Anchored Science by Mi-STAR is a comprehensive middle school science curriculum driven by a bold vision for the future, where science isn’t just a subject but a powerful, integrated body of knowledge that equips students to tackle today’s pressing societal challenges. This curriculum harnesses the full potential of the Next Generation Science Standards, empowering students to actively engage with science and engineering practices. They’ll move beyond the classroom, using their skills to solve
For grades 6-7, this unit highlights persuasion, especially as it relates to oral communication. Emphasis is placed on providing evidence for opinions. Students must give passages from literature to defend their points of view in discussion as well as in written arguments. Opportunities are presented for impromptu speeches, informative and persuasive speeches, debate, small and large group discussion, and critical listening skills.
The Kamishibai man used to ride his bicycle into town where he would tell stories to the children and sell them candy, but gradually, fewer and fewer children came running at the sound of his clappers. They were all watching their new televisions instead. Finally, only one boy remained, and he had no money for candy. Years later, the Kamishibai man and his wife made another batch of candy, and he pedaled into town to tell one more story - his own. When he comes out of the reverie of his memories, he looks around to see he is surrounded by
Forensic Science for High School is an inquiry-rich science course that focuses on the practices and analyses of physical evidence found at crime scenes. Its comprehensive curriculum provides an effective and engaging way to teach science to high school students.
The program’s flexible, easy-to-use eBooks are compatible with any Internet-en
You will want to read this book. Students and anyone who works on any college or high school campus will find value in this book.
First-generation college student numbers are on the rise all over the United States. Many institutions are already over the 50% first-generation college student threshold and growing. We have to get better at supporting this population of students.
Institutions that actively choose to get better will flourish while others do not. In First Generation Stories for Success, you will find stories written by
2023 marked the ten year anniversary of my son Alex Araeipour’s passing. I decided to pay tribute to him by publishing his book Colors that he wrote and illustrated for a high school English class assignment. He suffered from a mental illness starting in ninth grade. He experienced and observed examples of acceptance and compassion over his lifetime along with experiences of intolerance and discrimination based on being “different” in appearance or personality etc. to those a
Organized around the study of figurative language, including simile, metaphor, and personification, this unit explores the idea that language can change the way we think about the world by creating new images and connections in our minds.
The Teacher Guide provides comprehensive instructional support, including detailed lesson plans, assessment tools, and opportunities to extend the curriculum to meet a vari