This is a reflective assignment for students to go through. It is meant to be done at the beginning of the school year to set up a classroom of mutual respect. I would do one reflection per day throughout the first week of school. This is based on the Tipi Teachings of the Cree people in Northern Alberta. In Alberta, it aligns with the 3 credit locally developed course, Elder's Chronicles, 7 Grandfather Teachings.
Includes an activity with 5 tasks to learn about ionic and covalent compounds. I have also thrown in three extra worksheets I use for learning naming of compounds that work great for kids who missed class as there are links to you tube videos that teach the concepts. “You guys are so smart you don’t even need me to teach you this! You could figure it all out yourselves… so that is what we are going to do today!” Divide the class into small groups (2-4 people). Each group is given one task at a
This assignment was created as a way to determine a grade for students learning to smudge with the 3 credit locally developed course Elder's Chronicles: Smudging, LDC1015. It ensures students have met the outcomes.
2 Activities 1. Tasks that have students discovering the exponent rules by looking at solved problems and trying questions. Includes negative exponent, zero exponent, product, quotient, power of a power, power of a product, power of a quotient, and fractional exponent rules. Can be set up as stations or can just be given one task, then when they complete it and have it checked for accuracy they are given the next. 2. Exponents Challenge Questions - Error recognition - Some challenging exponents