Science
Adaptations: Match the Trait to the Job
Students match animal and plant features to how they help survival, sort adaptations as structural or behavioral, and design a creature for a desert habitat.
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Mathematics
Area and Perimeter of Rectangles, Triangles and Combined Shapes
Students match shapes to area formulas, then find area and perimeter of rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, rhombuses and combined shapes described in words.
Study skills & advisory
Backpack Reset: Sorting Challenge and a Weekly System
Students sort ten items from a made-up backpack into four categories, evaluate study habits, and design a ten-minute weekly reset routine.
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.
Business & personal finance
Break-Even Point: How Many Candles Must Corner Candle Co. Sell?
Students use a formula to find the break-even point for a fictional candle business, build a profit table, and test what happens when price or costs change.
Career & technical ed.
Build a First Resume from a Fact Sheet
Students read a made-up fact sheet and turn it into strong resume bullets, then fix weak bullets and write one about themselves.
Career & technical ed.
Choosing the Right Material: Reading a Properties Table
Students learn key material-property terms, read a properties table, calculate mass from density, and choose the best material for three design requirements.
Science
Classification: Using a Dichotomous Key and Naming Organisms
Students use a paper dichotomous key to identify five animal groups and use scientific names to decide which organisms are most closely related.
Study skills & advisory
Conflict Case File: Fix It with I-Statements
Students read a short conflict case, learn what an I-statement is, rewrite blaming statements, and plan a calm way to restart the conversation.
Arts
Contour Drawing: Slow Looking at Your Own Hand
Students learn what contour drawing is, practice blind and modified contour drawings of their own hand, and score their work with a short rubric.
Study skills & advisory
Cornell Notes Practice: Sleep and Memory
Students learn the Cornell note-taking layout, take notes on an original reading about sleep and memory, and use their cue column to quiz themselves.
Study skills & advisory
Digital Citizenship: Think Before You Post
Students read about digital footprints, sort realistic online scenarios into safe and risky choices, and write their own posting rules.