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Alex: Service Learning Project
Students will design and implement a service project to be done as a class in a familiar community (neighborhood or school).
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Alex: Impact of Technology
Students will use the Internet to discover the impact of technology on a variety of areas.
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Alex: Company Salute
In this lesson students will explore employee/employer issues related to a specific job/company. Students will then design a poster presenting or "saluting" the job/company they researched and share information with the class.
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Alex: "Fccla the Community Connection"
This is a project-based lesson designed to guide students through the steps of planning a student organization community service project. The lesson focuses on the students' ability to apply knowledge and skills gained through...
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Alex: The Egg Drop
The instructional activity will explore positive and negative team performance and behaviors.
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Alex: Personal and Professional Growth
Students will work together to improve their community while learning valuable life and employability skills. They will design and execute their own community service project. When the project is over, students will conduct a meeting and...
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Alex: Job Interviewing 101
In this lesson plan students will explore the process of successfully searching for a job. This will include the development of forms/documents which can assist the successful job-seeker. The submission of a portfolio and "mock" job...
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Alex: Entrepreneurship: Creating a New Business
In this lesson plan students will explore the steps involved in starting a new business. This will include preparing a ten-page Business Plan, building a model of the business, and presenting the business idea in a role-play situation...
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Alex: Employer/personnel Issues
The class will discuss issues relating to employer/personnel. They will work together in groups to write a guide for new employees. They will also create a classroom policy handbook.
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Alex: Measurement Mania
In this lesson students will review the English and metric measurement systems and compute how much paint and carpet would be needed to redecorate their classroom.
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Alex: Alaska: The People and the Land
Young scholars will read the short story about Alaskan Native heritage, "Otoonah," as retold by Robert David San Souci. From the reading and interpretation of this native American story, students will study the indigenous people of...
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Alex: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
This lesson covers chiral molecules, which are important in carbohydrate and protein chemistry. Understanding the difference in their structures helps with understanding the different biochemical properties of molecules with similar...
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Alex: Using Fairy Tales to Teach the Short Stories
Familiar fairy tales are used as guides to help students analyze the elements of the short story: plot, theme, setting, point of view, and character.
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Alex: Spanish Travel Brochures
Students will incorporate information from Internet research in creating original travel brochures for Spanish speaking countries using word processing or publishing software. Students could alternatively create wikis or podcasts.
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Alex: The Louisiana Purchase: An Offer We Couldn't Refuse
This lesson explores the circumstances surrounding the United States' acquisition of the Louisiana Territory. To research these topics students will integrate a variety of print and technology resources. Students will apply the results...
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Alex: Primary Technology Maps
This hands-on, inquiry-based lesson combines maps skills which include identifying map elements, applying an understanding of cardinal directions, interpreting resource maps, and identifying a location. Students will have the opportunity...
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Alex: Are You Picking Up What I'm Putting Down?
How are magnetism and electricity related? Students will explore the relationship between magnetism and electricity, learn how to construct an electromagnet, and discover everyday uses of electromagnets. Students will create a multimedia...
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Alex: Finding the Slope of a Line
This lesson plan will use a slide presentation to facilitate teaching students how to find the slope of a line when given the graph of the line or two points. Students will interact with the presentation in two ways: first, by taking...
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Alex: Habitats
What is a habitat? In this lesson, students will identify that a habitat has four elements, food, water, shelter, and space. Students will identify their own habitat and create a brochure describing the habitat in terms of food, water,...
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Alex: Welcome to the World of Verbs
In this comprehensive study of the verb, middle schoolers participate in play-acting, creative writing, word processing, and pencil-paper activities. A teacher-made slideshow presentation with student friendly Web links introduces the...
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Alex: Nocturnal Animals Lesson #4: Owls
During this lesson, students will visit various Internet sites to learn facts about owls. They will use this information to draw a picture of the owl food chain, dissect owl pellets, and write a poem about owls.
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Alex: Technology and You
In this instructional activity students will use the Internet to find examples of how technology has impacted human lives. They will then determine of what value these are to their own lives.
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Alex: Now You See Me, Now You Don't!
An animal's physical characteristics, such as its body color, may give it a better chance of survival. For example, the body colors of many animals blend with their background. In this investigation, students will see that body color may...
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Alex: Name That Change!
This lesson teaches students to distinguish between physical and chemical changes. Students will view an interactive slideshow presentation and then conduct experiments to discern physical and chemical changes.