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Index of all Curriculum Units, 2005-2023
section "E"
Selecting a Unit number will take you to the Guide Entry for that Unit.
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Directory of Volumes | Yale National Initiative
Earhart, Amelia
11.01.10
Taking a Role in History: Reading Biography with Empathy
Earth
Science
22.04.02 The
Alien in Your Backyard: Using Exoplanetary Science to Explore the Ecosystems of Earth
22.05.03 The
Chemistry of Ocean Acidification and its Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
21.04.08
Beyond the Rainbow: Investigating the Characteristics of Stars
20.04.04 The
Life Cycle of Rare Earth Elements
20.04.12
Engineering and Testing a Soil Moisture Sensor
16.04.05 It
Ain't Easy Being Green
16.04.10 The Backwards and Forwards of Photosynthesis
16.06.04
Understanding Earth's History and Geologic Time through Evolution
12.07.11 How
Green Is Our School? Energy Conservation Challenge 2012
08.04.02
Building Bridges in Earthquake Country: From the Past to the Present
05.04.02 Is
There Life Out There?
05.04.03 Volcanoes in the Solar System
05.04.08 Why
Earth? A Study of Planetary Habitability
Ecology and
Environmental Science
Air
12.07.05 Math
Facts of Natural Gas & Pollution
08.07.03
Relating Air Quality and Prevalence of Asthma in Children
08.07.08 Many
Neighborhoods -- One Community: Learning Chemistry through the History of the Hunters Point Naval
Station
08.07.09 The Effect of Vehicular Emissions on Human Health
08.07.10
Environmental Health Issues Meet Algebra
and Food (See
Food)
23.05.03
Coffee, Cacao, and Chacras – Applying Principles of Sustainable Agriculture in Costa Rica and Peru to
Farming in Delaware
19.04.04 Transfer of Energy through a Food Chain
14.06.01
Microbes Rule the School and the Entire Planet
13.06.04
Effects of Genetically Modified Organisms on Agriculture
13.06.06
Controversial Issues Regarding the Consumption of Genetically Modified Crops
12.07.01
Quantifying Solutions to Reduce Our Food's Environmental Impact
09.07.03
EFP&W: Energy Food-Production & Waste
08.07.01 What
Is She Eating?
and Health (See Health)
17.06.03
Economics and Community Health - The Wealth-Health Paradigm
16.04.07
Náhasdzáán Nílchi Binaadohígíí - Carbon Dioxide
15.06.02
Towards an Understanding of Disease Burdens in Developing and Developed Nations
15.06.07 The
Changing Threat of Malaria and the Impact on Global Health
12.07.10
School Redesign with Environmental Health in Mind
10.06.03 The
Human Impact on the Environment and the Effects on Asthma and Allergies
and Microbiology
14.06.04 A
Gardenful of Microbes
and War
09.07.04
Toxic, Persistent Chemicals in Human Environments: Case Studies of Agent Orange Use in Vietnam, 1965-1970
and Methyl Mercury in Minamata Bay, Japan, 1932-1968
Climate
Global
Warming (See Global Warming)
23.04.01 We
are Not in this Together: The Unequal Impacts of Climate Change
23.04.02
Environmental Justice and Land Issues of Indigenous People
23.04.02
Environmental Injustice in Chicago’s Southwest Side: Pollution, Past and Present
23.04.07
Environmental Injustice- A Motive for Social Change in the Americas
21.04.03 The
Sun & Chicago: Its Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
21.04.04
Using Case Studies to Understand the Sun’s Influence on Earth’s Climate System in 3rd Grade
20.04.02
Building a Heat-Resilient Community in Richmond, Virginia
19.04.01
Driving in the Future: How Far Will that Battery Take You?
09.07.05 Math
and Consequences: Environmental Context in Math Instruction
09.07.07
Energy, Climate, Environment: What's Plastic Got To Do with It?
09.07.09
Social and Cultural Shifts in the Wake of Climate Change
06.05.01
Global Warming: Is Our Local Environment Ready for the Change?
06.05.02 The
Consequences of Global Warming on Human Health
06.05.03
Educating the Community about Global Warming and Sea Level Rise through Earth Day
06.05.04
Global Warming: A Physical Explanation and Implications on Climate
06.05.05
Teaching Science and Global Warming
06.05.06 A
Planet Worth a Thousand Words: An English Teacher's Guide to Global Warming
06.05.07 The
Case for Biodiesel with Selected Experiments
Human
Impact
23.04.01 We
are Not in this Together: The Unequal Impacts of Climate Change
23.04.02
Environmental Justice and Land Issues of Indigenous People
23.04.02
Environmental Injustice in Chicago’s Southwest Side: Pollution, Past and Present
23.04.04
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
23.04.07
Environmental Injustice- A Motive for Social Change in the Americas
Conservation
23.05.05
Growing a Sustainable Future
20.05.09
Saving Little Brown Bats: A Case Study of White-Nose Syndrome for Primary Grades
16.04.05 It
Ain't Easy Being Green
13.05.01 Energy Usage and Conservation: My Impact on the World
13.05.02
Soaking Up the Sun!
