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A Flag for Mars

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the historical use of flags on Earth, debate ownership issues for interplanetary exploration, and design a flag for Mars. The implication of placing a flag at a location forms the focus of the lesson plan.
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Issues Awareness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to create a survery about environmental issues in their community. They calculate and graph the results. They discuss the importance of surveys to engineers.
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African Safari

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders gain an appreciation for the different cultures that inhabit the Earth by focusing on the people of Africa
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Aesthetic Assessment Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine aesthetic concepts and reflect on them in their journals. They construct individual taste collages from an assortment of two and three-dimensionakl objects.
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Anne Frank: Citizenship Laws

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study early civilizations and the contributions they made to the foundations of human culture. They discuss why citizenship is valuable and the Constitutional Amendments that are associated with it.
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Class Letter of Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students follow guidelines to collectively draft a class letter that introduces their school to the rest of the participants in an online science experiment about water quality. They post the letter online as part of the larger unit.
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What's Gotten Into You?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils use models to investigate the process and consequences of water contamination on the land, groundwater, and plants.
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An Ounce of Prevention...

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss current H.I.V. prevention strategies and adapt these strategies to address the spread of H.I.V. in developing countries. They analyze the results of an international AIDS conference called "The Urgent Search for an AIDS...
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This Place is Going to the Dogs

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils study different breeds of dogs. They watch a video, "Extraordinary Dogs", about special dogs and how they are categorized according to their adaptations. Then they create a digital video that demonstrates the qualities of dogs in...
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Hawks Migrate

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils examine the types of hawks found in Illinois and compile a list of them. Using different species of hawks, they compare and contrast their characteristics. They work together to create their own hawk model for the classroom.
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Nonprofits in Our Community

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify nonprofit organizations within their local community. They practice using the yellow pages to locate these organizations. They use an organizer to keep all of the information they gathered organized.
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Columbus Park

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students complete activities that go along with the study of and possible fieldtrip to Columbus Park in Chicago, IL. They discover how urban conditions influenced the creation of city parks. They examine the preservation of historic...
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Cultural Corner- "Mexico"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use print and electronic resources to gather information about Mexico. They present a mini-museum to share with students, parents, and other interested classes around the district. They present their information in a video...
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Art & Culture Influence Each Other

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the effects of culture upon the community and visa versa. In groups, students create Chumash style artwork and proportioned sculptures. They examine the perspective of the Renaissance Period and design...
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Real People, Real Farms - Case Studies

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students study examples of sustainable farms.  In this case study lesson students study real cases of farms to gain information. 
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Power Up What Works: Conducting Research

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This resource describes the first phase of a Grade 6 teacher's instructional activity where young scholars develop a plan for working on a research project and then collect information. Each student has chosen a topic relating to how the...
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Score: Latin American Marketing Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from Score provides information on the global marketplace. This is a unit where learners are grouped to find out the best Latin American country to introduce a new fast food business. Site is very well outlined and includes...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Using international folklore as subject matter, lead your students in a unit to research literary forms and foreign countries. There is a printout available for instruction and assessment.
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Creating a Family History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What do you know about creating a family history? This site offers a complete lesson plan for developing a sense of how your own family history fits into the bigger picture of the world's history.