SAMPLE LESSON PAGES

Click on the course titles below to visit sample lesson pages from Virtual Virginia courses:

• Economics and Personal Finance -The Virginia Department of Education has
  developed a comprehensive, cutting-edge, online program aligned to the
  Virginia Standards of Learning for Economics and Personal Finance. The
  course includes cartoons, interactive graphics, and myriad interactions
  and assessments that enrich the learning experience and provide
  reteaching opportunities. An overarching simulation also allows students
  to practice their newly acquired skills through characters who make
  economic decisions in a simulated environment.
  
  
• Astronomy - In this sample lesson from Virtual Virginia's Astronomy
  course, the students will learn how knowing the distance to an object
  allows astronomers to infer the size and motion of that object. The
  student will examine 3-D images as well as some interactive images to
  calculate change in distance. In addition, this course utilizes the
  Share the Skies (link to the site at www.sharetheskies.org) internet
  telescope to image the night sky over Australia.
  
  
• French II - This lesson from French II teaches the student language he
  or she would likely use in a tour of France. The first lesson focuses on
  the student's arrival in the capital city. The student will learn about
  airplane vocabulary, practice using prepositions with geographical
  locations in French, and write an email to a friend about his or her
  first impressions of Paris.
  
  
• World Mythology- This lesson from World Mythology takes the student on a
  journey through Ancient Egypt to meet the significant gods of the
  culture's pantheon and to study major symbols used in the traditions and
  hieroglyphs important to the ancient Egyptian belief system.