12.07.11 How Green Is Our School? Energy Conservation Challenge 2012
09.05.09
Green Chemistry: Is Water, Water?
Ecosystems
23.05.01
Biodiversity and Bees in the Primary Classroom
23.05.02
Pollination Party
23.05.03 Coffee, Cacao, and Chacras – Applying Principles of Sustainable Agriculture
in Costa Rica and Peru to Farming in Delaware
23.05.05
Growing a Sustainable Future
22.04.02 The
Alien in Your Backyard: Using Exoplanetary Science to Explore the Ecosystems of Earth
21.05.01
Human-Centered Design of Biotechnology: Where Will We Be without Bees?
20.05.01 One
Clover and A Bee: The Impacts of Bee Sustainability on Biodiversity in Allegheny County
20.05.02
Strands of One Braided Cord: How Humans Are Impacting Biodiversity Through the Spread of Disease
20.05.03
Biodiversity in Pocahontas State Park: Being Caretakers with Wildlife Corridors
20.05.04
Montessori’s Cosmic Curriculum and Biodiversity in Africa
20.05.05
Biodiversity Beyond the Four Walls
20.05.06
Friend or Foe: Human Impact on the Earth’s Ecosystems
20.05.07
Ecological Effects of Strip Mining Coal on the Black Mesa Mine
20.05.08
Viral Viruses: Land-Use Changes and Emerging Infectious Diseases
20.05.09
Saving Little Brown Bats: A Case Study of White-Nose Syndrome for Primary Grades
13.05.02
Soaking Up the Sun!
Energy (See Energy)
22.05.02
Energy Dynamics of Tropical Cyclones: The impacts of climate change
21.04.05 The
Sun - the Father of All Energy for Life
20.04.08 How
Should I Get to School? A Life Cycle Assessment of DC’s Public Transportation
19.04.01
Driving in the Future: How Far Will that Battery Take You?
19.04.03 My
Future, My Home: Building a Greener House for Tomorrow
19.04.04
Transfer of Energy through a Food Chain
19.04.07
Islands and Their Energy Needs
19.04.08
Analyzing Energy Efficiency Through Energy Transformations
19.04.10
Harnessing the Wind Like William Kamkwamba: Building Model Windmills in a 4th Grade STEM Lab
16.04.01 What
Is our Energy Past, Present, and Future?
16.04.02 The
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
16.04.04
Energetics of Biofuel - Investigating Alternative Energy Sources by Manufacturing Biodiesel
16.04.06
Solar and Wind and Batteries, Oh My!
14.06.01
Microbes Rule the School and the Entire Planet
13.05.01
Energy Usage and Conservation: My Impact on the World
13.05.02
Soaking Up the Sun!
13.05.03 A Chemistry Perspective: Gasoline or Biodiesel?
13.05.04
Fusion: The Energy of the Future?
13.05.05
Mathematics of Energy Efficiency: Use Less, Save More
13.05.06 Math
Equations of Energy
13.05.07 It Don't Come Easy: The Promises and Challenges of Biofuel
Production
13.05.09 Nihodzaan (Mother Earth)
12.07.02
Solar VS Fossil Fuel Generated Electricity: Can Physics Determine Which is Best For You and Your
School?
12.07.04 Energy, Environment and Health Electromagnetic Fields: Are They Buzzing
You?
12.07.05 Math Facts of Natural Gas & Pollution
12.07.06 Risk
Analysis of Shale Drilling Mock Trial: Shale we or Shale we not?
12.07.08
Energy for the Future, Superheroes Need Not Apply
12.07.11 How
Green Is Our School? Energy Conservation Challenge 2012
11.05.02 The
Problems and Potential of Portable Power
11.05.09 I
Got the Power! Misconceptions of Recycling Batteries
Fossil
Fuels
20.05.07
Ecological Effects of Strip Mining Coal on the Black Mesa Mine
19.04.02
Acids and Particulate Matter and Mercury, Oh My! An Examination of the Major Impacts of Coal on the
Environment
19.04.03 My Future, My Home: Building a Greener House for Tomorrow
19.04.06
Assessing Chicago's Carbon Footprint One Step at a Time
16.04.01 What
Is our Energy Past, Present, and Future?
16.04.02 The
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
13.05.01
Energy Usage and Conservation: My Impact on the World
13.05.03 A
Chemistry Perspective: Gasoline or Biodiesel?
13.05.04
Fusion: The Energy of the Future?
13.05.06 Math
Equations of Energy
13.05.08 From Plants to Horsepower – an Introduction into the World of
Oil
13.05.09 Nihodzaan (Mother Earth)
08.07.05
Considering Case Studies of Chemical Contamination
Human
Impact
20.05.01 One
Clover and A Bee: The Impacts of Bee Sustainability on Biodiversity in Allegheny County
20.05.02
Strands of One Braided Cord: How Humans Are Impacting Biodiversity Through the Spread of Disease
20.05.03
Biodiversity in Pocahontas State Park: Being Caretakers with Wildlife Corridors
20.05.06
Friend or Foe: Human Impact on the Earth’s Ecosystems
20.05.07
Ecological Effects of Strip Mining Coal on the Black Mesa Mine
20.05.08
Viral Viruses: Land-Use Changes and Emerging Infectious Diseases
19.04.02
Acids and Particulate Matter and Mercury, Oh My! An Examination of the Major Impacts of Coal on the
Environment
16.04.05 It Ain't Easy Being Green
16.04.08 The
Future of Energy
12.07.03 Knowing Your Watershed
12.07.05 Math
Facts of Natural Gas & Pollution
12.07.06 Risk
Analysis of Shale Drilling Mock Trial: Shale we or Shale we not?
