Previous 23 record/s found. Pages: 1 2 Business & Economics middle Franchise "How do you think you could make it rich? Have you ever thought about opening your own restaurant? Many people choose to quit their jobs and try opening their own restaurants. This can sometimes be a very risky business. People choose to open a business that is already well known. This is called a Franchise. In this lesson, your class will investigate different franchises and decide which one is best to invest in." Business & Economics - middle high Make Your Own Money "Bills. Bread. Cash. Dinero. Dough. Loot. Moolah. Cha-Ching. Money. As the song says, "A Mark, a Yen, a Buck, or a Pound is all that makes the world go around, that clinking Clanking sound, can make the world go around." But, what IS money? Where does it come from? How does it get its value? How does it reflect what the community values, conceptually and artistically? Does anyone or any group have enough of it? Did you know that you can, legally, make your own money? What kind of money would you make?" Question: "Can you plan an alternative money system to help you to raise the money your community needs?" Business & Economics - high adult Designing An Effective Email Strategy for your Arts Web Site "You've spent many hours planning, designing, and building a web site that showcases the successes of your arts education project. After launching the site, you wonder - has it been effective in getting your message to the right people? Not unless you have an email strategy in place! This Webquest will help you get started in thinking about designing a simple, but effective email strategy for your Web site." Business & Economics - adult English & Language Arts middle A Tale to be Told "An adventure awaits those who are curious and want to explore. An adventure awaits those who can't resist a good riddle. An adventure awaits those who are creative, and expressive." This WebQuest helps students analyze Folk Tales and then write their own. English & Language Arts - middle Take Me on Vacation! "Summer vacation. Don't you just love the sound of those two words. Every school year we look forward to that weeklong trip we will take with mom, dad, and our siblings. Summer vacation is your chance to forget about school and have fun. This summer, you can't wait to go on vacation. The trip is almost three weeks away. You and your brother are so excited you can hardly wait! So you decide to go to Uncle Jimmy's house and go for a pre-vacation swim. As you walk out the front door you spot a note on the fridge. You go to read the note..." English & Language Arts - middle high Frankenstein 2018 "A modern myth, a cautionary fable, an enduring legend, Frankenstein has been translated into the world's many languages, transformed on the stage, and transmuted into film. What does this story "say" about us? What do we "say" about this story?" English & Language Arts - high The Mascot Dilemma: Pride or Prejudice? "Many professional sports teams have Native American mascots and names. Atlanta Braves, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians, etc. In our own state, Oklahoma, many schools also have Native American names and mascots. Catoosa Indians, Union Redskins, Glenpool Warriors, to name a few. The same is true with schools all across our country." "You are a student at Broken Drum High School, home of the three-years-running undefeated BDHS Savages football team. Lately, the school has come under criticism for its team's name and mascot, Chief Eagle Feather. The four-member school board is considering changing the team's name, but several members of the community are in favor of keeping it. They say it's been a tradition for 70 years. Critics of the mascot say it mocks Native American sacred religious traditions." Question: Where do you stand? Is this a case of modern day racism, or political correctness run amok? English & Language Arts - high Health & Physical Education early Chocolate Chip Cookies: To eat or not to eat! "Hello! Let me introduce myself. I am Inspector Chips. I am on a mission, and I will need your help. It has come to my attention that "Chocolate Chip Cookies" may be harmful to your health... We need to work together as a team to gather clues that will lead us to facts and help us solve our mystery." Health & Physical Education - early History & Social Studies middle What Does It Mean To Be Australian? "Who are Australians? Where have they come from? In which ways do we perceive our 'Australianess'? Would we all answer these questions in the same way? Food for thought? Chew your way through this WebQuest to satisfy your hunger. " History & Social Studies - middle high Coming Soon to a School Near You: A Project on Youth Gangs Gang-related incidents, from graffiti to drive-by shootings, are being reported across the country in suburban and rural areas. As gangs move into new areas, they also move into locations that were traditionally considered "neutral zones," such as schools and malls. Every teenager is at risk. The teenagers most vulnerable to the lure of youth gangs are middle school students. By the age of 14 or 15, most teenagers have decided whether to stay out of or join gangs. How can middle school students be influenced to make a thoughtful choice? History & Social Studies - high The Mascot Dilemma: Pride or Prejudice? "Many professional sports teams have Native American mascots and names. Atlanta Braves, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians, etc. In our own state, Oklahoma, many schools also have Native American names and mascots. Catoosa Indians, Union Redskins, Glenpool Warriors, to name a few. The same is true with schools all across our country." "You are a student at Broken Drum High School, home of