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Cooperation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students, in groups, "Build An Animal where they need to cooperate in order to be successful and then make a storyboard for a Powerpoint presentation.
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Brief Encounters (Building Bridges)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students experience what it is like to confront and deal with a culture highly different from their own. They gain skills in observing and describing behaviors and develop an understanding of how our cultural values influence the way we...
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Building Bridges for Young Learners--Culture

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the concept of "culture." In this cross curriculum literacy and world history lesson, students listen to a letter written by a child from Namibia, then compare and contrast life in Africa with their own life. Students...
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Building Bridges for Young Learners- School

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners examine the purpose of education.  In this schooling instructional activity, students read a letter from a child in Uzbekistan. Learners compare and contrast their schooling to children around the world.
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Task: Storage Sheds

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Bridge the gap between mathematics and Career Technical Education. Pupils research the cost associated with building storage sheds and analyze possible profit. They build scale models and determine if building and selling the sheds is a...
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Peter and the Wolf

For Teachers K - 4th
Peter and the Wolf is a wonderful piece that introduces learners to classical music, builds listening skills, and creates a bridge from song to imagination. Each slide shows a picture of one of the characters from the story and a group...
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Grade 9 ELA Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 11

For Teachers 9th Standards
As part of a study of how writers structure their text so that readers understand events, class members do a close reading of "Is It Lawful to Make Slaves of Others Against Their Will?" a chapter in Aronson and Budhos' Sugar Changed the...
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Capitalization and Washington, D.C.

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn and practice capitalizing names of cities, states, countries, streets, buildings, bridges, and geographical places around the theme of Washington, D.C. through activities at learning centers in the classroom.
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Word Pair Analogies 10: Low-Advanced SAT Level

For Students 9th - 12th
Analogy exercises are a great way to build vocabulary and critical thinking skills. To select the pair of words that represents the same relationship as the initial pair, learners are instructed to construct a bridge sentence that...
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Stressed and Strained

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore stress and strength in engineering design. In this engineering lesson, students become familiar with terminology associated with stress and strain on building material. They will have a class discuss about how their beam...
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Writing: Barn Raising

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young writers compare writing a paper to building a barn. They write a thesis statement using parallel construction and use transitions to hold the paper (walls of the barn) together. A barn raising video link is included; great for...
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Galloping Who?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders do an Internet search to find out about Galloping Gertie and what caused the bridge to fail.
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Realistic Fiction

For Teachers 5th Standards
How do you that you are reading a realistic fiction story? Help your pupils discover the answer to this question by providing a series of situations for them to relate to and analyze. The lesson is meant as a build-up to Bridge to...
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Building a Topographic Model

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the features of a topographic map. They make paper models that portray, in three-dimensions, features represented by contour lines on a topographic map. Students demonstrate different elevations shown on a...
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Building Literacy Through Character

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders connect reading to writing by making predictions, completing text to world connections, solving problems, and more. In this reading and writing lesson plan, 2nd graders draw conclusions after reading and write them down.
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Timeline - Curriculum Connections

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research a timetable for the building of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. After the research is completed, students construct a graph and come up with different proposals for the building of the bridge.
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Crossing the Narrows: Idea & Dream,...to 1937

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers decide which group they would like to be a member of discussing the Tacoma Narrowns Bridge. Each group researches the same questions but have different answers depending on the group they are in.
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Galloping Gertie

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read a poem and are to write another poem using the words given. They are also to develop a monument and narrative of the bridge and its collapse.
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Vectors

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students describe motion by the use of adding vectors. They identify the difference between the x and y components of vector quantities. Students are given the Paper Bridge Building handout and the instructions as to where to perform...
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Built To Last

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers face the challenges of building big, functional structures, like bridges, domes and skyscrapers. They turn their talents to satisfying clients who have hired them to design their new home.
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Paper Towel Structure

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate technology and its purpose in the workplace. In this geometry lesson plan, students design and build a paper towel structure to investigate motion and forces. They are given a restricted weight and asked to build...
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Design And Construct A Road Sign Support

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use simple materials to design, build, and test a model of a free-standing structure used to support overhead road signs. First, students watch a video on the engineering design process. Then the design challenge is defined.
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Analog to Digital Conversion

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this electrical circuit learning exercise, students answer a series of 18 open-ended questions about analog to digital converter circuits. They analyze schematics in order to answer the questions. Students design and build an analog...
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Straw Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students view a video on bridges and domes. They discuss the importance of shapes, especially triangles for these structures. They participate in an activity in which they create their own dome out of paper clips.

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