12.07.07
Humans: Champions of Justice or Villains of the Ecosystem?
12.07.08
Energy for the Future, Superheroes Need Not Apply
09.07.11
Learning Ecology through Endangered Species
Human Impact
on
21.05.03
Human Population Over Time – Analyzing the Demographic Transition Model
12.07.07
Humans: Champions of Justice or Villains of the Ecosystem?
09.07.11
Learning Ecology through Endangered Species
Local
22.05.01 New
Castle and Climate Change – Causes, Evidence, Impacts, and Potential Solutions
22.05.05
Graphing the Urban Health Impacts of Rising Temperature, Air Quality and Increased Pollen
22.05.06 "To
'iina 'ate: Water is Life," Navajo Farming During a Drought
22.05.07
Climate Change Impact on Agriculture in California
21.04.03 The
Sun & Chicago: Its Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
20.04.08 How
Should I Get to School? A Life Cycle Assessment of DC’s Public Transportation
20.04.10
Engineers Wanted: Climate Change Experience Necessary!
19.04.03 My
Future, My Home: Building a Greener House for Tomorrow
19.04.06
Assessing Chicago's Carbon Footprint One Step at a Time
08.05.08
Estimation in Ecology - the Horseshoe Crab Census
08.07.08 Many
Neighborhoods -- One Community: Learning Chemistry through the History of the Hunters Point Naval
Station
Mathematics and
12.07.05 Math
Facts of Natural Gas & Pollution
09.07.05 Math
and Consequences: Environmental Context in Math Instruction
Pesticides
09.05.01 How
Much Is Too Much? Teaching Measurement and Solution Concentration through Bioaccumulation and Levels of
Toxicity
09.05.02 Reducing the Environmental Impact of the Green Industry with Green
Chemistry
Soil
20.04.12
Engineering and Testing a Soil Moisture Sensor
Sustainability
(See Sustainability)
20.04.04 The
Life Cycle of Rare Earth Elements
20.04.05 A
Plastic Struggle for Mother Earth
20.04.07
Confronting the Plastic Wasteland through Engineering
20.04.10
Engineers Wanted: Climate Change Experience Necessary!
20.05.06
Friend or Foe: Human Impact on the Earth’s Ecosystems
19.04.01
Driving in the Future: How Far Will that Battery Take You?
19.04.03 My
Future, My Home: Building a Greener House for Tomorrow
19.04.05
Prototyping a Wind Turbine and Measuring Performance
19.04.07
Islands and Their Energy Needs
19.04.08
Analyzing Energy Efficiency Through Energy Transformations
19.04.10
Harnessing the Wind Like William Kamkwamba: Building Model Windmills in a 4th Grade STEM Lab
16.04.02 The
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
16.04.04
Energetics of Biofuel - Investigating Alternative Energy Sources by Manufacturing Biodiesel
16.04.05 It
Ain't Easy Being Green
16.04.06 Solar and Wind and Batteries, Oh My!
16.04.08 The
Future of Energy
13.05.03 A Chemistry Perspective: Gasoline or Biodiesel?
13.05.04
Fusion: The Energy of the Future?
13.05.05
Mathematics of Energy Efficiency: Use Less, Save More
13.05.06 Math
Equations of Energy
13.05.07 It Don't Come Easy: The Promises and Challenges of Biofuel
Production
13.05.09 Nihodzaan (Mother Earth)
12.06.06
Inquiry in the Middle School Classroom: Students as Watershed Stewards
12.07.08
Energy for the Future, Superheroes Need Not Apply
11.05.05
Survival Chemistry: Using Everyday Things to Create Energy and Drinking Water
11.05.08
Trash – Seriously!
09.05.05 Effects of Rates of Change and Accumulated Change in a Throw-Away
Society
09.05.07 Experiencing Positive Relationships with Managing the
Environment
09.05.08 What's Your Green Bottom Line? The Truth About What We Leave
Behind
09.07.06 Unconventional Transportation
08.05.04
Crunching Numbers for Lunch
08.07.07
Mercury: An assessment of its life
08.07.11
Effects of Plastics on Top Predators' Health
07.05.01
Petroleum: Our Best Transportation Option?
07.05.02
Solar energy: Using Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere to Produce a Viable Fuel Source
07.05.04
Catch the Wind
07.05.05 Stylin' Your Ride: A Student's Guide to Designing Green Vehicles
07.05.06 The
Power of the Sun
07.05.07 Solar Energy -- Architectural Alternatives for Home Building
06.05.07 The
Case for Biodiesel with Selected Experiments
Recycling
23.04.04
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
11.05.09 I
Got the Power! Misconceptions of Recycling Batteries
09.05.03 It's
Not Waste: Teaching Recycling through Density, Phase Change and Solubility
09.07.01
Flexible Enthusiasm: Consumption and Awareness of Plastics in Our Lives
09.07.10
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Oh My!
