What is a frontier? What are the frontiers of the future? What frontiers are being explored today? These and other questions are presented in this series on frontiers that helps make this concept come alive to all students. In Frontiers Book 2: Geography, Explorers, and Literature, students will discover the transcontinental railroad, the discoveries of Lewis and Clark, the mission to Mars, political cartoons, freedom of speech, and book bans. Other books in the Frontiers series include Frontiers Book 1: Pioneers, Genetics, and Energy and Frontiers Book 3: Geology, Astronomy, and Environment. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books: If the World Were a Village by David J. Smith;Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep; andMaterial World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel (optional).

Frontiers: Geography, Explorers, and Literature (Book 2)

Education & Teaching

McGee, Brenda

Wolfinsohn, Sarah

Keiser Triska, Debbie

Schools & Teaching

Prufrock Press, Inc.

What is a frontier? What are the frontiers of the future? What frontiers are being explored today? These and other questions are presented in this series on frontiers that helps make this concept come alive to all students.In Frontiers Book 3: Geology, Astronomy, and Environment, students will explore many different types of frontiers found within the broad concepts of geology, astronomy, and the environment.Students will investigate questions such as, What is the rock cycle? What is plate tectonics theory? and Who was Alfred Wegener? Once students begin to understand the forces at work on our own world, they examine research taking place to land the first man on Mars. By studying the Flashline Mars Research Station and the effects of near zero-gravity on mammals, students will have a better understanding of just how daunting of a task it will be to someday land on the red planet. This book also looks at what is being done to conserve the natural resources on our planet.Other books in the Frontiers series include Frontiers Book 1: Pioneers, Genetics, and Energy and Frontiers Book 2: Geography, Explorers, and Literature. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books: The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole; andSilent Spring by Rachel Carson.

Frontiers: Geology, Astronomy, and Environment (Book 3)

Balances, the first book in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4-6, asks students conceptual questions in regard to balance such as, "Is it possible for our world to ever again be ecologically balanced?" or "What?s the connection between the inner ear and seasickness?" The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students? natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4-6, students will discover the balance that exists around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In this book, students will examine the universal concept of balance from many different and exciting perspectives. Balance in art, government, diet, mathematics, and even elevators will be studied. "Balances", along with the other books in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4-6 ("Choices", "Explorations", "Questions", and "Viewpoints"), makes teaching advanced learners easier!

Balances (Multiage Curriculum - Intermediate)

Triska Keiser, Debbie

Prufrock Press

What is a frontier? What are the frontiers of the future? What frontiers are being explored today? These and other questions are presented in this series on frontiers that help make this concept come alive to all students. The books in Prufrock's Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 6, students will discover the frontiers around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Frontiers Book 1: Pioneers, Genetics, and Energy, students will explore forgotten pioneers in the Westward expansion, the Civil Rights Movement, and medicine. In Frontiers Book 2: Geography, Explorers, and Literature, students will follow the trail of Lewis and Clark, as well as other explorers that broke through geographic and literary frontiers. In Frontiers Book 3: Geology, Astonomy, and Environment, students will explore plate tectonics, the rock cycle, Mars, and conservation of natural resources. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.

Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 6 - Frontiers (3 vol. set)

Routledge

The Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4–6 provides students with exciting and interesting activities about topics such as diets, government, math, explorations, debate questioning, and critical thinking. The books in Prufrock's Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4–6, students will discover the world around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. The books in this series of Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Units for Grades 4–6 include Balances, Choices, Explorations, Questions, and Viewpoints. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools. In Balances, students explore the universal concept of balance from many angles, including government, diet, mathematics, and even elevators. Choices enlightens students to the many choices they make everyday, while teaching decision-making strategies, consequences, and the implications of choice. Explorations challenges students to go beyond the explorers before them to discover new concepts such as winter survival tactics, alternative sources of energy, the effects of ancient inventions on today's society, and more. In Questions, students examine the Five W's of questioning, Socratic-style questions, and the need for important questions to enact change. Viewpoints provides critical thinking activities to help students learn to consider the views of others in both formal debate and difficult decisions. Teachers and students alike will enjoy this kit of exciting multiage curriculum. Not only will these books save teachers time and ease their minds by meeting and exceeding national gifted education standards, they will challenge and expand students' minds with enjoyable hands-on activities.

Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit: Intermediate (Multiage Curriculum - Intermediate)

Children's Books

Education & Reference