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My Five Senses 2
Students investigate the five senses. In this five senses lesson, students answer essential questions about the use of the five senses as they interact with their environment. They use a computer software program to make a concept web...
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We're All The Same on the Inside
Students discuss prejudice around the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. They use brown and white eggs to discover that they are both the same on the inside even though they look different on the outside.
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Language Arts: Two Specific Documents
Students are able to read and analyze the essential parts of two specific types of documents, the informed consent document and the position paper, used by scientists to communicate information about their research to two different kinds...
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Show 303: New Research into Dyslexia
Students explore the causes of dyslexia. They view CT sans and MRIs to view the brain and how it responds. Students read reports about dyslexia. They discuss the nature of dyslexia, its cause, how to diagnose it, and its permanency.
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Music Genres and Venues Worksheet
In this musical genre activity, learners identify the region of Louisiana that the listed musical example come from based on research they have completed.
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Music Prove It Worksheet
In this musical genre worksheet, students identify the region of Louisiana that the listed musical examples come from based on research they have completed with a proof statement to defend their selections.
Curated OER
The Golden Age of Radio
Eleventh graders analyze popular radio shows of the 1930’s-1940’s. For this American History lesson, 11th graders examine life before television and one of the ways people entertained themselves. Students present their radio show as a...
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Applied Science - Science and Math Post-Lab
Students use scientific tools. In this Applied Science lesson, students investigate the use of scientific tools to enhance observation and discovery. Students indicate how each tool assists scientific work.
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I Grow
Students describe factors that influence relationships with family and friends. They write a book about themselves using personal knowledge.
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Sense-Ability
Students use comparisons, graphing, patterning, and sorting, and develop language skills as they explore the five senses.
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Conjunto Music from South Texas
Students listen to conjunto music and identify the instrumentation. After discussing the the history of South Texas, they examine lyrics of several songs and interpret them. As extensions, students can learn to partner dance to the...
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Melodic Rhythms of India
Students listen to and dance to the music of India. After listening to the music again, they identify the different types of instruments playing the melody. They explain the tabla tarang and view photographs of people performing the music.
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Nature Reflections
Students have a greater appreciation for the nature around them. They participate in a series of reflection exercises. Students encounter blindfolds, and bandannas with cardboards as bases.
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ICT Activity 3
Students use KidPix to draw pictures, they are shown how to select and use different tools. They become aware of to use the keyboard to enter text. Students comprehend that their work can be saved and retrieved. They are introduced to...
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A Happy Time
Second graders listen to stories about feelings, identify their own feelings at specific times in their lives, and express their feelings in words and through writing.
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Gender and Media Introduction
Students analyze media clips and discover how the media helps us form ideas about men and women and their roles in society. They discover some of their own preconceptions about these roles and answer questions.
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The Diary
Fifth graders explore history using a story of a boy finding a diary and reading it until the last entry suddenly ends. The end of the story is the focus of the lesson as students answer guided questions to find the truth.
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The Vietnam War
High schoolers discuss the nature of protest. They comprehend that art can be a form of protest. Students analyze how music was used as a powerful tool for speaking out against the war. They listen to some protest music and discuss the...
University of Washington
Hearing: Activities, Experiments, Models and More
Come and learn more about one of the five senses? Hearing is an integral part of our everyday life. To learn more use the activities, experiments, models and more wrapped into this hearing website.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Measuring Your Threshold of Hearing
How your ears and your brain turn the sound waves out there in the world into the experience of music in your head, remains a mystery to many, but yet we all experience and even enjoy sounds and music. If you're interested in doing a...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Science of Sound
This resource is for teachers who are looking for information, activities, experiments, and more pertaining to the science of sound.
University of Washington
Our Sense of Hearing Experiment: Locating Sound Sources
Have you ever wondered how your ear works? This website will provide you with knowledge on how to locate sound sources among other ear information.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Sound Bites: Tasting the Texture of Classical Music
Did you know that your sense of hearing can determine texture? This Science Buddies science fair project has you experiment with four major eras in western music to determine the texture of the music. The Science Buddies project ideas...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Hearing: How Do Our Ears Work?
Students learn about the anatomy of the ear and how the ears work as a sound sensor. Ear anatomy parts and structures are explained in detail, as well as how sound is transmitted mechanically and then electrically through them to the...