Activities

After students have defined and identified responsible and ethical research practices as well as strategies for writing clear, coherent products suitable for audience and purpose, they will utilize these practices and strategies to write their own paragraphs. In this activity, students will complete the drafting steps in this process. Using a guide, they will write the first and second drafts of a paragraph, stopping between drafts to consider best research and writing practices.

After exploring one or more databases from Alabama Virtual Library, students will share features of the database(s) that they reviewed. Students will add to the class Jamboard so that all students can see the best features of each database. The teacher will lead a class discussion on the similarities and differences between the databases during which students may volunteer or be selected to demonstrate database features for the class.

In this activity, students will use their knowledge of imagery and point of view to express how the author uses those literary devices to convey meaning in a short fiction text.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This video will be used to re-enforce the relationships between the sides and angles in special right triangles. The video has a catchy song that will help students remember the relationships.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This learning activity is an introduction to prepositional phrases. During this activity, students watch an introductory video on prepositional phrases and complete a handout to identify and create their own prepositional phrases. At the conclusion of this activity, students will be able to identify prepositional phrases in writing and identify the preposition and its object.

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

This lesson will connect students with actual artists from Nicaragua while introducing the topic of fair-trade, non-profit organizations as well as opening up the classroom for a discussion on the culture of Central America. It is best to partner this lesson with your school’s Pulsera Project sale, but all resources are available whether or not the sale occurs at your school. You can start the completely free service-learning project by visiting: http://www.pulseraproject.org/getinvolved. The lesson is best for a block schedule or consider providing extended time depending on class make-up/target language reading level of students.

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

This activity allows the student to reinforce a lesson for multiplying binomials. The students will be visualizing the multiplication of binomials by manipulating tiles on a digital diagram.

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

Following the During Activity (Research: Are E-Cigarettes Safe?), students will argue whether or not electronic cigarettes are safe for human use. Students will write a claim-evidence-reasoning paragraph to argue their viewpoint, utilizing their gathered research. The gathered research should specifically pertain to the effects of e-cigarettes on the respiratory system.

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

Business industry experts agree that identifying a brand purpose and clearly communicating it with consumers is a critical aspect of brand positioning strategy. In this activity, students will read the article, "Strategic Marketing: Brands Consider the Power of Purpose" from the Wharton Global Youth Program and complete a graphic organizer to identify key concepts. 

Coloring With the Unit Circle is a Google Doc tool that allows the student to study the Unit Circle and the different parts that make up the Unit Circle such as reference angles, radian measure, trigonometric ratios, and angle measurements. The student will find and color the reference angles on the unit circle.

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

Students will interact with the iCell material to research and identify the structures of the plant and animal cells, their functions and the differences between the two cells. Students will create a 'cell-gram' post, depicting either the function of a specific structure or of how a differentiated/specific cell type will have varying needs for cellular components. 

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

This activity is intended for students to see how the study of languages can have a positive impact on their futures. Students will research ways to utilize language in their personal lives as well as in the future careers. The final product will be a video from each student discussing their research findings.

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

Students will explore the products and practices of the Hispanic Culture as it relates to the celebration of Quinceañeras.  Students will participate in a digital escape game and will have to use critical thinking to solve puzzles that require the application of cultural knowledge and interpretation of basic target language usage.

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

Students explore what makes a character interesting through the examination of physical objects. What do objects say about us? What assumptions do we make about people based on what they carry with them?  Students will explore the items in a bag you have created that has been left in your classroom. The students will infer what type of person the bag belongs to based on the objects found inside. The class will work together to create a personal history for this character. 

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

Students will view target language movie trailers, select a movie that interests them, talk about them with a peer, then complete a graphic organizer. (This lesson includes three phases, uploaded as separate learning activities.)

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

Students will practice using pantomime skills by creating inanimate objects. Students will work in small groups and in pairs to create various objects. The object ideas will be provided by the teacher. Students will have to quickly transition from one object to the next without overthinking. Students will have the opportunity to observe and comment on this exercise.

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

After practicing strategies for refining a Google search, students will indicate which of the strategies were most effective. Students will rank the strategies using posters and sticky notes or a digital tool of the teacher’s choice. The teacher will lead a discussion about the rankings during which students share their experiences using the search strategies.

In this learning activity, students will learn to add or subtract two vectors. The activity will teach the students that they simply add or subtract their components. In other words, add the x component of the first vector to the x component of the second and so on for y and z. The answers the students will get from adding or subtracting the x, y, and z components of their original vectors are the x, y, and z components of their new vector. This learning activity should be used as an introductory activity. 

