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Modern Dance and the Harlem Renaissance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils create an artistic rendering based on what they have learned from the film and the lesson.
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Experience the Challenge of Being Pete Gray

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students view films, photographs and engage in an empathy-building exercise to become familiar with Pete Gray, the first one-armed major league player. They read an interview and write an essay about Gray's career.
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Alex Schlotsky: "Full Court Miracle"

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students view a film about a young man on a basketball team who is tired of being called a loser. They examine Jewish traditions as the young man in the film relates to his hertitage. They also examine the holiday of Chanukah.
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Frankenstein (Teacher Zone)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the life and art of Mary Shelley and consider the still-relevant themes of the Frankenstein myth. Also, students become acquainted with the nineteenth century fascination with electricity by reviewing...
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Cloud Observation and Graphing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify the three major cloud groups. They are introduced to the three main cloud types and spend a week making and recording observations of clouds. Students produce a graph that presents their findings and conduct research...
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State Commercials

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a travel commercial for an eastern state. They form small groups to do internet research on the state using guide questions. They use this information to write a script for the commercial. Then all group members...
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Quiz: "Deep Impact"

For Students 4th - 6th
In this "Deep Impact" quiz worksheet, learners answer a set of multiple choice questions about the film. Students may click on an "answer button for immediate feedback.
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Easy Does It

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover how inclined planes make work easier as they make mathematical predictions and prove their predictions through experiments.
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You Choose the News

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the process used in choosing the news. They serve as guest editors and select newsworthy stories for the evening news program. Students explore how news is selected by editors and gain insight into the making of the...
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Physical Properties of Ice

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the different properties of ice. They make predictions and experment with ice. Students discover that ice melts faster under pressure. Students create a flipbook what what happened after each experiment. This lesson...
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Design a Pollinator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners make a scientific drawing of a pollinator with at least five traits that make them well adapted to a given plant(s). They describe in their science notebook the adaptations that make their pollinator well suited to a given plant.
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Preparing for Cake Sale

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars complete a series of lessons and plan recipes to make. They gather the necessary ingredients. Students follow safe procedures for food and safety hygiene to bake a cake for a cake sale. Young scholars create posters to...
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Sediment Tubes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students observe how different density soils and rocks behave in wind and in water. They make predictions and careful observations as they explore sediment transport and sediment rates in streams and rivers.
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Patchwork of the Planet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are taught how satellite images can be joined to make a picture mosaic. They use actual satellite images to make satellite mosaics regions of the United States. Students use a camera to photograph portions of a globe in the...
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The Museum as a Time Capsule: Mongolian Example

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make defensible inferences based on observation of perceived evidence. They use observation and inference to recognize the validity of alternative approaches or solutions.
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B-movies and Plot: Story Elements, Writing, Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use old "B-Movies" as a springboard to discuss and analyze traditional plot structures. They form groups and make their own 'movie' to demonstrate their knowledge.
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Plush Paint Pail Pals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make their own magnets out of old paint containers. They make familiar characters like Elmo and the Grouch from Sesame Street. They watch a demonstration and then make their own.
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Japanese Manners and Life Style

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students continue their examination of modern Japan and its culture. Using a map, they locate various cities and landforms in the country and watch a video on related topics in which the make a timeline of key events. In groups, they...
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YOU CAN BE A WOMAN MOVIE MAKER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research and participate in activities to find out more information about women movie-makers.The use of reading a script and making storyboards are just a couple of examples.
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Work Air Does

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a lab observation form predicting how air makes a helicopter and pinwheel work. Constructing their own helicopter, they begin to drop it from various heights. They discuss the force on air and how it affects both objects.
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Media and Society

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students rank public figures and decide what makes a good citizen.Working in pairs students design their own way of assessing contributions to society. The following contributions are examined for evaluation: Helping others, obeying the...
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Vocabulary Blaster

For Students 6th - 8th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete a quiz, answering 8 multiple choice questions about definitions of given words. Students check answers in the dictionary when finished. 
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Holocaust Lesson Plan: Timeline

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the chronology of the Holocaust, make connections between Holocaust events and contemporaneous world events and acquire a frame of reference for comparing their reading with actual events during the time of the Holocaust.
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Antisemitism

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore antisemitism and propaganda and stereotypes. They make connections to current-day antisemitism, racism, prejudice and bigotry.

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