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Global Warming

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are members of the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission. They make recommendations to the "governor" and a panel of his advisors regarding the greenhouse effect and global warming.
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Your Healthy Body

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the food groups. In this nutrition lesson, 3rd graders examine the food pyramid and create a balanced diet plan. Students label a blank food pyramid outline.
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Size Them Up

For Teachers K - 6th
Students arrange containers by their capacity. In this volume lesson, students place containers in order by increasing capacity. Students discuss how the tallest container doesn't necessarily hold the largest amount.
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Using Writing to Make a Difference

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students change the lesson plan in order to make meaningful writing.
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Who is George Washington Carver, Anyway?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read about George Washington Carver, then work in small groups to design, write and illustrate a booklet about his accomplishments.
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Developing Good Written Communication Skills and the Word Processing Student

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the skills needed to complete a word processing assignment. In groups, they identify the reasons why it is important to communicate in different situations and participate in role-playing exercises. They...
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"Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the expressive and descriptive language used in the books "Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets" and "Planet of the Robots." In pairs they take notes about each other's physical appearance and conduct interviews, identify the...
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"Fast As Fast Can Be..."

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice strategies on becoming better fluent readers by repeated readings and by becoming phonemically aware of reading whole sentences with expression and emotion. They read the books, "The Skeleton on the Bus," "Don't Worry,"...
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How Africans Became Slaves for the Colonists

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a t-chart identifying the advantages and disadvantages of having indentured servants. In groups, they research the use of serfs and slaves in various cultures and share their responses. To end the lesson plan, they...
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Introduction to Oceans

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities in preparation for a unit on oceans. They discuss their own proximity to the ocean, identify and name the oceans on a globe, and in small groups identify facts about a selected ocean. Students...
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"Tom's Night Out"

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a variety of short activities directly related to the reading of the poem, "Tom's Night Out."
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Teaching Ethical Situations

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners use journalism ethics standards to learn how to write ethically correct news stories. For this journalism and ethics lesson, students review journalism standards for ethics. Learners use the standards as they analyze example...
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Cool Cats Counting

For Teachers K
Students practice number sense with the book Cool Cats Counting by Sherry Shahan.  In this number lesson, students listen to the book and count from 1-10 in English and Spanish. They practice their alphabet, rhyming words, and more.
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Let Me Tell You About My State

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research one of the 50 U.S. States that they were unfamiliar with.  For this U.S. Geography lesson, 5th graders utilize encyclopedias as well as the Internet to research a chosen U.S. State in order to write a report....
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News Coverage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast methods of media coverage. In this media awareness lesson, students keep track of news regarding a world or national issue for the period of 1 week. Students collaborate to describe the type of coverage...
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How Often Is it Rainy in July?

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students answer questions related to the calendar and the weather.  In this past tense and adverbs of frequency instructional activity, students use past tense verbs and adverbs of frequency to answer questions about the weather and the...
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners complete activities with the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  In this literature lesson, students listen to the story and then participate in shared reading. This lesson offers three extensions which link the story to...
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Secret Agent Stan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners use a worksheet imbedded in this lesson that goes along with a detective story to give them practice calculating money.
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Seuss-Perb Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice previously learned skills to the theme of "Dr. Seuss books".
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The Great Migration: Pushed By The South, Pulled By The North

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify key features of the Great Migration. They explain the concepts of push and pull factors for migration. They create an art project which shows an understanding of the push and pull factors.
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Money Matters

For Teachers K
Students play a game called Money Matters using cut out representatives of pennies, nickels, and dimes.
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Rosa Parks Refused to Do What?

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to two books about Rosa Parks. They contribute factual information for a web. They listen to an interview with Rosa Parks on the internet, adding more information to the web. They write and illustrate a book using...
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Vivid Adjectives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review adjectives and play a game where students compete to see who can write the most adjectives for a given noun. They write a story about one topic and try to use a variety of adjectives in sequence tto describe a noun.
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TEXT MESSAGING

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the differences between standard and non-standard English and use text-speak to rewrite a plot summary and a news story. They identify a type of non-standard English and determine the characteristics that make it...

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