08.07.04 Our
Environment: A World Away?
08.07.06 Life
Cycle Analysis of an Ordinary Plastic Water Bottle
08.07.11
Effects of Plastics on Top Predators' Health
Trees
09.05.07
Experiencing Positive Relationships with Managing the Environment
Urban
23.04.01 We
are Not in this Together: The Unequal Impacts of Climate Change
23.04.02
Environmental Injustice in Chicago’s Southwest Side: Pollution, Past and Present
23.04.07
Environmental Injustice- A Motive for Social Change in the Americas
23.05.05
Growing a Sustainable Future
20.04.02
Building a Heat-Resilient Community in Richmond, Virginia
20.04.08 How
Should I Get to School? A Life Cycle Assessment of DC’s Public Transportation
20.04.09
Investigating Surfaces and Water Runoff in Urban Areas
20.04.10
Engineers Wanted: Climate Change Experience Necessary!
19.04.06
Assessing Chicago's Carbon Footprint One Step at a Time
13.04.03
Whence We Stand: A Visual/Geography/History Adventure
12.07.10
School Redesign with Environmental Health in Mind
09.05.05
Effects of Rates of Change and Accumulated Change in a Throw-Away Society
08.07.04 Our
Environment: A World Away?
08.07.08 Many
Neighborhoods -- One Community: Learning Chemistry through the History of the Hunters Point Naval
Station
Waste
20.04.07
Confronting the Plastic Wasteland through Engineering
11.05.08
Trash – Seriously!
09.07.03 EFP&W: Energy Food-Production & Waste
Water
23.04.04
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
23.04.06 Next
Generation Learners to Leaders: Intro to Environmental Justice
22.05.03 The
Chemistry of Ocean Acidification and its Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
22.05.06 "To
'iina 'ate: Water is Life," Navajo Farming During a Drought
20.04.03
Evaluating and Mitigating Stormwater Runoff Contamination
20.04.06 The
Engineering of Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management Practices
20.04.09
Investigating Surfaces and Water Runoff in Urban Areas
20.05.10
Marine Biotoxins: Invisible, Odorless, and Lethal
17.06.04
Water... "Good To The Last Drop"
11.05.05
Survival Chemistry: Using Everyday Things to Create Energy and Drinking Water
10.05.02
Nanotechnology and Clean Water: How Safe Is Our Drinking Water?
09.05.09
Green Chemistry: Is Water, Water?
Watersheds
20.04.03
Evaluating and Mitigating Stormwater Runoff Contamination
20.04.06 The
Engineering of Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management Practices
12.06.06
Inquiry in the Middle School Classroom: Students as Watershed Stewards
12.07.03
Knowing Your Watershed
09.07.08 Teaching Ecology Principles through the Study of an
Ecosystem
Economics
and Politics
22.02.03
Imperial Dilemma – Great Society versus Vietnam in the 1960s
21.03.05
Breaking Barriers: The Fight for Gender Equality, Equal Pay and Civil Rights
21.03.09
Democracy & Inequality: To be or not to be?
and
Sports
20.02.06
Collusion in the Owner’s Box: How Racism and Oppression Have Built the American Sports
Industry
Banking
20.03.01 It’s
the Economy, Stupid: Lessons in Economics, Banking, and Personal Finance from the Financial Crisis of
2008
Consumer Culture
22.02.02
Public Diplomacy and Consumerism During the Early Cold War
15.01.02
Helping Students
12.01.01 War on the Home Front: Politics and the Zoot Suit
12.01.02
Splitting Hairs: Comparing Themes in Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts
12.01.04 Do
We Really Need What We Want?: Consumerism and Second Graders
12.01.05
Teenage Dream: Consuming Subtext
12.01.06 The
Stuff We Have: Ethnographies, Material Culture, and Art
12.01.07
Present, Past, and Future: Using a Consumer Lens to Help Students Envision a Future
12.01.08 Food
Choice: How the ingredients on food packaging influence the foods we eat
Consumption
20.03.09 What
Does a Camel and Vaping Have to Do with Public Policy?
09.07.01
Flexible Enthusiasm: Consumption and Awareness of Plastics in Our Lives
Entrepreneurship
10.03.03
Discovering the Entrepreneur
Fiscal Policy
20.03.01 It’s
the Economy, Stupid: Lessons in Economics, Banking, and Personal Finance from the Financial Crisis of
2008
20.03.02 UBI (Universal Basic Income): Yay! We Don’t Have to Work
Anymore?
