Study skills & advisory
Honey Bees at Work: Read, Check and Write in Chunks
Students learn four key words, read a short article in three chunks with a check after each, fill in a main-idea organizer, and write using sentence frames.
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Social studies
How a Bill Becomes a Law: Follow the Path
Students order the steps a bill takes through Congress, fill in key terms, and work out the vote counts needed to pass a bill or override a veto.
Technology & computer science
How a Message Crosses the Internet
Students read a short passage on how the internet works, rebuild a message from scrambled packets, and sequence the steps of loading a web page.
Social studies
How Elections Work: From Registration to Inauguration
Students put the steps of a presidential election in order, then calculate vote totals, percentages, and electoral-vote targets in made-up races.
Social studies
How Memory Works: Reading the Forgetting Curve
Students read about memory stages, analyze a provided forgetting-curve data table, sketch the curve and plan a study schedule.
Arts
How to Critique Art: Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Judge
Students match art vocabulary to definitions and write a four-step critique of a painting described in words.
Health & physical ed.
How Your Body Moves: Muscles and Joints
Students learn the main muscles and joint types behind everyday movements and connect each action to the muscle that does the work.
Science
Human Body Systems: How the Team Works Together
Students match organs to body systems, trace the path of oxygen through the body and explain how several systems cooperate during exercise.
Communications & media
Impromptu Planning and Calming Speaking Nerves
Students learn two quick frameworks for impromptu speaking, plan timed outlines for everyday prompts, and match general nerve-calming strategies to their effects.
Business & personal finance
Insurance Basics: Premiums, Deductibles and Claims
Students match insurance terms, work out who pays what in health, auto and renters claims, and compare two policies.
Career & technical ed.
Is That Professional? Workplace Etiquette Case Files
Students judge short workplace scenarios about being on time, honesty, phones, and teamwork, and explain what a better choice looks like.
Arts
Key Signatures Decoded: Sharps, Flats and Major Keys
Students use the order of sharps and flats and two simple rules to name major keys from their key signatures, then find and fix mistakes in sample student work.