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The Unit of Practice (UOP), developed
by researchers at the
Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT), is defined by the following
elements:
| INVITATION | ATTENTION GRABBER! THE HOOK! Briefly describe the project in an inviting way. How/why will this unit have a significant impact on student learning? |
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What is the nature of the student work required by the teacher? |
| INTERACTIONS | Who talks and works with whom? Who initiates interactions? Are students in groups, teams or do they work individually while working on the task? |
| SITUATIONS | Environment(s): Where will the learning take place?
Time Frame: What is your time frame for the lesson or unit? |
| TOOLS | What materials are provided to support the representation of ideas? |
| STANDARDS | What objectives are set for learners? Use local, district, state and national outcomes that are served by the activity. (A technology component is required). |
| ASSESSMENT | What students' work will be evaluated? How will the students' work be evaluated? The use of authentic assessments is encouraged for this type of teaching. |
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Melinda Brown's,
Sherry Cogger's, Lois Ohlson's and Sharon Stanley's,
It's a "Shore" Thing for 5th grade.
Nancy Dottermusch's
and Laurie Murrell's Pollution
Solutions for 5th grade.
Dianna Todd's
and Meg Bradford's
Ghostchasers Across the Carolinas for 4th grade. Mid
Link Magazine Award Winner!
Freda Fodrie's,
Louise Johnson's, Jackie Ramus' and Dora Edwards 5th grade unit,
Does
Your School Measure Up! A Look at Wellness.
Gail Whitley's,
Nancy Bissette's, Mary Ann Harris', and Barbara Tomberlin's multi-disciplinary,
multi-grade (4th and 5th) unit, Life's
a Beach, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jo Ann Barbre's,
Susan Wallace's, Jerry Fedorowicz's and Paula Kesler's 5th grade unit, Circle
of Life.
Sherry Cogger,
Renee' Gilpin, Heather James, and Susan Stewart's 2nd grade unit, A
Tree and Me.
Leigh Ann
Padgett (5th grade) and Madelene Lewis (Even Start) combine forces to create, Dream
Destinations.
Bonnie Narron,
Martha Ruffin, (2nd grade), and Susan Vallance, Ann Price (3rd grade)
combine grade levels to teach a science unit called Went
to the Garden Party.
Peggy Fisher,
Diane Tyner, Jan Sartin, Ruamie Perri's 4th grade unit on Get
Hooked on Carteret County.
Betty Martin,
Emily Dudley and Donald Willis' 4th grade unit: Gateway
to the Real Original Downeast.
Connie Crowe
and Michelle McDonald's second grade unit called: Wacky
Weather. Recognized as an
Outstanding Project by the DPI
Charlotte
Driver, Milena Glancy, Sandy Herman and Ann House's 2nd grade unit
called: Batten Down the Hatches.
Misty Jolly
and Sarah Holland's 3rd grade unit called: 2001: A Lego
Space Odyssey.
Jenne Brown
and Sue Krieger's 5th grade unit called: State the State
Game.
Lynn Cohen and
Sarah Weinhold's 4th grade unit called: Charlotte's
Web Dinner Theater.
Terri Trevathan and Debra Stinson's 4th
and 5th grade unit called: At the Waters' Edge: A
Comparative Study of Coastal Habitats.
Janet
Turner, Lisa Guthrie, Terry Lewis, Cecila Smith's K, 1st and 2nd grade unit
called: Fishermen Celebration
Lisa
Pike, Anne Hume, Cheryl DeBurkarte's unit called: Lighthouses
in the Western Hemisphere.
Donna
Bradshaw, Connie Crowe, Daryn Pake, and Belinda Parvin's unit called: The
Well You.
Carolyn
Brown, Ginger Fulcher, Stephanie Harley, and Diane Willis' unit called: Morehead
City: Our Town.
Billie
Chadwick, Ann House, Lisa Lawrence, and Angie Pittman's unit called: Let's
Make a Date.
Visit
Lonnie Nixon's (4th), and Roxann Everett's (5th) Unit of Practice: Newport's
News Has a Nose for News
Visit
Debbie Hults and Janice Clontz's kindergarten unit called. Healthy,
Happy, Me.