Food
22.02.01
Let’s Go Bananas! U.S. Imperialism Through the Lens of a Fruit
09.07.03
EFP&W: Energy Food-Production & Waste
Health
20.03.07
Health and Public Policy
17.06.03 Economics and Community Health - The Wealth-Health
Paradigm
Inequality
23.04.01 We
are Not in this Together: The Unequal Impacts of Climate Change
22.03.03 The
Resiliency of the African American Financial Narrative Presented through Multiple Media of Art
21.02.01
Exploring Belonging and Exclusion through Ethnography
21.03.04 Can
They Escape from Hot Cheetos & Takis? Black Appetite, White Food: Examining Issues of Race, Democracy, and
Place
21.03.06 Still Separate and Unequal? A Look at School Equality in the American
Democracy
20.03.08 When downward Mobility Strikes
18.01.04 The
American Dream,
17.02.11 Whose America? Americans in the Americas and Inequality
Labor Unions
21.01.02 Who
Built the American Economy? How Labor Unions Shaped the Early Labor Movement
Local
13.04.01 The
Study of a Zip Code: Tulsa's Invisible City
12.01.07
Present, Past, and Future: Using a Consumer Lens to Help Students Envision a Future
08.03.12 Who
decides who benefits? A comparative view of wealth distribution using examples from New Mexico's
Legislature, Santa Fe City and the Pueblo of Pojoaque
Marketing
22.02.02
Public Diplomacy and Consumerism During the Early Cold War
20.03.09 What
Does a Camel and Vaping Have to Do with Public Policy?
15.01.02
Helping Students
14.04.04 Re-Tweet This: Personal Branding through Social Media is the New Rhetoric of
Persuasion
12.01.04 Do We Really Need What We Want?: Consumerism and Second Graders
10.03.03
Discovering the Entrepreneur
Poverty
22.02.03
Imperial Dilemma – Great Society versus Vietnam in the 1960s
20.03.01 It’s
the Economy, Stupid: Lessons in Economics, Banking, and Personal Finance from the Financial Crisis of
2008
20.03.02 UBI (Universal Basic Income): Yay! We Don’t Have to Work
Anymore?
18.01.05 From Mass Incarceration to Reform: An Analysis of Crime Policy Nationally
and in the City of Brotherly Love
18.01.08
Understanding the System: A History of Prison and the Virginia Juvenile Justice System
12.04.09 The
Resiliency of the Black Family
09.01.03
A.VOID: Who Are the Poor People? How Environment Impacts the Development of Character
07.03.07
Santa Fe and the World: Maps and Mapmaking of People, Places and Poverty
Social Mobility
20.03.08 When
downward Mobility Strikes
Universal Basic Income
20.03.01 It’s
the Economy, Stupid: Lessons in Economics, Banking, and Personal Finance from the Financial Crisis of
2008
20.03.02 UBI (Universal Basic Income): Yay! We Don’t Have to Work
Anymore?
Urban
20.04.08 How
Should I Get to School? A Life Cycle Assessment of DC’s Public Transportation
13.04.01 The
Study of a Zip Code: Tulsa's Invisible City
Wall
Street
20.03.01 It’s
the Economy, Stupid: Lessons in Economics, Banking, and Personal Finance from the Financial Crisis of
2008
18.01.04 The American Dream,
Education
(See Pedagogy)
11.04.11
'Imaginal' Performances in Memory
09.02.02 The
Audacity of Hope for a Hopeless Generation
and Class
20.03.08 When
downward Mobility Strikes
and Film
22.01.06 Film
as a Site for Education and Resistance
and Science
11.01.02 Are
You Talkin' to Me? A Bibliotherapeutic Realization of Intelligence and Self-efficacy in Traumatized
Adolescents
09.06.05 An Investigation into Learning Using the Regions of the Brain
09.06.06 This
Is Your Brain…This is Your Brain on Fire…Any Questions?
Challenges
Discipline
18.01.06
Ancient Law Codes to School Discipline: Is it Justice for All?
18.01.07 This
is America: Restorative Peace Circles and the decline of Suspensions and Expulsions
Inequality
23.02.05
Creating First-Class Experiences for Forgotten Schools: Why Not Us?
21.03.02 The
New Brown v. Board of Education in Today’s School Segregation
21.03.03
Racial Inequities in Public School Today: Reflecting on Failures of Brown V Board
21.03.06
Still Separate and Unequal? A Look at School Equality in the American Democracy
20.01.03
“Faces in the Frame: More than a Narrative”-The Lives that Frame the True History of the United States
through Primary Sources
Psychological
12.02.07
Reading, Writing, and Recidivism: Healing to Learn through Memoir and Vignette for Adjudicated and/or
Traumatized Youth
11.01.02 Are You Talkin' to Me? A Bibliotherapeutic Realization of Intelligence and
Self-efficacy in Traumatized Adolescents
11.01.04
Making Friends with Characters: Exploring Friendship through Literature
11.02.06
Teaching Reading Strategies through Lyric Forms: Politics and Love in American Sonnets
Civics
21.03.08 Jim
Crow 2.0: Voter Suppression in the 21st Century
21.03.09
Democracy & Inequality: To be or not to be?