This learning activity will be used to add and subtract vectors and is intended for an assessment activity. The students will complete the Adding and Subtracting Vectors Assessment to demonstrate mastery of how to add vectors end-to-end, component-wise, and by the parallelogram rule, determine the direction of their sum, represent vector subtraction graphically by connecting the tips in the appropriate order, and perform vector subtraction component-wise. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will use the Quizizz response system to add, subtract, and multiply matrices of appropriate dimensions. Quizizz allows the teacher to conduct student-paced formative assessments- through quizzing, collaboration, peer-led discussions, and presentation of content in a fun and engaging way for students of all ages.

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.

Prior to this activity, students will have defined and identified language that is clear, coherent, and suitable for a particular audience and purpose. In this activity, students will contribute to a class checklist that may be used to evaluate writing.  The teacher may choose to add to this checklist using lessons related to this standard.

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. 

Students will be introduced to a five-step action plan to reduce their use of digital devices and decrease the negative consequences of a "poor digital diet." Students will analyze the relationship between all aspects of social and emotional health and describe how the use of digital devices can affect their health. Students will write and present a personal pledge to improve their "digital diet," demonstrating their command of the formal English language and presentation skills.

Students can graph the parent functions. They will use paper and pencil to graph the basic parent functions and list the key features of each function.  

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This activity is designed to provide students with a closer look at Odysseus's voyage home. Once students have completed the preliminary assignments from the "Odysseus: Masterful Leader or Arrogant Risk taker?" they are prepared to begin reading the actual text. As they read, students will complete Cornell Notes to ensure understanding of the text. Once we have read Part One of the Odyssey, students will complete a One-Pager depicting their understanding of one of the books read and discussed in class.

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

Students will research jobs/professions using American Sign Language. They will identify and list various types of jobs/professions and the cities and states where these jobs are most concentrated. Students will identify a job in which they have a personal interest.

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

Students will do a series of quick warm-up activities lasting approximately 5 to 10 minutes to prepare for their work in theatre class. They will stretch their muscles, do vocal warm-ups, and practice mental focus in order to prepare their bodies and minds for their work in the class.

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

This activity is designed to help students learn and understand what a claim is and what evidence is. Students will collaborate to create a definition for both claim and for evidence. The teacher will assist students in solidifying their understanding of each term.

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

In this activity, students will complete a word web, analysis of text evidence, and cloze notes to prepare to analyze how author James Hurst uses internal conflict in the short fiction piece "The Scarlet Ibis" to create meaning in the piece as a whole.

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

CalcWorkshop is a subscription-based service, however, Unit Circle With Everything is a free webpage with printable PDFs. Unit Circle With Everything is a tool that can be used to study the Unit Circle and the different parts that make up the Unit Circle such as reference angles, radian measure, trigonometric ratios, and angle measurements.

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

Knowing students learn most effectively when relevant and authentic learning opportunities such as field trips are provided, this activity challenges students to research introductory information as assigned to produce a virtual museum. Students will work collaboratively to produce such and will present to their peers in order for all students to “travel” to each other’s museums. This activity allows students to take ownership of their learning by determining the significant details of their assigned topic.  

This resource was created as a part of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

How do I know if a substance is an acid or base?  In this activity, the students will use a digital simulation model to explore and gather evidence on how acids and bases dissociate in solution. The students will also gather data on how pH and conductivity change with the strength of an acid or base. Finally, they will develop their own working definition of acid, base, indicator, and pH scale by gathering data during the simulation. This activity is an introductory activity to acids and bases and no prior knowledge is needed to complete the simulation.

Note: The PhET simulation is a free resource that is copyrighted by the University of Colorado. The handout and lesson format are teacher-created. 

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

Students will research sights to see in a German-speaking city on an official tourism website in the target language. Students will create a suggested travel itinerary for a weekend visit to the city. (This lesson includes 2 phases, uploaded as separate learning activities.)

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

During this activity, the students will collaborate in groups of 4 to complete a List-Group-Label as a before strategy for a lesson on radioactivity to activate and assess students' prior knowledge.  The students will collaborate on a shared Google document to create a brainstorm of all the words and concepts they know that are associated with the word, radioactive. Then, they will group the words into categories and ultimately label each group of terms. This activity will give the teacher insight into student's thoughts and possible misconceptions about radiation before a lesson on radioactivity. 

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