Authentic Tech Ed

Use this group of resources to have students respond to the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird in a variety of writing formats. Assignment types include a letter or journal entry, poem or song, personal narrative, a short story, and an essay. Each assignment includes an example evaluated by a rubric aligned with the Ontario ENG 1W curriculum.

Engage your students with a To Kill a Mockingbird inspired short story after reading chapters in Part 2 of the novel. The assignment contains a rubric and an example evaluated according to these criteria. The rubric is aligned with the Ontario ENG 1W curriculum.

AI is increasingly being used in the field of science. Use this resource as a way to have your students engage with OpenAI to create a solubility experiment while still engaging in critical thinking skills. Students will prompt AI to generate an experimental procedure, revise the product, and conduct the experiment. This is an excellent resource to demonstrate the limitations of relying on AI to today's learners! This project aligns with the Ontario SNC 1W curriculum.

This engaging project offers a variety of response choices (slide deck, essay/report, or creative narrative) for students to demonstrate how they know the Earth is not flat. Use this resource as a way to make the Space unit of SNC 1W more student-led and research-based. The project includes a checklist for students to follow to ensure they have met all of the included requirements. They will learn about the history of space exploration, ancient and modern models of the universe, astronomical ph

Offer a choice in response to chapters from To Kill a Mockingbird with this poem or song assignment. Students will create a product of their choice in response to select novel chapters. The assignment has an example and rubric aligned with the Ontario ENG 1W curriculum.

Offer student choice in this writing response to the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by having them create either a letter or journal entry from a character of their choice. An example and rubric aligned with the Ontario ENG 1W curriculum are included with this assignment.

After reading some chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird, ask your students to develop their own personal narrative. This assignment offers choice in theme and contains a rubric and an example. The assessment criteria are aligned with the Ontario ENG 1W curriculum.

This opinion essay asks students to defend their position on whether or not To Kill a Mockingbird should still be taught in schools. The assignment features a rubric and an example that has been evaluated according to these requirements. The rubric is aligned with the Ontario ENG 1W curriculum.

Have your students discover the differences between parallel and series circuits in this discovery-based experiment. This resource aligns with the Ontario SNC 1W curriculum.

Ask your students to calculate the densities of various household substances and determine the order of their very own density column! This experiment aligns with the SNC 1W curriculum.