Design
Thinking
22.04.04
There's No "Space" Like Home
22.04.07 How
Gravity Impacts Life
Financial
12.01.04 Do
We Really Need What We Want?: Consumerism and Second Graders
Health
20.03.07
Health and Public Policy
20.04.11 Mask On: Clearing the Air: the Challenges of Indoor Air Pollution on Urban
Health and Academic Performance
11.07.08
Diabetes, the Silent Enemy
History of
18.01.04 The
American Dream,
18.01.06 Ancient Law Codes to School Discipline: Is it Justice for All?
16.01.09
Indian Boarding Schools: A Case Study of Assimilation, Resistance, and Resilience
10.03.04
Voices of Emery Secondary: An Oral History Project
School
Desegregation
21.03.02 The
New Brown v. Board of Education in Today’s School Segregation
21.03.03
Racial Inequities in Public School Today: Reflecting on Failures of Brown V Board
20.03.03
Codes of Conduct: Racist Housing and Education Policies that Impact Urban Students
19.03.09 The
Different Shades of the Yellow Bus
15.01.07 Jim
Crow, Civil Rights, and the Integration of Schools
15.03.06
Looking at Desegregation through Local Narratives: A Case Study at Tulsa Central High School
15.03.09 The
History and Analysis of Public Art: Using Delaware’s Desegregation History as a Ground to Learn, Interpret,
and Create
13.03.07 A picture is worth a thousand words: Rediscovering biography
09.02.06
Civil Rights: Massive Assistance Resuscitated
06.02.04
Justice in Action: Reactions to Brown v. Board of Education
Hygiene
11.05.01
Soap: Clean for the Environment or Just Us?
Motivation
21.05.09
Harnessing the Power of Failure as a Catalyst for Innovation
Pedagogy (See Pedagogy)
Social
23.05.07
Mimicking Nature to Create a Classroom Culture
21.02.03
Family of Empathy
16.02.04 Learning Social Skills and Problem Solving with Winnie-the-Pooh
14.04.06
Elements of Rhetoric in the Language-Learning Classroom: Convince Me You are Fluent!
12.02.01
Non-Violent Fictional Characters as a Means to Character-Building: Ferdinand the Flower-Friendly Bull and
Chrysanthemum the Brave Blooming Mouse
Emeryville,
California
14.03.06
Understanding San Francisco Bay Area Immigration Through an Exploration of Laws and Images
13.04.10
Discovering the Invisible Bay Street: Uncovering Emeryville's History and Understanding Our Own
12.07.10
School Redesign with Environmental Health in Mind
10.03.04
Voices of Emery Secondary: An Oral History Project
Empire
23.01.04 The
Effect of the Navajo Long Walk Through Photos
22.02.01
Let’s Go Bananas! U.S. Imperialism Through the Lens of a Fruit
22.02.04
Creating Filipino Nationality: Race and Hierarchy in the Context of Empire (1886-1916)
22.02.05
American Imperialism in Latin America: Territory Expansion, Trade, and Immigration
22.02.06
Immigration narratives: Hidden Links between U.S. empire and Filipino immigration to the U.S.
08.03.07 Why
Rome Fell and Is the United States Next?
Energy
Bioenergy
16.04.04
Energetics of Biofuel - Investigating Alternative Energy Sources by Manufacturing Biodiesel
13.05.07 It
Don't Come Easy: The Promises and Challenges of Biofuel Production
13.05.09
Nihodzaan (Mother Earth)
Conservation
20.04.01 The
Chemistry of Energy
19.04.03 My Future, My Home: Building a Greener House for Tomorrow
16.04.07
Náhasdzáán Nílchi Binaadohígíí - Carbon Dioxide
13.05.01
Energy Usage and Conservation: My Impact on the World
13.05.05
Mathematics of Energy Efficiency: Use Less, Save More
12.07.11 How
Green Is Our School? Energy Conservation Challenge 2012
Electricity
19.04.01
Driving in the Future: How Far Will that Battery Take You?
19.04.08
Analyzing Energy Efficiency Through Energy Transformations
16.04.09 Get
Charged Up: The Past, Present and Future of Electricity
13.05.04
Fusion: The Energy of the Future?
12.07.02
Solar VS Fossil Fuel Generated Electricity: Can Physics Determine Which is Best For You and Your
School?
12.07.04 Energy, Environment and Health Electromagnetic Fields: Are They Buzzing
You?
07.05.05 Stylin' Your Ride: A Student's Guide to Designing Green
Vehicles
Fossil Fuels
20.05.07
Ecological Effects of Strip Mining Coal on the Black Mesa Mine
19.04.02
Acids and Particulate Matter and Mercury, Oh My! An Examination of the Major Impacts of Coal on the
Environment
19.04.03 My Future, My Home: Building a Greener House for Tomorrow
19.04.06
Assessing Chicago's Carbon Footprint One Step at a Time
16.04.01 What
Is our Energy Past, Present, and Future?
16.04.02 The
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
16.04.08 The
Future of Energy
13.05.01 Energy Usage and Conservation: My Impact on the World
13.05.04
Fusion: The Energy of the Future?
13.05.06 Math
Equations of Energy
13.05.08 From Plants to Horsepower – an Introduction into the World of
Oil
13.05.09 Nihodzaan (Mother Earth)
12.07.02
Solar VS Fossil Fuel Generated Electricity: Can Physics Determine Which is Best For You and Your
School?
12.07.05 Math Facts of Natural Gas & Pollution
12.07.06 Risk
Analysis of Shale Drilling Mock Trial: Shale we or Shale we not?
09.07.06
Unconventional Transportation
09.07.07
Energy, Climate, Environment: What's Plastic Got To Do with It?
