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Violence
Ninth graders create a piece of drama based on the violence of theme. In groups, student research the word violence, then create their piece.
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The Volstead Act and Related Prohibition Documents
High schoolers listen to the 18th Amendment. After a discussion on Prohibition, the groups determine if it was a success or a failure and present their findings to the class. They view political cartoons of the day and analyze their...
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Say It Loud!: A Celebration Of Black Music In America Music In America
Learners study early New Orleans Jazz music and recognize Louis Armstrong as an early jazz artist. They recognize the elements and roots of Jazz.
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How Many Drops?
Seventh graders hypothesize about the number of drops of liquid that can be placed on a penny before it spills over. They examine both the concept of devising a hypothesis and the idea of surface tension. They determine the difference...
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Choices That Adolescents Make
Students examine the different types of information available to adolescents. They analyze the decision making process of adolescents and examine the basis for egocentric thought. They analyze to what degree peer pressure affects...
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Converting Energy
Students explore the concepts of energy transformation and conversion. They engage in Internet and hands-on activities. Students visit the Atoms Family Website and complete a Building a Better Pyramid activity by adding insulation to...
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The Power of Empathy
Students investigate the emotion and social practice of empathy. They role play being in various situations in order to understand the feelings of others. Students pick an adult to interview who has overcome great difficulty.
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Mixtures
Sixth graders experiment with mixtures. In this chemistry lesson, 6th graders determine which mixtures are considered heterogeneous, a suspension, a solution or a colloid. Students create a data sheet of what they discover.
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Refusal Skills
Students analyze the relationship between values and refusal skills. They review types of refusal skills: saying 'no', establishing priorities, avoiding and identify personal values. They determine to keep actions and behavior...
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How Big Are Earth, Sun, and Moon?
Third graders draw what they believe is in space on a dry erase board. In groups, they are given a beaker half filled with water and they add a teaspoon of oil, observing the different layers that form. To end the lesson, they identify...
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The Impact of the Physical Environment on Stream Macroinvertebrates
Students explore the relationship between leaf packs in streams and macroinvertebrate populations. They experiment with hand exposure to stream macroinvertebrates in natural leaf packs and then make leaf packs of their own. The...
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Holidays: St. Patrick's Day
In this foreign language worksheet, students complete ten sentences by selecting the best of two choices to complete the sentences. Sentences are all about St. Patrick's Day traditions.
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BIO205-CH1- Intro Word Search
In this word search activity, students locate words related to biology. The word list includes protists, viruses, plants, spiral, and biotechnology.
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Heat of Reaction
In this reactions worksheet, students define enthalpy, heat of formation, and Hess's Law. Students determine how many kilojoules are released during specific reactions. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions and 11 problems to solve.
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To Have Or Not To Have Oxygen (Part I - Fermentation)
Students explore the fermentation process. In this biology lesson plan, students describe the process of glycolysis and infer the reactants and products of fermentation.
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Nutrition Awareness
High schoolers gain an awareness of nutrition. In this science lesson plan, students explore how to determine his or her ideal body weight, demonstrate familiarity with the food groups relating to kilocaloric content, estimate the basic...
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Will it Stretch?
Young scholars explore elasticity and describe the effects of temperature changes on physical properties. In this rubber band stretch lesson plan students complete an experimental activity and show their results.
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Tudor Entertainment Crossword
For this English history worksheet, students read 20 clues about entertainment in the Tudor culture. Students complete a crossword puzzle with their answers.
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Strawberry DNA extraction
Students study the basic function of DNA and then extract it from strawberries. In this DNA extraction lesson plan students examine DNA and see why the extraction of it is so important to scientists.
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What Color Are The Leaves?
Young scholars identify the colors in leaves. In this chromatography lesson, students read the book Why Do Leaves Change Color? and construct chromatography strips to identify the colors of leaves.
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Peer Pressure
Eleventh graders analyze the social impact media plays in relation to peer pressure. In this peer pressure lesson plan, 11th graders listen to Afroman's "Lets All Get Drunk" and read the lyrics. Students write about the song and view a...
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Chapter 13 – Progressivism
In this U.S. history worksheet, students read assigned textbook pages regarding Progressivsim and respond to 48 short answer questions.
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Present Simple Tense: negative sentences
In this present simple worksheet, students complete negative sentences with don't or doesn't, negative forms of verbs, and more. Students complete 3 tasks.