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Pinhole Photography In this task, students will create their own digital artwork by first creating a pinhole camera, developing their film, and uploading to the computer to be altered. This task includes: |
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Reading, Mathematics, and Science Questions The Reading, Mathematics, and Science Questions include an introduction, 17 reading units, 50 mathematic units, and 34 science units released from the 2000, 2003, and 2006 PISA assessments. The assessments focuses on students' abilities to use their knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges, rather than merely on the extent to which they have mastered a specific school curriculum. This task includes:
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Risky Business This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons. Unit description from the source: Students will learn about lifestyle and genetic influences on health status and about the health insurance system in the United States. They will imagine a future healthcare environment in which technology has greatly advanced, treatment costs have escalated, and individual lifestyle and medical data are widely available to insurers. In this scenario, insurance companies routinely use this kind of information to create programs aimed at improving health outcomes, set insurance rates, approve or deny applications for health insurance, and reduce healthcare expenses. |
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Road Safety The Road Safety unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 8 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: In Road safety students focus on road accidents as a major cause of injury and death amongst young Australians. Students evaluate how road safety messages are conveyed through the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) road safety campaigns. Students then develop an information product that conveys information about one risk factor that contributes to road accidents in Australia. |
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Rudos vs. Tecnicos In this task, students will tackle social problems that are prevalent in both Latin America and their own community. This task includes: |
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Safety First This unit includes an unit overview and 3 subunit overviews with built-in lessons. Unit description from the source: This unit focuses on the causes of workplace injuries and the consequences for workers, employers, and society as a whole. Students will investigate the biological and physical basis for injury on the job, regulations governing the work environment in the United States, and how public and government perception of who is responsible for work-related injuries has changed through history. |
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Science Friction In this task, students will explore the concept of friction to gain an understanding of the world of physics being present in every day life. This task includes: |
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Second Opinion This unit includes an unit overview and 2 subunit overviews with built-in lessons. Unit description from the source: In this unit, students will explore the variety of medical practices that exist outside of conventional Western medicine. Complementary and alternative medicine, known as CAM, is becoming more widely accepted in the United States as our population becomes more diverse. At the same time, scrutiny of these practices, some of which are not subject to any regulatory oversight, is an issue that becomes increasingly pressing for the healthcare industry, healthcare workers, and the general public. |
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Shock and Awe: Projectile Motion in the Crusades In this task, students will take place in a four week project that will ask them to practice math, write research papers, and develop flash movies relating to the Crusades. This task includes: |
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Small Spaces In this task, students will tackle the issue of space in our increasingly populous world through rearranging living quarters. This task includes: |
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