Resource Library for Teachers & Parents
Fire-Starters
Send in your best ideas for drawing students into a challenge!
Email firestarters [AT] firesinthemind [DOT ORG]
Multi-Disciplinary: |
True-False Game (PDF) 1-2-3-4 Game (PDF) Egg Trick for Reasoning Practice (PDF) |
English Lang. Arts: |
What is a Sentence? Making Grammar Practice Personal |
Social Studies: |
Cold War Arms Race |
Science: |
“The Inner Life of a Cell” (video animation) Chess Openings as Natural Selection (PDF) |
Math: |
“Math Curriculum Makeover” video by Dan Meyer on TED.com Tic-Tac-Toe as a Lesson in Coordinate Planes |
Sample chapters from Fires in the Mind
Fires in the Mind, Chapter 1 (PDF)
Fires in the Mind, Chap 8, on Homework (PDF)
Meet the Student Contributors! (PDF)
Exercises from Fires in the Mind
Defining Mastery (PDF)
It Starts with a Spark! (PDF)
When You Are Learning Something New (PDF)
What Makes Us Willing to Try? (PDF)
How Does Our Knowledge Grow? (PDF)
Goals Checklist for Practice in Class (PDF)
Organizing a Lesson Around Mastery: A Template and Example (PDF)
The Habits of Experts (PDF)
What Is Deliberate Practice? (PDF)
Practice Project 5-Day Curriculum (PDF)
Project-Based Learning Resources
Criteria for a First-Rate Project (PDF)
Phoenix HS Student Projects (PDF)
Presentation Handouts
Fires in the Mind, Presentation Handouts (PDF)
Assignments & Rubrics, Teacher Educators (PDF)
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