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Louisa May Alcott

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore life of author Louisa May Alcott, define Transcendentalism, discuss the children's books Alcott wrote, read two selections she wrote, and compare the writing style of one of her children's stories with a story she...
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Impressionism

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders conduct Internet research as well as visit museum Web sites to become acquainted with the period of Impressionism. After completing their research, they sketch ideas for a landscape painting in the Impressionist style...
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The Terrible Transformation: Freedom Denied

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn about the legal foundations for slavery and explore autobiographical writings of slaves. Students trace the development of laws that enforced the slave status of Africans and their descendants.
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Statue of Liberty Sculpture

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story of the Statue of Liberty, observe that we can view the Statue of Liberty from all sides, know that the Statue of Liberty is sculpture in the round.
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Many Chairs, One Table

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine artwork and sculpture by Keith Haring. They decorate a chair with their own symbols and designs.
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Decomposers at Work!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars design and conduct investigations that illustrate the process of decomposition. After a lecture/demo, students simulate the process of soil composting in the classroom. They closely chart the decomposition of their soil.
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A Changing Society

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine Chaucer's work about the medieval times. In groups, 7th graders imagine what modern activities could replace some tasks used in medieval times.
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One With Nature

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover the connection between Japanese art and Romantic literature using a variety of sources and the impact of nature on these two art forms. This lesson is a three-day exploration.
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This Stuff Makes Me Sick

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a lab showing the effects of pesticides on Lumbriculus variegatus. Several extensions and variations are also included in this instructional activity including one which relates the experiment to how pesticides...
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Reading, Sharing, and Comparing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners review the 2 Finger Rule for selecting an appropriate book and then check out a book they can read. They practice cross checking to make sure they understand what they are reading and then read quietly in a comfortable spot for...
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Environment: Waste Walk

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Pupils assess the positive and negative affects of humans on the environment. The lesson explores ways in which individuals and societies can reduce the negative impact on the environment. By taking a "waste walk" around their campus,...
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BUGS-INSECTS

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a theme study while teaching primary students basic skills according to Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals in Reading, Math, and Writing. The lesson plan is concerned primarily with the concept of insects.
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Insect Collection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate about various biological aspects of life, while examining desert insect species. They see the diverse range of species that live in the desert, despite the apparent lack of life in the desert. students...
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What's the Best Age to Retire?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners examine the retirement age. In this global studies lesson, students read a selection (the selection is not included) regarding the retirement age in different countries and discuss the content of the reading selection.
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A Veritable Circus: Investigating Balance

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students experiment with balance to learn about verticle balance, horizontal balance, center of gravity, and become active problem solvers and "scientists." Student engage in manipulating and changing experimental materials.
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Amphibians and Reptiles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students classify animals as either reptiles or amphibians.
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MOSAICS

For Teachers All
This instructional activity will teach the students about how Mosaics are made and how they have been used in the past history and in modern times. Students will construct their own paper mosaics.
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Beep, Beep, Vroom, Vroom

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice identifying, creating and labeling simple patterns. They recreate patterns in used in Stuart Murphy's book, Beep, Beep, Vroom, Vroom.
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The Sundial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the design, principle and orientation of a sundial, the type with a gnomon pointing towards the pole of the heavens. They construct a model sundial from paper.
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Drosophila Melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars cross wild type flies and mutants, both purchased from a biological supply house (Carolina Biological Supply or Wards, for example) in groups from lesson one.
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The Sundial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the sundial, its design and use.
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The Sundial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students receive an introduction to the sundial, its design and use.
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Map on the Wall

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars examine the Ogallala aquifer water storage facility, identify rivers that refill the aquifer, and locate major cities near by. Students make maps of the area.
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Hatshepsut's Temples and Obelisks

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create Hatshepsut's Temples and Obelisks using a variety of materials.