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Emergency Preparedness
Students are introduced to governmental and humanitarian responses to disasters. They research organizations such as FEMA and the Red Cross. They examine their local National Guard unit as well.
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Costs & Benefits
Students reinforce the concept of the true costs being what is given up by doing something -- normally referred to as opportunity costs.
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Motion Capture and Analysis
High schoolers investigate the concepts and relationships of speed, displacement and time. They capture the serve motion of a tennis player via video or digital camera and analyze the speed of the ball and racquet head.
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Design a Paraplegic Equestrian Saddle
High schoolers investigate a problem and background information including the typical capabilities /limitations of a paraplegic. They develop an understanding of the attributes of engineering design.
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Hurricane Katrina Relief
Students research philanthropic organizations that helped after Hurricane Katrina. They organize a collection drive to contribute to the nonprofit organization. They reflect on their efforts.
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Primary Source? What is That?
Students examine the use of primary sources. They read and discuss excerpts from the "Diary of Anne Frank," write journal entries, identify examples of altruism from the book, write an essay, and complete a worksheet.
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Change Happens
Students research different inventions that have changed over time. They use a comic strip format to illustrate how an area has changed. They share their comic strips with the rest of the class.
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Thinking About Diversity: One Student's View
Students are asked how would you describe your yourself (Racial/Ethnic). Students read Little Boxes, where it is discussed that the author describes that backgrounds of her parents. They continue to read where they still need to come...
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Solar Cooking
Students create brochures focusing on one area of climate change that interests them. This lesson ends with a creative project building Earth Day solar cookers and having a class cookout.
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Birthplace of John F. Kennedy: Home of the Boy Who Would Be President
Students explore the upbringing of John Kennedy and how it effected his culture, character and personality. They investigate their own family traditions, values, and interests.
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Hereos and Celebrities
Students complete a vocabulary game using new words. They use a Venn diagram to distinguish between a celebrity and a hero. They take a vocabulary quiz to complete the instructional activity.
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What Can Be Done to Improve Ha'iku Town Shopping Areas?
Second graders examine different areas to determine how they can be improved. They observe and collect data concerning different problems and use a map to record their information. After analyzing the data, they develop possible...
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Cloud Types and Formation of Clouds
Young scholars take cloud and weather related photographs during the year, making certain to make notes of when, where and what time the photograph was taken. At some point all the pictures be gathered and a scrapbook or "cloud library"...
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Ecological Society of America: Communicating Ecosystem Services
A large collection of resources to aid professionals, community members, and educators in communicating the role and importance of ecosystem services. Issues addressed include pollination, marine nurseries, and water purification....
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International Society for Technology in Education (Iste)
ISTE, among its other goals, seeks to provide the education community with access to high-quality professional development and organizational development services "to support and improve learning, teaching, and administration in K?12...
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National Park Service: Travel the Shaker Historic Trail
This site provides a detailed history of the Shaker community through a tour of its historical sites. Learn about its history, its stories, and the people who were prominent in establishing this religion in America.
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National Park Service: Utopias in America
A good look at the various Utopian communities established in the United States in the 1800s. Find out about the communities, their founders, and their demise.
Arizona State University
Jaie: Community and School Service
This 1968 article from Journal of American Indian Education discusses the pioneer Indian school, Rough Rock Demonstration School, in which the reservation was given control of its own school.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Entrepreneurship
For this lesson, students become entrepreneurs and they will create a community of businesses by selling goods and services for profit. This lesson requires students to work in groups. Each group will have its own business to develop....