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Measuring Angles in a Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers investigate the sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle. They draw a triangle and measure the interior angles. Using Cabri Jr., learners find the sum of the measures of the interior angles. The lesson provides an...
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What's the Spin?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners use the CABRI application for their graphing calculator to rotate, translate, and reflect triangles. They use graphing calculators and follow detailed directions to manipulate triangles in specified ways. There are three...
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What's the Trig?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners determine the trigonometric relationships within a triangle as they construct a right triangle on the Ti-89. They find the sine, cosine, and tangent of various angles of their triangle construction.
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Unemployment in Elkhart

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Fifth to eighth graders explore reasons for and solutions to unemployment. They begin by making a list of luxury goods and discuss why sales of luxury goods would slump in times of unemployment. They then explore infrastructure and...
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Air and Water in the Environment

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the traits of water condensation and evaporation. In this water cycle lesson, students develop an awareness of the importance of water for sustaining life. Students participate in a hands-on activity in which water is...
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Food/Food Borne Illness Scenario

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this food borne illness worksheet, students are given a scenario about guests aboard a cruise ship that get violently ill after a buffet dinner. Students answer 6 questions about the situation, the problem and a possible solution to...
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Trains, Telegraphs, and Steamships: War’s New Weapons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the technological weapons of the Civil War. In this Civil War lesson plan, students research the use of trains, telegraphs, and steamships in the war. Students write newspaper articles pertaining to the new weaponry.
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Norman Rockwell, Freedom of Speech: Know It When You See It

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the U.S. Constitution. In this First Amendment lesson, students examine Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" and analyze the five freedoms listed in the amendment.
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Thanks for Your Service

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students thank their freedom fighters. In this Veteran's Day lesson, students honor members of the U.S. Armed Forces by designing a program to pay tribute to them. Students use technology tools to conduct interviews, take pictures, and...
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The Best Friend of Charleston, The Charleston Railroad

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the Charleston Railroad. In this South Carolina history lesson plan, 3rd graders examine the impact of the rail line on economy and citizens of the state. Students create posters to...
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Properties of Parabolas

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Have your learners investigate parabolas. In this Algebra II lesson, high schoolers explore the basic definition of a parabola by using Cabri Jr. to create a parabola given the focus and directrix.  Students interpret the equation...
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Third Grade Ecuadorian Rainforest

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the Ecuadorian Rainforest. In this writing and research lesson students utilize several information sources to learn about the Ecuadorian Rainforest. Students also summarize and paraphrase information learned...
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How can we keep our forests intact and have chocolate too?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders recognize the need to sustain crops in the rainforest. In this rainforest lesson, 4th graders consider the use of products from the rainforest.  Students discuss how people of different points of view decide what...
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A System of Rules

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write letters, create models, create a photo display, and make charts about the rules that a state has. In this rules lesson plan, students learn about and make different displays of how states come up with rules, change them,...
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Province and Territories Poster

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a poster of a Canadian province or territory. In this Canadian geography lesson, students research a Canadian province or territory and create a poster to present the information explored in class.
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Observing the Sky

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore astronomy. In this astronomy instructional activity, students discuss the history of the movement of celestial bodies and then communicate with other students regarding the movements that they observe in the sky nightly....
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WikiLeaks: High-tech terrorists? Or Journalists?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the credibility of WikiLeaks.  In this history lesson, students read three WikiLeak articles, then answer questions that relate to each article.
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Compound Interest

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils analyze the variables in the formula of a compound interest. They model the increase or decrease of an investment using compound interest and discuss different compounding periods.
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Crunching the Numbers on Dating Violence

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students read about potential violent relationships and beliefs about dating.  In this relationship activity students use graphs to examine data about healthy realtionshipsand draw conclusions on their results.
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Fit for Our Future

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students understand the importance of physical fitness as part of a healthy lifestyle.  In this health lesson students create a display and presentation about what they learned. 
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Area of Circles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers explore circles. In this algebra/geometry lesson, students discover the formula for the area of a circle, as they investigate the ratio of the area of a circle to the radius^2.
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Treasures of Egypt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students match pictures of Egyptian culture with their descriptions. They assemble a poster of resources about Egypt.
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Hollywood

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils listen to a play, or perhaps, take turns reading portions of it aloud. Afterward, they thoughtfully analyze and discuss the components of a well-written play. Next, a theme is assigned, and each person writes a play in conjunction...
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A Step Back in Time

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the Civil War, discuss the life and policy decisions of Abraham Lincoln and the concepts/issues that developed to create North vs. South. This lesson plan is meant to be used before visiting Ford's Theatre.

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