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Alex: Teaching Tolerance and Diversity
The aims of this unit are to develop an altruistic attitude which enriches the life of the student through enhanced insight into different social patterns and ways of life. I want my students to be reflective thinkers who are principled,...
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Alex: Factors That Influence Life Activities
The teacher will begin the instructional activity by asking the question, "What behaviors do you have that affect your lifestyle in a positive way?" Allow students to respond. Then ask, "What behaviors do you have that affect your...
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Alex: The Challenges of the Great Plains Farmer
Students will work in groups of four to create presentations using their research on a particular farming invention that was created from (1837-1867) and also research specific elements about life on the Great Plains. Each group's...
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Alex: Moon Phase Craze
This lesson plan is designed to use online technology resources to practice and reinforce knowledge learned in class on Moon Phases. Students will view online animations with student interaction, while keeping a log of their phase...
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Alex: Student Loan Application
The Student Loan Application instructional activity explains the purpose of student loans. Students will demonstrate the ability to identify, obtain, integrate, understand, interpret, apply, and disseminate information used everyday....
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Alex: Acids and Bases Lesson/lab
This lesson will allow students to perform pH tests that determine if various solutions are acids or bases (cognitive). Students will test common household solutions such as water, vinegar, milk, and orange juice use pH indicator strips....
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Alex: Introduction to Probability
This lesson encourages the students to learn about probability within a group setting. It allows them to help each other gain a better understanding of how probability works. It teaches how to compute probability of basic problems and...
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Alex: "Let's Explore What Our Bones Are For"
This lesson is a hands-on, technology based science lesson. It is very interactive! Young scholars are engaged at all times. Students will explore the human body through a "virtual field trip." While exploring the human body they will...
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Alex: Figure It Out
This is an Internet-based (online) and group discussion lesson. Students will learn the formulas for surface area and volume of cylinders and cones. Students should have previously learned how to determine the area for a circle; however,...
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Alex: Fact vs. Opinion
This instructional activity is a hands-on way for young scholars to learn how to discern between fact and opinion. This is an important skill for citizenship in that citizens should be informed about what is happening in their...
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Alex: Everyone Needs to Be Counted!
Through a mixture of lecture and hands-on interaction, students will gain knowledge of the history of the Census Bureau, the Census in the United States and the significance of the Census in modern society. The students will view a...
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Alex: Rhythm and Solfege Antics!
Lesson introducing the Kodaly method to teach the rhythm tree and solfege. Students combine rhythm and solfege patterns and use them with familiar songs such as "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
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Alex: A Closer Look at Value: Self Portraits
Lesson plan that utilizes Photoshop to teach students about proportion and the grid drawing technique in order to create self-portrait drawings.
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Alex: A Brief History of Jazz!
A lesson plan that helps learners explore the roots of jazz music and some of the important jazz musicians in history.
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Alex: Plants, Pigments and Colors
In this hands-on, inquiry based lesson students will see the role of pigments in the in the process of photosynthesis. Students will use the process of chromatography to separate plant pigments. Students will then see the function of...
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Alex: Card Table Project
Students will work in groups to design a card table. Students will communicate with each other through a class blog or class discussion page. Students will then work in groups to design a card table. After the design phase, students will...
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Alex: Soaring With Literary Elements and Devices
In this lesson, learners will observe literary elements and devices in a variety of chapter books. Students will be paired with a partner and allowed to choose one book to identify literary elements. Using digital cameras and a computer,...
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Alex: Bone Up!
In this instructional activity students will learn the basics about the skeletal system. They will be able to identify the major bones of the human body and explain the functions of the skeletal system. The students will have the...
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Alex: My Future Life: Let's Get Real
This instructional activity requires learners to select a career and explore the requirements for their potential job. They will work with a reality life situation of married versus single, number of children and challenge events....
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Alex: I Could Be the Next Beethoven
In this lesson, young scholars write the words and compose a melody for a school alma mater.
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Alex: College Entrance Exams
The College Entrance Exam lesson is an introduction on how to prepare for college entrance exams. Students will determine which exam they should take in accordance with college requirements for entrance. Students will acquire attitudes,...
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Alex: Working the Battery!
This lesson plan focuses on teaching the final percussion number in a band performance. Learners practice the technique of marching while playing instruments. The lesson plan also focuses on rhythmic interpretation, timing, and...
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Alex: Painting in the Style of a Famous Artist
In this lesson, student groups will research and create PowerPoint presentations of famous painters. Individually, each student will select an artist and create an original work emulating the style and techniques of that artist.
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Alex: "A Body Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"
Students will explain that the human body has different organ systems with different roles. Also, they will discover and illustrate the organelles that each system contains. In addition, students will describe the function of each...