Study skills & advisory
Say It in Your Own Words and Cite It
Students compare four attempts to rewrite a source sentence, learn why paraphrasing and citing matter, and practice writing and alphabetizing simple citations.
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English language arts
Sentence Combining: From Choppy to Smooth
Students learn five ways to combine short sentences, practice with short sets, and revise a choppy paragraph.
Science
Simple Circuits: Ohm’s Law, Series and Parallel
Students match circuit vocabulary, then use Ohm’s law to solve problems on series and parallel circuits described in words and fill in a V-I-R table.
Science
Simple Machines: Match, Sort and Calculate
Students match everyday objects to the six simple machines, sort common tools, and calculate mechanical advantage and work for a ramp and a lever.
Mathematics
Sine and Cosine Graphs: Amplitude, Period, Midline
Students read amplitude, period and midline from sine and cosine equations, build a table of values, and write equations from descriptions.
Health & physical ed.
Six Steps for Tough Choices: A Decision-Making Model
Students learn a six-step decision-making model, match each step to its job, and apply it to a fictional student’s scheduling problem.
Health & physical ed.
Sleep and Productivity: Analyze a Week of Sleep
Students analyze a sample week of sleep data, test their knowledge of sleep facts, sort evening habits and make a personal sleep-friendly plan.
English language arts
Small Moment Story: Zoom In on Ten Seconds
Students study a short model story, plan a single small moment, and write a narrative paragraph that shows feelings through actions.
Health & physical ed.
SMART Goals for Healthy Habits
Students learn the SMART goal framework, identify strong goals, rewrite vague ones and build a one-page plan for a healthy habit of their choice.
Career & technical ed.
Soil pH Data: Averages, Crop Match and Fixes
Students analyze made-up soil pH test results from six field plots, find averages, match plots to crop pH ranges and decide whether lime or sulfur is needed.
Science
Solutions and the pH Scale: Molarity, Dilution and Reading pH
Students calculate molarity and dilution amounts on paper, then read an everyday pH table to classify acids and bases and compare acidity.
Mathematics
Solving and Graphing Inequalities
Students solve one- and two-step inequalities, describe how each graphs on a number line, judge true/false statements, and write inequalities for real situations.