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Awesome Audio Book
Students choose a written piece and present it aloud in a student-made recording. They analyze how sounds are used to elicit emotion.
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Making Meaning from the Past
Young scholars read Ella Lyon's autobiographical poem, "Where I'm From" as the impetus to critically reflect on key images, memories, and events from their own lives and communities.
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Insect Classification
Students compare and contrast the visible structures of three insects based on photographs. They differentiate characteristics of crane flies, ants, and wasps then create a simple classification system.
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Through the Odyssey, Lesson 3
Ninth graders create Powerpoint Presentation using information and assignments from previous two lessons. They compare Odysseus's obstacles with those from their own lives, and share slideshows with classmates.
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Assessing Water Quality in a Local Creek by Sampling Aquatic Macroinvertabrets
Learners experiment collecting macroinvertebrates from a stream and identify the specimens collected and then log in the information into a data table. From the data, they make qualitative and quantitative interpretations of water quality.
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Family Album "A Patchwork Quilt"
Third graders list of four important life events They create a quilt square for creating a whole class quilt. This project allows students to be creative and none of the squares look the same.
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Famous Americans Note Taking
Second graders identify contributions of historical figures who have influenced community, state, and nation. They identify historic figures who have exhibited a love of individualism and inventiveness. They use Microsoft Word to create...
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Cinderbank
Fourth graders identify major components of a "Cinderella" story in order to create a database.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 10: Wanna Trade?
Learners listen to a book that facilitates a discussion of trade and things that people need. They determine what things might be traded.
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Effective Lobbying
Students study citizenship issues related to democratic process. They report to the class with posters, graphics and handouts.
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Voices at Whisper Bend
Students examine life in Pennsylvania during and after World War II. Using primary source documents, they compare the unity of the United States during World War II and the Iraq War. They also discover how citizens adapt to the war at home.
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Triton Toys
Students investigate the hydrological cycle. The instructional activity is made to be performed within the computer lab. The instructional activity can also be done as a center for students to work on the project as time allows.
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Presenting Information
Students develop a business card to market them. In this developing a business card to market them lesson, students design a business card to represent them. Students create a logo or graphic design that is professional and catchy. ...
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How Can You Study Things You Can’t See Like: Atoms?
Learners simulate how scientists studied things they can't see like atoms. In this chemistry lesson, students predict what is inside the numbered obsertainers. They design a way to investigate what's inside without opening it.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Paragraphs
How do you write a paragraph? Use this site to learn more about the different parts of a paragraph.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Writing Linear Equations
Three different lessons demonstrate how to write linear equations. The equations found from two points, slope and a point, and slope and y-intercept are all featured. The lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Analyzing Famous Speeches as Arguments
This multi-session activity features the opportunity to analyze a variety of famous speeches. Learners will look carefully at tone, rhetoric, propaganda techniques, and historical context as they write an analysis paper....
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Guided Comprehension: Evaluating
This lesson introduces students to the comprehension strategy of evaluating. Students learn this strategy through the "meeting of the minds" technique that teaches them to act out opposing views of two or more characters.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Writing Linear Equations
Three different lessons demonstrate how to write linear equations. The equations found from two points, slope and a point, and slope and y-intercept are all featured. The lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Writing Linear Equations
Three different lessons demonstrate how to write linear equations. The equations found from two points, slope and a point, and slope and y-intercept are all featured. The lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation...
Other
University of Queensland Australia: Digital Essentials: Choosing the Right Tool
Finding the right software, tool or app can be challenging. This module will help you find a tool for a specific task and allows you to compare similar tools to find the best match. Some of the information is only useful for university...
Other
Online Journalism
Use this site for analyzing the effectiveness and techniques of several aspects of web news. Pop up windows guide viewers to important questions about what they will view.
Other
Teaching Heart: Fairy Tale Lessons & Ideas
Geared toward grades K-3--offers objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions and evaluations. Online lesson plans for introducing and teaching basic literary criticism skills.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Collaborative Strategic Reading Learning Logs
Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) is a technique that teaches students to work cooperatively on a reading assignment to promote better comprehension. CSR learning logs are used to help students keep track of learning during the...