Social studies is an important part of the 21st Century learner’s education. It is the one content area where students can make sense of and connect all the other fields of learning into a common frame of reference. It’s the doorway to becoming a responsible, global citizen. 21st Century learners are more connected with the world than ever before, and it takes an understanding of social sciences as a whole to participate in this environment.
This moodle area is available for sharing resources and ideas for the implementation on Every Student Counts Instructional Strategies at the Primary (preK-3) grade level.
Ok you asked for me for more Gadgets. This time we are utilizing online gadgets using Moodle. We are going to Twitter, Tweet, Blabberize, Wordle, Animoto and many, many more. Course will start in March.
Video Game and Animation Design Contests: This space is reserved for space for Video Game Design and Competitions for the Talented and Gifted Students for Grades 5-6-7-8th Grade!
Video games are a great past time, but let's challenge ourselves by becoming the game designers. Design your own video games using programs like Scratch, Alice, Second Life etc. Make your experience virtual.
The Future Problem Solving Program International (FPSPI) engages students in creative problem solving. Founded by creativity pioneer, Dr. E. Paul Torrance, FPSPI stimulates critical and creative thinking skills and encourages students to develop a vision for the future. FPSPI features curricular and co-curricular competitive, as well as non-competitive, activities in creative problem solving. the Future Problem Solving Program International involves over 250,000 students annually from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, and the United States.
Welcome to Ottumwa High School TAG! This year we are hoping to get more students involved in our program! This site should help you to discover what our TAG program can do for you! Please check here for updates on special extracurricular programs and class information!
The mission of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition is to provide a fun and exciting educational engineering program for seventh- and eighth-grade students that combines a stimulating engineering challenge with a "hands-on" application to present their vision of a city of the future.
This will be accomplished by:
Fostering engineering skills, such as teamwork, communication and problem solving skills;
Providing interaction among students, teachers, and engineer mentors;
Informing the community about the multi-disciplines within the engineering profession;
Inspiring students to explore futuristic concepts and careers in engineering
This space is for TAG teachersand advisors to help collaborate, put together resources, announcements, meeting times, collaboration activities, TAG and Student Events and other related items.
This space is for assignment submissions for TAG students in Mrs. Bradford's TAG class for grades 7 and 8. Parents and TAG teachers will have access to this space.
This course complements Ottumwa Community School District's Mentoring and Induction program. Both Mentors and Beginning Educators will use this course as a venue for communication between facilitators and participants, Mentor/Beginning Educator pairs, Study Groups, or other participants in general.
This course will prepare students for birth and parenthood. In this course, we look at what it takes to become a parent, different types of families,human reproduction system, protection against STD’s, conception and birth, and child development. Students have the opportunity to wear an empathy belly during a class period to know what it is like to be pregnant. Also, students have the opportunity to view a live birth on a video.
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