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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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To See or Not to See
Students identify and discuss key factors that determine how effective color camouflage is in certain habitats. In this investigative lesson students divide into groups and study light.
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Making a Treasure Your Own: Lesson Two
High schoolers write an essay describing the Curtis Center and what they learned there. In this descriptive writing essay, students discuss the five paragraph essay and review sensory discoveries from their trip. High schoolers draft an...
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Hemispheres & Continents
Students learn in cooperative learning groups to determine how the equator and the Prime Meridian divide the earth into hemispheres and use Venn diagrams. Students will locate and label the hemispheres, continents, and oceans.
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Centennial: Home Sweet Home
Students research the history of a home, including ownership titles, land grants, etc, in order to determine how homes can serve as a vehicle for the study of history. They Create a display of the styles and changes that the house has...
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All That is Irish and More - Activity 1
Students listen to examples of fiddle music and violin music to determine the similarities and differences between the two musical forms. A video link is included in this introductory lesson to fiddle music (Part One of Two).
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Oobleck and the Mystery Powders
Students listen to the book, "Oobleck," by Dr. Suess before experimenting with mystery powders. They determine the proper ratio of powder to liquid to make the Oobleck.
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Fruitvale Extension
Students determine sources and extent of ground water contaminate, apply mathematics to model in real world simulation, and use technology to present results.
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Mystery State #29
In this United States mystery worksheet, young scholars determine which state is described by the 5 clues listed on the sheet and then mark it on the outline map of the United States.
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Cultural Collision
Students examine the culture of the Native Americans. As a class, they discuss the negative impact of the melting pot theory and how different cultures can be preserved today. In pairs, they practice saying Native American words and...
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Do We Have to Do This?
Learners conduct Internet research, and read articles about education to determine why particular educational practices are used, and why they are important in terms of No Child Left Behind. Students create PowerPoint presentations...
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Food and Languages of the World
Students listen to the story "No Blue Food" in this lesson plan. They then discuss Allegra, the main character, and her hesitation to try new foods. They participate in a matching game in which they match cards to determine a fruit...
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Pinckney Benedict's "The Sutton Pie Safe" from Town Smokes
Students read Pinckney Benedict's "The Sutton Pie Safe" to learn about family symbols and social commentary. For this close reading lesson, students read four journal prompts for the story and answer the listed questions for each section.
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Students write a poem. For this writing lesson, students learn about Gwendolyn Brooks, a famous poet. Students discuss shape poetry and how it is written. Students choose an object from nature and write their own shape poem.
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Dinosaurs
Students use educational software about different dinosaurs to determine what group of dinosaurs each belongs in.
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Knighthood and Chivalry
Pupils explore the Arthurian legends to determine the steps young men must take to become knights. After completing a series of academic tasks, students are dubbed "knights" in a classroom ceremony.
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High Jump
Pupils examine how physics help high jumpers break records. They discuss the phases of the high jump, gravity, and center of gravity, and conduct an experiment to determine whether they can improve the height of their jump.
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His Story/Her Story/Your Story
High schoolers read a variety of biographies to gain insight on the experiences of an African-American's life. Individually, they try to determine the time period it was written and compare the event with ones that occured in their own...
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Failure-Proof Writing: Assignments for the Student Who Can't/Won't Write
Young scholars with learning disabilities are introduced to the techniques of proper writing. After completing a warm up, they practice writing about what they saw to determine where they are at in the process. In groups, they complete...
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Literature: It's a Mad, Mad Macbeth
Students determine how the themes expressed in Macbeth are also applicable to contemporary society. They complete a series of written assignments demonstrating their comprehension of theme, content, and interpretation of the play....
Helping with Math
Prime Factorization with Factor Trees (2 of 2)
The publisher has tagged this resource as designed to meet CCSS.Math,Content.6.NS.4, but it really is only the first step in the process of determining least common multiples and greatest common factors. Six numbers are given for...
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Response to Literature: Anecdotal and Saga Memoir Poems
Students differentiate between anecdotal and saga memoir poems. In this response to literature lesson plan students analyze poems written by others then analyze incidents from their own lives to determine whether they meet the criteria...
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Science
Seventh graders study the theory of plate tectonics. In this activity lesson students complete an activity to determine how seafloor spreading and volcanoes contribute to solving the plate tectonics puzzle.
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The Physical Setting
Ninth graders study the configuration of atoms in molecules to see that it determines the molecule's properties. In this chemistry lesson students divide into groups and complete their assigned task.