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EL Education

El Education: 1853: 24 Hours in the Fight for Freedom

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a book created by a 4th grade class after studying slavery and women's rights in 1853. Students wrote 1st person stories of experiences they read about and illustrated them; each story detailed a snapshot in the life of their...
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EL Education

El Education: A Book of Poetry

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This is a book of poetry written by a 6th grade class. They worked with their English teacher and their visual art teacher to create watercolors on which they superimposed their poems to create this book.
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California State University

Basket Making

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This fibers project goes cross-curricular to focus on Native American coil baskets. Techniques could be challenging. However, when completed, your students will feel so rewarded with a beautiful handmade craft.
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EL Education

El Education: A Child's Guide to Riverhill Farm

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a child's guide or manual designed for Riverhill Farm. These 3rd and 4th grade students were studying about watersheds and farming; they visited the farm several times and learned various aspects of farming. The guide includes an...
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Take One Picture Pshe & Citizenship

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These project ideas demonstrate how art can be a starting point for so many different learning opportunities. See example of art pieces that center around friendship and citizenship.
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Room to Learn: Mystery Science Theatre

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Read and see examples of how one physics teacher turns his classroom into a student-centered, project-based and fun place to be.
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Other

National Gallery, London: Take One Picture Numeracy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use these project examples as proof that you can use art to teach mathematics skills in your classroom.
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Other

National Gallery, London: Take One Picture Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here are some wonderful examples of how to use art to teach science. Lesson plans are not included but there is a brief explanation of the project for each visual example.
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My Learning

My Learning: Art4 Maths

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two fun projects to try with your students that get them utilizing math concepts in the art classroom.
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The Tech Interactive

The Tech Museum of Innovation: Save the Hiker [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Can you build a device that will deliver life-saving treatment to someone in a hazardous situation? During this instructional activity, learners will learn how energy is converted and transferred between objects. Working in groups and...
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The Tech Interactive

The Tech Interactive: Lesson Plan: Catch It if You Can! [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Students will learn about the ongoing issues associated with drought in California and how water conservation can be part of a solution. Students will design a rooftop water catchment system for drought-conscious Ms. Drizzle to install...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing Across the Curriculum

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Designed by groups of Nevada teachers, this collection of modules and lesson plans is continually growing. Find suggestions for incorporating good writing practices in non-language arts areas of the curriculum from history to science.
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Other

Aia Michigan: Architecture: It's Elementary!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The It's Elementary! curriculum guide is home to numerous lesson plans and activities designed for teaching architecture to students in grades K-5. You'll find activities involving math, science, visual art, and social studies. Includes...
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Tufts University

Tufts University: Novel Engineering: Books

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
This collection of classroom books shows how students can identify engineering problems in a novel. Each book is accompanied by a plot synopsis, problems students have noted, and solutions they have come up with and built in their...
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Other

The Virtual Vine: The Wheels on the Bus, Unit

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A fellow teacher has put together a cross-curricular unit for the song "The Wheels on the Bus." There are lots of games, and project ideas to get students excited about learning.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Proficient Puppeteers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students create puppets for the characters in a Reader's Theater script called 'Georgia State Animals & Plants: Habitats and Adaptations.' The puppets showcase the adaptations for each plant or animal. Students then...
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The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Ite: 'A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning' [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
As part of the National Gallery's Take One Picture project, this PDF offers suggestions for using this Rubens painting in a cross-curricular study in elementary grades.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Charting More Success

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity follows on from Charting Success and encourages students to consider and analyse representations of data from the world of sport, to make sense of the stories they tell, and to analyse whether the right representation has...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Speed and Accuracy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This activity investigates the importance of accurate measurement in competitive sport, looking at examples from athletics and swimming. It is aimed at secondary maths students (grades 8, 9, and 10).
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: If You Give a Student an Animal

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, the book If You Give a Moose a Muffin, written by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for word choice. The content focus of the lesson is to teach the young scholars to take ownership of scientific and...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Primary Source Picture Book

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Inspired by My Tour Of Europe, by Teddy Roosevelt, students will create a children's picture book based on a topic of historical study to be used as a primary document.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Riding a Train of States

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Help students memorize the states and their capitals with this interactive train-car lesson.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Drinking Gourd

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
After learning the song Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winters, students will use the Underground Railroad to identify with some goal or task in their own life.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: States, a to Z

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity students will collect information about the state they live in and create an alphabet book of information.