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Need vs. Wants in Creating Sustainable Communities
Ninth graders create a T chart of their needs and wants. In this environmental science lesson, 9th graders brainstorm ideas on how to create a sustainable community. They decide what they would give up and keep to make the community...
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Kentucky Coal and Our Environment
Young scholars read and discuss the article in reference to the environmental issues of acid rain and global climate change in relation to Kentucky coal. They then answer questions that are related to the article that they read.
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Illinois Coal and Our Environment
Students read and discuss the important environmental issues of acid rain and global climate change in relation to Illinois coal. According to the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, acid rain has had minimal effects on our...
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The Secrets of Success
In the secrets of success worksheet, learners, with a partner, read and discuss three definitions of success. Students state how they would define success.
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Simple Route Map
Students demonstrate how to locate features on a Landscape Picture Map. In this map skills lesson, students locate and circle places where they would go to mail a letter, return a library book, or play a baseball game.
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Simple Route Map
Students identify the best route between various locations on a map. In this map skills instructional activity, students use a landscape picture map to find routes to and from certain places. Students use map markers to highlight the...
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My Living Arrangements
Students identify various housing options, focusing on rental vs. purchase and short vs. long term. With a partner, students discuss their housing situation. Once their discussion is complete, students write a brief paragraph weighing...
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Energy Is Everywhere
Students determine the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources and identify the different forms of energy. They discuss life without energy and where energy comes from before reading an article about the different...
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The Dam Builders
Students examine biodiversity issues. In this European beaver instructional activity, students visit selected websites to discover information about the reintroduction of the species in Britain. Students complete the included...
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Breaker Breaker
Young scholars create a model of a circuit breaker to help them explain how friction causes heat, and how current is carried.
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Saving, Investing and the Invisible Hand
Students determine how the financial institutions of a market economy help channel savings to economic investment. They complete worksheets based on a teacher-led demonstration.
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Energy in a Clean Environment
Young scholars examine the efficiency of each alternative energy source as well as what limitations exist in terms of extracting the usable energy. They determine which energy source is most effective to the economy and the environment...
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For The Record
Pupils create a database that catalogs their collection of CD's and tapes. They sort, analyze and print databases. They practice how to search, sort and analyze a database.
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Limits of Power
Students examine the importance of limiting power in governments. In this government lesson plan, students investigate the importance of placing limits on government by looking at the US Constitution. They look at ways that being an...
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Biodegradable Plastics
Students prepare a type of biodegradable plastic. They design method(s) to compare its properties with some common plastics that are readily available in the market. They later advance to identifying variables in an experiment and fair...
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Credit: Buy Now & Pay More Later
Students analyze the costs and benefits of using credit cards to purchase goods and services.
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Human Development- Love
Students investigate the concept of self-love. They determine the meaning and develop an understanding of their own status of self-concept. Class discussion is used to encourage deeper research.
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Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: Device Free Moments
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, 2nd graders learn when it's appropriate to use technology and when it's not, and practice making family rules for device-free time at home. Includes lesson plan, slideshow, student...
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Stanford Psychology Expert: The No. 1 Skill Parents Need to Teach Their Kids
This article discusses the importance of learning to be 'indistractable' and how most parents are not teaching this skill to their children. The author, an instructor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, shares tips on how to help...
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Skills: What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Modern Technology?
Describes the pros and cons of technology use with quotes and examples from students in Grades 1 to 4.
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Internet Service Providers Austria: The Online Zoo [Pdf]
This 68-page story book aims to teach children about the Internet and its possible challenges in a playful way. In the Online Zoo, the animals use the internet. During her daily tour around the zoo, Director Elsa discovers that Panda...
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I D Tech: Benefits of Technology & the Right Kind of Screen Time for Children
This article describes seven ways that technology use can benefit children.