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Miriam Sutton's
and Penny Boudreaux's White
Oak River Basin Study for middle school Science and English/Language
Arts students
Bill Newman's
multi-disciplinary How
Much Would You Pay for a Big Mac? for middle school students
Joe Ross'
and Ann Stanley's,
Cloning Project for middle school science and English/Language Arts
students
Lee Washalefsky's,
Holly Smith's, Rob Robinson's, and David Schock's, BCMS,
Inc. a multi-disciplinary unit.
Danette Guthrie's,
Ed Lindberg's and Phyllis Mick's, I
Can't Hear You! for middle school computer technology and science students
Leslie Becton's,
Nancy Piner's, Eric Degiule's and Bill Newman's, Hurricane
Alley: Coastal North Carolina in the Bulls Eye
(All you need to know to live on the coast) a multi-disciplinary
unit.
Cole Jones,
Stephanie Sanders, Anita Hardesty, and George Cox's, Wicked
Winds and Fateful Floods, Hurricanes: The Path of Destruction Yesteryear
and Today
Ryan Koczot,
Sandy Kelly, and Nancy Guthrie's KDOA,
Kids Documentary of Africa
Georgeann
Burroughs and Julie Perry's, Entering
the ENCORE Zone
Matti Thompson,
Lessie Guthrie, Anne Henderson and Laura O'Chats', SEA:
Shipwreck Exploration Adventure.
Margery Misenheimer,
Rhonda Scibal, Virginia Piner, Michelle Tickle, and Barbara Pigott's 8th
and 5th grade unit, A Patchwork Quilt: Carteret
County Yesterday and Today
Mike Crusie,
Dianne Garner, Lisa Guthrie, Laranda Taylor, and Betsy Winberry created
this 8th grade multi-disciplinary unit on Winds of
Change.
Adron
Nelson, Claudia Goodwin, Meg Fulcher, Donna Smith, Donald Willis, and Paula
Willis created: Washington
DC on the Web.
Juanita Russell, Imogene
Clawson, Dawn Simpson, Norma Fulton, Brenda Feagle, and Harriet Pittman unit
called: What's
Cooking Down East?
Frank Britt,
Geraline Castle, Penni dMaio, Jeffrie Holloway, Callie Lewis, Kristy Malloy and
Yvonne McCabe 7th grade unit called: Weather
or Not, Here it Comes!
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Rosey
Ward's and Ed Ladenburger's Coffee
Cup for Honors Physical Science and AP
Calculus students
Rosey Ward's
and Ed Ladenburger's Grant
Writing for Honors Physics and AP Calculus
students
Rosey Ward's
and Ed Ladenburger's 2-D
Motion for Honors Physics and AP Calculus
students
Clyda Lutz's
and Danielle Bisbee's Campus
Mapping for
Earth Science and Geometry students
Tammy Schooley's
and Lillie Miller's Lasers for
Honors Physical Science and Honors Geometry students
Adele Collins'
and Lisa Zacholl-Parker's Student
Health and Tobacco Use for Anatomy II and Algebra 1B
Heather Cook's
and Phyllis Gray's The
Meditative Garden for Introduction to Biology and Junior English students
Tony Bello's Mapping
the Morehead City Waterfront for Drafting students and Jim Nolan's Mapping
the Morehead City Waterfront for Geology students
Barbara Walters'
honors marine science class and Gail Bottom's Honors Pre calculus class
"Tropical Currents".
Amanda McBride's
and David Perry's Sports
Medicine: A Historical Perspective for Sports Medicine and World
Civilizations students
James Oliver's
and Kay Zimarino's Metal
with Meaning for AgriScience and Art I students
Jeff Strong's
and Pauline Walker's The
People v. Bob Ewell for English III and Law & Justice students
Phyllis Gray's Journey
to the Center of the Self for English 110 students and Carolyn Temple's Journey
to the Center of the Self for Health and Physical Education students
Melodie Darden's
and Mike McKay's Comprehensive
Look into Prospective Careers for English and Business students
Tom Sawyer's
and Cecil Shelton's Tasty
Tilapia for Agriculture Education and Earth/Environmental Science
Mike Bernstein's
and Marcela Topping's A
Centennial Time Machine for U.S History and Spanish 1.
Jill Hopper's
and Vera Loyd's "Literarily"
Speaking, La Literatura for English I
and Spanish.
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