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Movie Books- Children's Stories

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create movie books that make their stories come alive. They share these movie books with non-readers in an attempt to inspire them.
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 9 - Exercise 2b

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, high schoolers answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Slippery Slope

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Explore slope using geometric patterns. Young mathematicians investigate towers built from cubes to develop a linear pattern. They move the data to a coordinate plane to connect the pattern to slopes.
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Exploring the Night Sky: Summer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explain how moon phases occur. They describe and explain at least two common misconceptions that people have about the moon. Students explain what a star is. They explain 3 ways that the night sky has been used throughout history.
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Homopolar Motor Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct a homopolar motor following certain procedures. In this physics lesson, students explain how generators and motors work. They compare and contrast the characteristics of both.
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Concepts in Precalculus 1: Trigonometry

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars investigate trigonometry.  In this Algebra II/Pre-calculus/Trigonometry instructional activity, students explore Islamic achievements in mathematics as they calculate angles and distances using the Law of Sines and...
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Help Mary Find Her Way Home

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars discover the first quadrant of the coordinate plane by using coordinate points to give directions. They show a lost girl the way home using coordinate points. They add definitions to their math journals.
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Human Geometry Book

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners investigate geometric shapes. In this geometry activity, students read the book The Greedy Triangle and define the shapes mentioned in the book. Learners make the shapes by using their bodies.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Drawing the Line

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students read about the attributes of political and editorial cartoonists. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Giving Beyond Measure-The Diary of Anne Frank

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and analyze the play "The Diary of Anne Frank" based on the book of the same name. They identify philanthropic concepts and values in the play and discuss the ways in which specific characters actions affect the events....
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Repeat After Me: Repetition in the Visual Arts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify repetition in the composition of a variety of art works, and how it is used to create a unified composition. They discuss compositional structure of a painting.
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Hector's World Cyber-bullying: You're Not Alone

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss cyber-bullying and how it relates to their emotional state. In this cyber-bullying instructional activity, students watch a short video that identifies how cyber-bullying occurs. Students participate in an...
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Death Be Not Proud

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars consider various opinions concerning the execution of Timothy McVeigh. They formulate, and share in writing, their own perspectives on his execution and on the lasting impact of the Oklahoma City bombing.
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Storytellers: Pearl Jam

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the concept of freedom of speech as it applies to music. They watch and discuss the video, "VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam," participate in a class discussion about free speech, conduct research, and conduct a debate.
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Mosaic America on Film: Fact Versus Fiction

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders define race, ethnic group, and culture. They identify the ways in which words are used in political cartoons and examine the way visual elements in a cartoon determine the meaning of words and enhance their impact. They...
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The ADA, the Supreme Court, and Self-Advocacy

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the role the Supreme Court plays in laws and decisions that affect individuals with disabilities and examine the policies of the American with Disabilities Act. They draw parallels between policies enacted by the ADA and...
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Comparisons, Redeeming Slavery, and Code words.

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students compare and contrast parallels between various aspects of slavery. In this anti-slavery lesson students examine types of slavery from the Holocaust to contemporary issues of slavery in the world today.
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The Three Doctrines & Legalism

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders imagine themselves to be, in turn, a follower of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Legalism. They are given a handout that lists seven questions. Direct students to write down how they feel an individual would answer...
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Parallelism in Our Everyday World: Parallel Lines and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students broaden their outlook on geometry in their everyday environment. They explore the properties of parallel lines and parallelograms and discover ways to prove the existence of parallel lines and discuss the concept of parallel lines.
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Using Technology To Teach Parallel Lines With Transversals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the relationships between angles formed by two lines cut by a transversal when lines are and are not parallel. They define key vocabulary terms, then using a camera take pictures at their school of parallel lines with...
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A Simple Model for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this atmospheric carbon dioxide learning exercise, students use two diagrams to solve 6 problems about atmospheric carbon dioxide. One diagram shows the Keeling Curve and the other shows sources of carbon and the natural and...
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The Battle Over Reconstruction: The Aftermath of Reconstruction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Reconstruction Era. In this American history lesson, students explore the condition of the United States following the Civil War as they read statistical data. Students analyze the Reconstruction policies to...
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Shape Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore differents types of triangles and quadriaterals. In this polygon lesson, students  model identify and compare two and three dimensional geometric figures. Middle schoolers create tangrams and discover the...
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Big Cat Locations

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore different environments while studying the habitats of big cats.  In this big cats lesson plan, 1st graders draw pictures of their favorite cats, learn about the areas where cats live, design a zoo habitat and...