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Montana Natural History Center

Studying Grassland Ecosystems

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
At first glance, grassland ecosystems might seem dull and uninteresting, but once you start to explore it's amazing the things you'll find! Through this series of engaging lessons, activities, and experiments, elementary students examine...
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Prestwick House

The Awakening

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Kate Chopin's classic American tale, The Awakening, is the focus of a review worksheet. High school readers read the clues about the novel's characters, plot, and important quotes to fill in a crossword puzzle.
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Curated OER

What Type of Students do Colleges Want?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
What do college admissions teams look at when deciding who get's in and who doesn't? The class considers the types of classroom and extra curricular activities they participate in and how those might improve their chances at getting into...
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California Department of Public Health

Walking on the Path to Better Health

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Walk your way to health with this great resource! Walking is a valuable physical activity that can be done frequently and with ease by learners of all ages. "Warm up" by reviewing the benefits of physical activity with your class and...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Familiar Sounds

For Teachers K - 6th
To foster concept development and auditory discrimination skills, learners with visual impairments listen to identify a variety of common sounds. The teacher makes recordings of various sounds, including those found in the home, at the...
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Curated OER

Dietician/Nutritionist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the difference between a dietician and a nutritionist and then examine how these professionals serve the community. A PowerPoint presentation and accompanying worksheet are provided to teach this career exploration material. A...
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PBS

U.S. Agricultural Subsidies and Nutrition

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Most young people don't spend a lot of time thinking about why some foods cost less than others. This resource uses clips from the documentary, Food, Inc. to explore the impact of agricultural subsidies on nutrition, health, and the...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Mail Delivery

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Teaching job skills to your learners with special needs before they enter the workforce is a great way to ensure that they will gain employment. For this instructional activity, your students will become the school's very own mail or...
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Peace Corps

Introducing Culture

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Growing up within a culture leaves a lot of ideas and values unspoken. Take a closer look at the cultures in which your learners live with a discussion activity that addresses cultural identity and traits of those living within the...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Good Citizenship

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An individual's background and experiences affect their worldview and interaction. In this lesson, scholars draw a pair of glasses with pictures of experiences they've been through, relate the responsibility to social media and the...
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Curated OER

I Know I Can

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of philanthropy, and identify specific philanthropic agencies in their community. They participate in philanthropic opportunities, and develop persuasive arguments to encourage others to give of their...
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Curated OER

Solving a Community Problem Through Education

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine and compare Indian and American culture in order to develop a better understanding of both.
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Curated OER

Community Involvement: I Can Help

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate volunteer opportunities in their community. They draw picture of themselves helping in each situation pictured on the worksheet.
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Who Can We Help?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils define philanthropy. In this community service lesson, students assess as a group who at school needs help. Pupils write letters to offer their assistance where they've found areas of need.
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Curated OER

Creating a School Web Site

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create websites for their school. They work in groups as a web team and devise a self-management plan. As they work on projects reflecting school life, the team edits what may appear online as the school's web site. ...
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Curated OER

Lego Block Center

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in an activity in which they build homes out of Legos. They work together to build the home and a hospital. They identify the role of each building they build for their community.
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Aluminum Can Drive

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a recycling project to clean-up their school. In this service project lesson, 2nd graders assess their campus for litter, set up a recycling project, clean up their campus, and recycle the trash. Students also...
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Curated OER

Responsibility and Jobs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify community helpers. In this philanthropy lesson, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Young scholars use character traits to describe the main characters and...
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Curated OER

Living in a Healthy Environment: The Pleasures of Life

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students describe their home environment and how to keep it healthy. They discuss way in which they can make their environment healthy.
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Curated OER

"Phil"-ing Good

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine what it means to help their community. For this philanthropy lesson, students watch a video and read a book that give examples of philanthropic acts. Students make a list of these acts and discuss the emotions these...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars develop a recycling plan. In this environmental lesson, students develop a recycling plan for their school. Young scholars write an outline of the plan to present to their class.
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Curated OER

Let's Make a Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate pollution reduction policies in place at their school. In this pollution reduction instructional activity, students interview people in their school to determine what pollution policies are in place. They create a...
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Curated OER

Rag Coat Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover ways to help those in need within their community. In this early childhood lesson plan, students gather clothing donations for use in a fundraiser for their community shelter. Students also create posters to advertise...
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Curated OER

Creek Detectives WISE On-line Research Community

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars investigate ways people cause harm to the environment. In this environmental lesson, students explore a case study on the Internet. Young scholars explore all of the online activities and collect data for a presentation.

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