08.07.05
Considering Case Studies of Chemical Contamination
08.07.09 The
Effect of Vehicular Emissions on Human Health
07.05.01
Petroleum: Our Best Transportation Option?
General
19.04.04
Transfer of Energy through a Food Chain
Renewable
19.04.03 My
Future, My Home: Building a Greener House for Tomorrow
19.04.07
Islands and Their Energy Needs
16.04.02 The
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
16.04.04
Energetics of Biofuel - Investigating Alternative Energy Sources by Manufacturing Biodiesel
16.04.08 The
Future of Energy
13.05.01 Energy Usage and Conservation: My Impact on the World
13.05.03 A
Chemistry Perspective: Gasoline or Biodiesel?
13.05.04
Fusion: The Energy of the Future?
13.05.05
Mathematics of Energy Efficiency: Use Less, Save More
13.05.07 It
Don't Come Easy: The Promises and Challenges of Biofuel Production
13.05.09
Nihodzaan (Mother Earth)
12.07.05 Math Facts of Natural Gas & Pollution
11.05.02 The
Problems and Potential of Portable Power
11.05.09 I
Got the Power! Misconceptions of Recycling Batteries
09.07.06
Unconventional Transportation
07.05.01
Petroleum: Our Best Transportation Option?
07.05.03
Environmentalists and Chemists Unite: A Chemistry Class for our Changing World
06.05.07 The
Case for Biodiesel with Selected Experiments
Solar
21.04.05 The
Sun - the Father of All Energy for Life
21.04.10 The
Sun and Photosynthesis: From Photons to Astrobiology
16.04.02 The
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
16.04.06
Solar and Wind and Batteries, Oh My!
13.05.01
Energy Usage and Conservation: My Impact on the World
13.05.02
Soaking Up the Sun!
13.05.06 Math Equations of Energy
12.07.02
Solar VS Fossil Fuel Generated Electricity: Can Physics Determine Which is Best For You and Your
School?
09.07.02 Energy Quest: Exploring Sun, Wind, and Water
07.05.02
Solar energy: Using Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere to Produce a Viable Fuel Source
07.05.06 The
Power of the Sun
07.05.07 Solar Energy -- Architectural Alternatives for Home
Building
Water
11.05.05
Survival Chemistry: Using Everyday Things to Create Energy and Drinking Water
09.07.02
Energy Quest: Exploring Sun, Wind, and Water
Wind
19.04.05
Prototyping a Wind Turbine and Measuring Performance
19.04.10
Harnessing the Wind Like William Kamkwamba: Building Model Windmills in a 4th Grade STEM Lab
16.04.06
Solar and Wind and Batteries, Oh My!
13.05.01
Energy Usage and Conservation: My Impact on the World
13.05.05
Mathematics of Energy Efficiency: Use Less, Save More
09.07.02
Energy Quest: Exploring Sun, Wind, and Water
07.05.04
Catch the Wind
Thermodynamics
20.04.01 The
Chemistry of Energy
19.04.04 Transfer of Energy through a Food Chain
19.04.08
Analyzing Energy Efficiency Through Energy Transformations
17.04.05
Being Corny: Using Popcorn to Explore Thermodynamics
17.04.07
Matter Chatter: Exploring the effect heat has on states of matter using the five senses
17.04.11
Everyday Science of Cooking
Weather
22.05.02
Energy Dynamics of Tropical Cyclones: The impacts of climate change
Engineering (See Architecture; Technology)
and
Food
21.05.02
Vertical Farming: The Future of Urban Agriculture
Bioengineering
21.05.01
Human-Centered Design of Biotechnology: Where Will We Be without Bees?
21.05.06 The
Curb Cut Effect: A Local and Global Citizen Bioengineering Challenge
21.05.08
STEAM and Human Centered Design of Biotechnology
18.05.11 From
Wolf to Woof! Artificial Selection via Selective Breeding
16.04.04
Energetics of Biofuel - Investigating Alternative Energy Sources by Manufacturing Biodiesel
13.05.03 A
Chemistry Perspective: Gasoline or Biodiesel?
13.05.05
Mathematics of Energy Efficiency: Use Less, Save More
13.05.07 It
Don't Come Easy: The Promises and Challenges of Biofuel Production
13.05.09
Nihodzaan (Mother Earth)
13.06.01 Imagine the Unimaginable Harnessing the Power of DNA: Principles of Genetic
Engineering
13.06.03 The Evolution of Genetic Engineering
13.06.04
Effects of Genetically Modified Organisms on Agriculture
13.06.06
Controversial Issues Regarding the Consumption of Genetically Modified Crops
13.06.07 DNA
in Forensic Science: genetic engineering applications in forensics
06.05.07 The
Case for Biodiesel with Selected Experiments
Bridges
08.04.01
Puentes, Civilizaciones y Cultura
08.04.02
Building Bridges in Earthquake Country: From the Past to the Present
08.04.03
Learning by Mistakes-Bridge Failures
08.04.05 The
Art, Science, and Mathematics of Bridges: An Integrated Unit for Middle School
08.04.06
Terrific Ts- Truss, Triangle, Tangram and Technology Exploring Bridge Design with the Elementary
Student
08.04.09 Bridges: Inspired by Nature
Electronics
16.04.09 Get
Charged Up: The Past, Present and Future of Electricity
08.07.07
Mercury: An assessment of its life
Environmental
20.04.04 The
Life Cycle of Rare Earth Elements
20.04.06 The
Engineering of Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management Practices
20.04.07
Confronting the Plastic Wasteland through Engineering
20.04.10
Engineers Wanted: Climate Change Experience Necessary!