the three-years-running undefeated BDHS Savages football team. Lately, the school has come under criticism for its team's name and mascot, Chief Eagle Feather. The four-member school board is considering changing the team's name, but several members of the community are in favor of keeping it. They say it's been a tradition for 70 years. Critics of the mascot say it mocks Native American sacred religious traditions." Question: Where do you stand? Is this a case of modern day racism, or political correctness run amok? History & Social Studies - high WebQuest for Peace: An Internet WebQuest on Kashmir "World War III is about to occur!The source of the conflict is the India-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir. Negotiators have so far been unsuccessful in obtaining a peace agreement between the two countries. A Peace Summit has been called at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, by the U.N. Security Council as a final attempt to avert nuclear warfare in Pakistan and India. A war between these two nations could escalate to encompass the entire world." History & Social Studies - high Mathematics middle Franchise "How do you think you could make it rich? Have you ever thought about opening your own restaurant? Many people choose to quit their jobs and try opening their own restaurants. This can sometimes be a very risky business. People choose to open a business that is already well known. This is called a Franchise. In this lesson, your class will investigate different franchises and decide which one is best to invest in." Mathematics - middle Take Me on Vacation! "Summer vacation. Don't you just love the sound of those two words. Every school year we look forward to that weeklong trip we will take with mom, dad, and our siblings. Summer vacation is your chance to forget about school and have fun. This summer, you can't wait to go on vacation. The trip is almost three weeks away. You and your brother are so excited you can hardly wait! So you decide to go to Uncle Jimmy's house and go for a pre-vacation swim. As you walk out the front door you spot a note on the fridge. You go to read the note..." Mathematics - middle Science early Breaking News... Reporting From the Edge of Disaster "It is the year 2025. You and two friends have just been hired as Environmental News Reporters for a local news station. Over the past 20 years there have been many drastic changes to the world's ecosystems as a result of both manmade and natural disasters. In fact, it has just been discovered that a very important ecosystem has been drastically changed as the result of a disaster. All the animals from the ecosystem will be forced to adapt to changes in their environment." Questions: What sort of natural or manmade disaster could occur that would drastically change an environment? What adaptations will the animals need to make in order to survive in their changed environment? Where will they now fit in the food chain? Science - early middle Rickshaw or Rowboat? Is Climate Change Coming? "If you know anyone who's lived in Bangladesh for some time you might have heard them mention the weather here is changing... actually people have been noticing extreme weather events all over the globe for several years. These events have been heralded as symptoms of global climate change - warming or cooling. Remember the super cold winter in Dhaka last year? Remember the extra rains we received this past October and November? You might also have heard some controversy in the news as to whether climate change is going to occur or not! " Question: "How might Bangladeshi citizens survive changes in their climate and environment due to global warming? " Science - middle high Hello Dolly "Some 60 years ago amphibians were used to produce clones, but the embryos died at tadpole stage. During the last six decades, the cloning of a mammal was only possible in the imagination of the scientific community. Out of the blue, Ian Wilmut, a researcher from the Roslin Institute in Scotland, announced that his team had successfully cloned a lamb from an adult cell." Science - high Technology adult Designing An Effective Email Strategy for your Arts Web Site "You've spent many hours planning, designing, and building a web site that showcases the successes of your arts education project. After launching the site, you wonder - has it been effective in getting your message to the right people? Not unless you have an email strategy in place! This Webquest will help you get started in thinking about designing a simple, but effective email strategy for your Web site." Technology - adult Community Interest middle Taking the Bite Out of the West Nile Virus "As of September, 2002, over 985 human cases of West Nile Virus had been identified in 30 states. Nationwide, over 43 people have died as a result of this mosquito-borne illness. Louisiana and Illinois have been hit the hardest with the virus. In Louisiana, 222 cases of West Nile Virus have been reported and nine people have died from the disease!" Question: What should we do about the West Nile Virus? Community Interest - middle high Crool Zone? - School Safety WebQuest "The purpose of this WebQuest is to engage a group of students from one school to learn as much as they can about creating safer, fairer, and better schools, then see what they can do to actually make this happen. This is definitely NOT a pretend activity. You will not only develop a plan of action, but put it into practice and see what happens over an extended period of time." Question: Why all this violence in schools?!! In other words... Why does it happen? Who is responsible? How can we stop it? How does all this relate to the world outside the school gates? Community Interest - high Pages: 1 2