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Curated OER

Environment: Natural and Invasive Plants

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine a parcel of open land to collect data about the native and invasive plants found there. By monitoring the area, they prevent the spread of weeds through early detection. Students create posters describing the monitoring...
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Curated OER

Get to Know Your City

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research the history of their home city and how it's development was influenced by different groups of people. They present their research information to the class.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Martin Luther King, Jr. for Early Elementary

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners study the accomplishments of Martin Luther, Jr. and investigate how he worked to further tolerance and respect for others.
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Curated OER

Weather/Climate

For Teachers K - 12th
Pupils examine traditional Native American weather/climate knowledge. They keep a weather journal and research cloud cover.
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Curated OER

Kids Count

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read special purpose map, use place value to hundred thousands, and write numbers to hundred thousands.
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Curated OER

My Favorite Birthday

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars collect and organize data from classmates, display data on simple chart, and plan class birthday party.
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Curated OER

Genetics: Who are you?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Study, manipulate, and research genetic traits. Discuss how genetic traits are passed from one generation to another. Classmates explore how they look like their parents and debate whether or not they can do anything about it? They...
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Curated OER

Let's Study Outdoors - Outdoor Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research native plants. They identify the plant by scientific name, size, amount of water needed and color. Pupils measure and plot an area of school property. Students create an outdoor classroom. Additional cross curriculum...
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Curated OER

Home: the Story of Maine "A Love for the Land": Where Are You? Who Are You?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate their neighborhood both as it is now and as it was 100 years ago. They take a walk around their neighborhood and fill out a worksheet before completing a worksheet.
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Curated OER

Where You Belong

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify different groups to which they belong, and use counting techniques to take a census of their family and class.
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Curated OER

A Cultural Palette

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine pieces of music and art that represent who they are. They study Haitian culture and traditions by performing the musical production "Once on the Island." They watch and discuss the film "The Nature of Music."
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Curated OER

Coming to America

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars examine the various cultures of the immigrants who came to America. Using the internet, they research various ethnic and cultural groups within the United States. They identify the reasons why people immigrated to the...
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Curated OER

Taking a Stand

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students make connections with cultures (their own and others'), their identity, heritage, traditions, and symbols and examine the richness that diversity brings to communities.
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Curated OER

The New Immigrants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine what lures immigrants to the Pittsburgh area. They conduct interviews to compare the experiences of new immigrants to the area to those of previous immigrants.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Community Changes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses basic community changes including changes in population, inventions, and transportation.
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Other

Planning.org: Kids and Community

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to explore how you create communities, how you live in them, and how you change them. This site also has information on the career of city planning, and activities on city planning.
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Website
Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The World at Our Doorstep

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Virtual Museum of Canada pictorial exhibition highlights the perseverance of a working class that is dealing with big changes that have taken place in Cape Breton over the last decade (closure of the steel plant in 1999; closure of...