20.04.12
Engineering and Testing a Soil Moisture Sensor
19.04.01
Driving in the Future: How Far Will that Battery Take You?
19.04.03 My
Future, My Home: Building a Greener House for Tomorrow
19.04.05
Prototyping a Wind Turbine and Measuring Performance
19.04.07
Islands and Their Energy Needs
19.04.10
Harnessing the Wind Like William Kamkwamba: Building Model Windmills in a 4th Grade STEM
Lab
Genetic
18.05.02
Should We? Possibilities, Perils, and Unintended Consequences of Genetic Engineering
Global Health
21.05.01
Human-Centered Design of Biotechnology: Where Will We Be without Bees?
16.04.08 The
Future of Energy
History
16.04.09 Get
Charged Up: The Past, Present and Future of Electricity
08.04.03
Learning by Mistakes-Bridge Failures
08.04.06
Terrific Ts- Truss, Triangle, Tangram and Technology Exploring Bridge Design with the Elementary
Student
Nanotechnology
10.05.03
Teeny Tiny Wonders: Nanotechnology and Machines
Physics
08.04.07 The
Design and Analysis of Structures
English as a Second Language
(See Language Instruction)
and History
21.03.01
Examining the Inequitable Treatment of Asians in the US: A Civics Unit for Newcomer Els
11.02.03 The
American Sonnet: Barometer of Change in American History
11.02.04
Teaching History through Poetry
11.04.09 The
Responsibility Is Ours: Preserving Intangible Heritage
10.03.11
Contando Vidas/Telling Life Stories: The Biographies of Influential Hispanics in Our
Community
and Literature
09.01.01
Using Stories and Film in the English Language Learner Classroom to Teach Immigration History
09.04.05 ¡Que
Bello es el Sonido de la Poesía! Teaching Sounds and Culture Through Poetry
08.01.03
English Language Learners (ELLs) Investigate the Identity of Shakespeare and His Characters
07.04.07
Cuéntame Una Historia, Por Favor! (Tell Me A Story, Please!)
06.03.07 From
Aztecs to Aztlan: Building Cultural Bridges through Literature
and Math
08.05.06 The
Power of Estimation
and Poetry
11.02.03 The
American Sonnet: Barometer of Change in American History
11.02.04
Teaching History through Poetry
and Science
09.05.09
Green Chemistry: Is Water, Water?
07.07.07 The
Science and Technology of the Apollo Space Program
General
09.04.06 The
Unknown Voice of My Students
Enlightenment, The
13.01.02 Our
Visible Social Contract
05.03.03 Thomas Hobbes and John Locke: Using Enlightenment Philosophy to Teach Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties
Environmental Justice
23.04.01 We
are Not in this Together: The Unequal Impacts of Climate Change
23.04.02
Environmental Justice and Land Issues of Indigenous People
23.04.02
Environmental Injustice in Chicago’s Southwest Side: Pollution, Past and Present
23.04.04
Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
23.04.05
Colored: An Introduction to Environmentalism
23.04.06 Next
Generation Learners to Leaders: Intro to Environmental Justice
23.04.07
Environmental Injustice- A Motive for Social Change in the Americas
23.05.03
Coffee, Cacao, and Chacras – Applying Principles of Sustainable Agriculture in Costa Rica and Peru to
Farming in Delaware
17.06.03 Economics and Community Health - The Wealth-Health Paradigm
09.05.08
What's Your Green Bottom Line? The Truth About What We Leave Behind
09.05.10 The
Science of Environmental Justice: Can Green Chemistry Change Our World?
08.07.08 Many
Neighborhoods -- One Community: Learning Chemistry through the History of the Hunters Point Naval
Station
Evolution
22.04.02 The Alien in Your Backyard: Using Exoplanetary Science to Explore the
Ecosystems of Earth
22.05.04 Will They Survive? Climate Change and its Impact on Biodiversity
16.06.04
Understanding Earth's History and Geologic Time through Evolution
16.06.05
Transitional Forms: The Evidence for Evolution by Natural Selection
Animal
16.06.05
Transitional Forms: The Evidence for Evolution by Natural Selection
12.06.07 What
Can We Learn About Animals?
Human
16.06.02
Genetic Engineering and the Potential Effects on Evolution
16.06.03
Gotta Evolve ‘Em All! Evolutionary Ideas for 1st Graders
10.06.08
Survival of the Fittest?—Evolution and Human Health
Medicine
10.06.01 I
Use Sanitizer; Why Do I Still Get Sick?
10.06.03 The
Human Impact on the Environment and the Effects on Asthma and Allergies
10.06.06
Teaching Principles of Evolutionary Medicine through a Historical Lens
Nutrition
10.06.05
Nutritional Adaptations and Nutritional Choices