![]() Students will select a topic and then work in small groups to research, brainstorm, design, and create solutions. Each prompt allows students to work collaboratively to explore one of the following topics: impact of social media, financial responsibility, food production controversies, or human impact on the environment. These project-based learning activities are based on concepts that connect the book Feed to real-world problems and ideas. ![]() The students’ research will then be presented in a documentary format. Then students predict how humans will adapt int he future because their bodies are now integrated with the Feed or because they travel to areas with varying gravity. In this science activity, students research natural selection and adaptation in a species. Idea Sparks and Mini Lessons can also be used for differentiation and to foster new ideas of your own.ĭownload Lesson Plan Adaptation Through Variation ![]() ![]() These questions, prompts, and short activities provide quick ways to inspire interest and explore the STEAM concepts related to the book. ![]()
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The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyin-the daughter of Chang’e and the mortal archer, Houyi-as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope.Īfter winning her mother’s freedom from the Celestial Emperor, Xingyin thrives in the enchanting tranquility of her home. ![]() ![]() In this talk, Prof Carol Berkin repopulates the revolutionary stage, adding women of all races and social classes, telling the stories of white women’s participation in the prewar protests and their roles as propagandists, boycotters, spies, messengers, saboteurs, and even soldiers. ![]() Presidential Professor of History, Emeritaīaruch College & The Graduate Center, CUNYįor decades historians reconstructed the American revolutionary struggle as an exclusively male endeavor. Yet the years of fighting took place on farms, in towns and cities where women worked and lived. 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I’ve now read the essay, and thought I’d share it with you. In this week’s Monday Musings about the Walkley Awards, I noted that Melissa Lucashenko had won the award for Long Feature Writing for her essay “Sinking below sight: Down and out in Brisbane and Logan” in the Griffith Review. ![]() ![]() ![]() It doesn’t take long for them to try to rope their favorite bartender, Brogan, into the act.īorn and raised in Amberwick, Brogan McKay has built a comfortable life by never overreaching. ![]() However, when the locals discover their newest resident is world famous, they gather at the local pub and hatch a plan to draw Emma out of her self-imposed isolation, hoping her celebrity status will elevate the village’s reputation to something more than a holiday hotspot. 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