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Hey, Get a Job! A Teen Guide for Getting and Keeping a Job

Helping Teens Find, Get and Keep Jobs 

 

Australian Aboriginal people: a fun introduction

An Introduction to contemporary Australian Indigenous Culture 

 

    This lesson is based on poems from Anna the Goanna and other poems by Jill McDougall (available through Amazon.com). It provides a colorful snapshot of the lives of modern-day indigenous children in outback Australia. 

Procedure:

Rebus Writing Using Nursery Rhymes and a Book

Texas State Standards Addressed: TEKS 117.15 Music 4.1C - Identify music forms by listening; 4.2B - Sing songs of diverse cultures; 4.5A/B -Perform music diverse cultures.  Duration: 2-3 days

Digitizing History: Exploring moments in time through Web design

The World Wide Web was created at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, in the 1980s. It was originally meant to facilitate efficient, “user-friendly” publishing and to search and retrieve CERN files, among other uses.

Fraction Pattern Blocks

Instructor: Miko Uhuru

The People Next Door

Throughout the years I have collected a good number of brochures and travel guides, which I take to school every now and then for different purposes. These materials are informative and colorful, so the kids enjoy using them...and they often learn a lot of interesting things too.

To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before

Objective:
Students will identify various space vehicles, create models of a space vehicle, and then design their own space vehicle to take them to Mars.

A Round and A Round

Description:

Students will compose original lyrics for a "Round". They will develop a copyright, a recording company, and CD covers for their original pieces. Advanced and Honors students will compose their own original melody for this activity. The students will also teach these "rounds" to the students in their respective choral music classes.

Goals:

1. To provide students with a knowledge of the musical composition - the "round"

Passball

Equipment: 3 bases, home plate and a dodge ball

Setting up:

    Divide students into two teams. Rules are similar to Kickball. Catching a fly ball is out. (No bunt, no foul and no homerun rules apply in the gym.)

Playing the game: