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Sorting Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the geometric concept of quadrilaterals. They are given a set of shapes and asked to sort the quadrilaterals from the others. Then working in pairs they discuss the characteristics and write down the description...
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The Countries of Slave Trade

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils create graphs, routes, and write an essay based on their research of the slave trade. In this slave trade lesson plan, students research the Middle Passage and how slave trade happened in the United States.
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Classroom Heart Rates

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars check and record heart-rates of other classmates. They compare and design questions to explain the differences in their findings. Possible explanations might include: the effects of culture, lifestyles, age and gender on...
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African Novel Study

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in literature circles as they read African novels. They read, work on word studies, and complete comprehension activities. They share their reading with other literature circle groups in the class.
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The Price of Beauty: What you don't know might hurt you

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study cosmetic safety issues and concerns raised by advocacy groups. They create a cosmetic safety brochure designed for the average consumer, to create awareness about cosmetic safety concerns.
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Celebrate Books: A (Book) Week of Fun!

For Teachers K - 12th
Students celebrate Book Week by participating in a variety of fun literature-based activities.
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Discovering Your Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students focus on the origins of the families that make up their community by exploring their family's origins through themselves, parents, and grandparents. Students create a map marked with family origins for the class.
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Mapping Your Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners define the boundaries of their community by comparing the community's official boundaries with other historical, political, physical, and perceived boundaries of the area and create a community map.
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Constitution Day 2006

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners consider how the U.S. Constitution affects their daily lives. They use picture books to take part in a Constitution Scavenger Hunt. They draw a picture showing one way their life might be different if the Constitution had not...
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Social Studies: World Cultures and the Library of Congress

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use the Library of Congress Website to locate information for a world cultures project. They select countries to research, investigate visa information, currency, climate, and accommodations. Students follow the directions...
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Meet a Land Snail

For Teachers K
Students study the structure of land snails. In this land snail lesson, students play a guessing game, watch land snails in action, and draw a realistic picture of a snail. Students work in whole groups, small group, and individually in...
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What factors affect the oxidation of apples?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate why an apple turns brown after being cut open and brainstorm why this occurs.  In this oxidation lesson students design and conduct a simple experiment, analyze their results and draw conclusions. 
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Student Designed Investigations Part 3 – Collecting Data and Drawing Conclusions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore how living things adapt to their environment. In this science lesson, students conduct scientific investigations to examine animal adaptations.
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Electromagnets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners improve their science skills by designing an experiment for the relationship between electricity and magnetism. In this science skills activity, students discuss the scientific method and use the given materials to complete an...
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Developing Soundproofing Materials

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the acoustic properties of materials in order to develop soundproofing products.  In this soundproofing lesson students research different resources, design and perform experiments and fabricate, test and...
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Forestry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct a soil organism experiment. In this soil organism lesson, students work with a partner to test soil samples and collect data. They grow cultures from the soil samples in order to make comparisons from different sample...
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"Words, words, words"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss words that represent the "big ideas" in Othello and that recur throughout the play. They will be assigned words to track throughout the text, recording which character says the word and in what context.
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Influence of Union and Confederate Resources in 1860 on the Civil War

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compare/contrast population, railroad mileage, manufacturing plants, and industrial workers between the Union and Confederate States in 1860; students analyze effects of the resources of the Union and Confederate Forces on...
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Culture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn what culture is, define related terms and apply these concepts to a culture other than their own in a research assignment.
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Energy Balance: The Ins and Outs

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils review data from a 24-hour dietary recall to gain an understanding of the information regarding energy intake and macronutrients.
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Settler's Shopping List

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students browse through catalogs from the 1890's and 1900's and make a list of items needed for a year in the wilderness.
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Great Questions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research and create questions about a famous person. They create questions in a game format, create a computer generated brochure, and develop rubrics for their finished projects.
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African Folk Tales

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders listen to, recite, and research African folktales. They research African artwork to add to their original folk tales which they write.
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European Explorers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research European Explorers lives. They create a Word Document, or slide show based on their research.

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