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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

HIV and AIDS: Rights & Responsibilities

For Teachers 8th
Address myths and stereotypes surrounding HIV and AIDS in this lesson plan. Students discuss how the disease is transmitted, how to properly apply a condom, and how to handle real life situations. Note: A number of extension activities,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Pleading the Fifth" Self-Incrimination and the Fifth Amendment

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils examine how the Fifth Amendment protects against self-incrimination. They apply it to hypothetical situations by role playing as judges.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why the Y2Y?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the proposed route from Yellowstone to Yukon. They listen to lectures about the proposal and the different opinions concerning it. Students research the type of wildlife in the area for the road and they consider how...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mail An Egg Rules

For Students 5th - 7th
In this mail an egg worksheet, students are given directions to construct a container that will protect an egg using the least possible materials. Students build their structures and mail their egg to another classroom.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sun Safety

For Teachers K
Students discuss how to protect oneself from the sun.  In this sun safety instructional activity, students explore the movement of the sun throughout the day by tracing their shadows periodically using outdoor chalk.  Students discuss...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Strangers

For Teachers K
Students learn and discuss what to do when approached by a stranger. In this stranger lesson plan, students answer questions based on a book that the teacher reads. They then participate in a discussion about rules and guidelines to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Re: Forest Station

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars read an online article to explore rainforests of the world starting with the Barro Colorado reserve in the Panama Canal. They participate in a mock international summit about rainforest conservation issues.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

A House for Hermit Crab

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Engage young marine biologists in a reading of Eric Carle's A House for Hermit Crab with a fun hands-on activity. Given a set of clipart images of the different aquatic animals that appear in the book, children identify each one during a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Camouflage, Protection, & Adaptations—Who am I?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore ocean animal adaptations. In this animal adaptations lesson plan, students examine how different ocean animals use adaptations other than camouflage to protect themselves.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

UV Rays

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the effects of UV rays and practice finding the UV index for where they live. In this health lesson plan, 4th graders listen to a lecture about ultraviolet rays, then find the UV index in their area and write a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Youth and Children

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the rights that students possess while examining human rights in relation to bullying. They develop ideas and advice for conflict resolution between students.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Leg Bone is Connected To The.... (a Look At the Skeletal System)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study the components of the skeletal system naming the bone groups that make up the appendicular and axial skeletal systems. They name the different layers of bone and the types of joints. They create an animated skeleton.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Brain Injury

For Teachers K - 6th
Students study safety and witness a tragic egg accident to see the effect of not wearing a helmet. They create helmets for their own eggs using paper, styrofoam, or anything else that cushions the egg and drop the protected egg.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Planetary Web Of Life

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students watch a video about the death of a whale. They explore the possible reasons for a marine mammal's death and discuss the importance of its death to our own lives and survival.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fish Food for Thought

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars examine the role of the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Clean Water Act of 1970 after reading Lynne Cherry's, A River Ran Wild. They decide if the goals of the act were met and create a fish cartoon that...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Pests

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study common pests. They examine pest damage and self-protection against pests by reading a story, creating a class book and playing a game.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Protect Me, Protect Me Not?

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students brainstorm natural resources found in Canadian National Parks. They, in teams, defend and support conservation efforts and give a presentation. Evaluation consists of speaking on both pro and con sides of a national parks' issue.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Privacy: Lesson 6: What Are the Possible Consequences of Privacy?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils recognize the advantages and disadvantages of privacy in general and increase their ability to recognize the benefits and costs of privacy in specific situations. Examples of benefits of privacy that students learn include...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Think Safe! Be Safe!

For Teachers K
Students predict, observe, and explain how pillbugs, grasshoppers, stink bugs, and humans stay safe and protect themselves.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Disguise! Disguise!

For Teachers 3rd
Learn how some animals disguise or camouflage themselves as a form of protection.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Diving School: How Do We Move?

For Students 4th - 6th
Mariven lives in Barbados. He is going on a diving adventure to learn all about bones and muscles of the human body.
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Website
Other

Corrosion Doctors

For Students 9th - 10th
A private Canadian organization has compiled this voluminous index of corrosion topics.
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Article
Other

Um: The Battle Over Cryptographic Key "Escrow"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the legal and technical issues involved in cryptography. It also discusses government proposals concerning the clipper chip.
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Article
Other

Chemical Engineers Resource Page: Forms of Corrosion

For Students 9th - 10th
A Chemical Engineers Resource provides this site devoted to chemical engineers. Very thorough. The page you come to, Forms of Corrosion, is very thorough, and has some really useful pictures. Other parts of the site may be helpful,...