Test+Drive+Resources

Test Drive Resources  *All lessons have been found at the ORC website.
 * Opportunitity for student to present and share ideas**
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[|http://ohiorc.org/record/7729.asp] ORC Resource Number #7729 Learning about Properties of Vectors and Vector Sums Using Dynamic Software: Sums of Vectors and Their Properties Promising Practice
 * A Math lesson that contains an applet**

[] Resource URL: [|http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L229] Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Mathematics Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–4 Professional Commentary: In this first of four lessons on personal data, students enter data on activity sheets, which are then cut apart so the data can be sorted and analyzed in cooperative working groups. The activity sheet used for data collection and problem extensions involving data display are included.... []
 * A lesson that engages students in collecting and /or sharing real time data.**
 * A lesson for problem solving: Science 6-8**

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 * A lesson for problem solving: 7th grade Science 6-8**

**A resource for teaching media literacy** ORC# 1078 http://ohiorc.org/record/1078.aspx http://www.ideas.wisconsin.edu/ad101 **A lesson that teaches content through a real-world context** ORC#3281 Resource URL: http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/shipproj/ Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–10 Professional Commentary: This multidisciplinary best practice lesson is designed to expose students to real world problem solving through unique uses of instructional technologies. In particular, students will use real time data from the Internet to track a real ship at sea, determine its destination and predict when it will arrive....

**A lesson that features online discussion or social networking** Resource URL: [|http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1171] Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This lesson capitalizes on students’ familiarity with social networking in order to explore character development and to experiment with writing style. As they are reading Jane Austen’s Emma or another novel of manners, students take on the persona of one of the characters. Imitating Jane Austen’s style, they create a profile and compose tweets and blog posts for the character....

**A lesson that uses inquiry as the instructional approach** Mobile Inquiry Technology: Pulse Rate ORC# 6163 Resource Information Resource URL: [|http://mit.concord.org/5thnotes/sc5map-pulse.htm] Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: This inquiry-based, promising practice lesson focuses on finding one's pulse rate under given conditions. Students are actively engaged throughout this lesson and are required to communicate their findings with classmates.... **A resource requiring students to do online research** @http://ohiorc.org/record/9416.aspx Resource URL: [|http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/08/29/capturing-the-momen...] Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–10 Professional Commentary: Designated as a best practice, in this lesson, students are first asked to discover the characteristics of photojournalism by responding to examples displayed in class. Following this introduction, they read and discuss a New York Times article about a provocative photograph of Emmett Till that has had continuing influence....