Technology & computer science
Be the Computer: Tracing Variables and Loops
Students trace short programs by hand, tracking how variables change inside for loops, while loops and an if statement.
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Social studies
Be the Justice: Reasoning Through Made-Up Supreme Court Cases
Students learn how the Supreme Court decides cases, then analyze two made-up First Amendment cases, weigh both sides, and write their own short decisions.
English language arts
Be the Peer Editor: Checklists, Kind Feedback and Fixes
Students use an editing checklist on a sample student paragraph, judge feedback comments, give two stars and a wish, and fix the errors.
Study skills & advisory
Beat Procrastination: Case Studies and a Plan
Students read about common reasons for procrastination, analyze three short case studies, do time-planning math, and break a project into dated steps.
Communications & media
Better Interview Questions: Open, Closed and Leading
Students sort sample questions into open, closed and leading types, rewrite weak questions, write follow-ups, and plan an interview with an invented bus driver.
Science
Beyond Dominant and Recessive: Snapdragons and Blood Types
Students use Punnett squares to explore incomplete dominance in snapdragon flowers and codominance in human ABO blood types.
Social studies
Bill of Rights Scenarios: Which Right Is at Stake?
Students read about five Bill of Rights amendments, match seven made-up scenarios to the right involved, and discuss why rights have limits.
Technology & computer science
Binary Numbers: Counting with Only 0 and 1
Students convert between binary and decimal using a place-value chart, decode a secret word, and add two binary numbers.
Science
Body Systems Teamwork: Match the System to Its Job
Students match eight body systems to their jobs, sort organs into systems, and explain how systems cooperate during a jog.
Science
Bones, Joints and Muscle Pairs
Students read a short passage on the skeleton, sort bones into axial and appendicular groups, match joints to types and explain how muscles work in pairs.
World languages
Bonjour! French Greetings and Introductions
Students match and use basic French greetings, complete mini-dialogues from a phrase bank, and write and perform a short introduction dialogue.
World languages
Boot Verbs: Stem-Changing Verbs in the Present Tense
Students conjugate common stem-changing verbs (querer, poder, pensar, dormir), complete sentences, and write short original sentences in Spanish.