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Stock Market Collapse

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students examine causes of the Great Depression. In this Great Depression lesson, students visit learning centers in their classroom to understand how the Depression came to be. At each of the stations students investigate books, maps,...
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Addition and Subtraction in Center Time

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete center activities as they practice their addition and subtraction skills. They listen to Rick Walton's, "How Many, How Many, How Many" before playing games, and completing addition and subtraction worksheets at...
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Centers for Increasing Learning Capability and Engagement for Students with Autism

For Teachers K - 5th
Students increase capacity for learning. In this engagement lesson, autistic students complete computer modules to assist them with increasing learning capability in all subject areas. 
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Family Centers

For Teachers K
Students participate in activities which help them with the idea of families. They discuss what characteristics make a good friend or family member. They rotate between centers focusing on different aspects of their family.
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Scholarship and Learning in Islam

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explain what a madrasah represents in Islam. Using the Muslim world as an example, they identify and describe two or more centers of learning. They explain the contributions that Muslims have made to science and math and...
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Ocean/Beach Center

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine different types of ocean life. They classify sea shells and role play in the ocean center. They color and write about their experience in the ocean center and share their experiences with their classmates.
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Acrobatic Clown

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science investigation worksheet, learners learn about balancing points and center of gravity by making a cardboard acrobatic clown using the directions and pattern provided.
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Promote Your Media Center!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use a webquest to use Research Process Model (RPM), and the information they gather to prove to everyone what a wonderful and helpful resource the Library/Media Center really is.
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Creating a Literacy-Rich Learning Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students in a teacher education program use a jigsaw method to identify the six areas of language arts to be taught in an early childhood classroom. They describe their vision of a literacy rich environment and practices uses a KWL...
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Learning Shapes

For Students 4th - 6th
In this learning shapes worksheet, learners match given shapes to their proper name. In addition, students count the number of shapes identified in a model. Shapes include a rhombus, square, circle, hexagon, trapezoid, rectangle,...
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Library Media Center Orientation

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders demonstrate the ability to follow the library media center floor plan and use directional symbols and guides. They also use after-reading strategies to increase understanding and learning from content area texts.
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Media Center Orientation

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the media center. They locate, retrieve, and handle media and equipment. Students use a variety of sources to locate materials in the media center. They explore where and how to find materials in the media center.
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Media Center Map Skills

For Teachers 5th
Student demonstrates the ability to locate, retrieve, and handle media and equipment by utilizing the library media center floor plan, symbols, and guides. They then use systems of classification to identify, locate, and retrieve materials.
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Notas de Aprendizaje

For Students 6th - 12th
What was the most important thing you learned today? Print this graphic organizer and distribute it to your class. They don't have to limit their notes to your class alone (unless directed), but each day, they write down three important...
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Autism Fitness

Top 8 Exercises for Autism Fitness

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Create an inclusive physical education program with help from eight exercises designed to met of the needs of children with autism. Activities include ball work, hurdles, bear crawls, resistance bands, star jumps, and the Scramble. 
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Crafts, From Gallery to Classroom: Landscape Painting with James Palmersheim

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create their own landscape paintings. Students will learn various techniques to create an effective foreground, middleground, and background.
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Mitosis and Cancer - Biology Teaching Thesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Observe onion root cells undergoing mitosis underneath a light microscope and determine the phase of mitosis the cells are in. High schoolers draw a sketch of the mitotic cells, explore why cells undergo mitosis and learn how...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Stem and Leaf Plotter

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The key is in the leaves. Pupils enter data to create a stem-and-leaf plot. The resource then displays the plot and calculates the mean, median, and mode of the data. Using the plot and the calculated measures of spread, learners analyze...
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The Language of Ballet

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Here's a very well organized lesson plan on learning the terminology of ballet. Learn the names of some basic positions, and how to perform them. Learn the names, which happen to be in French, of basic movements in ballet. Not only are...
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Shall We Dance?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This four to five day mini dance unit has many components. Discussion on what makes a good dance partner, research on famous dancing pairs, as well as learning a choreographed piece in class. The class learns a short dance sequence and...
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Direct Effect

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Discover the damage that was caused by the terrorist attacks on September 11th with your class. They will learn about the events of that day and the litigation process for damages incurred that day. Their research will cover the various...
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A Listening Doll: Create Traditional Native American Storyteller Dolls

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this wonderful cross-curricular lesson, your youngsters will learn about Pueblo Indian storyteller dolls by creating their own! They discuss the tradition of story telling, especially in reference to Native Americans. Consider ending...
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Desert Discoveries

What's For Dinner?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Youngsters compare the teeth of plant-eating dinosaurs with those of meat-eating dinosaurs. The concepts of herbivore vs. carnivore are also introduced. There is an excellent worksheet embedded in the plan which shows five skulls of...
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Unidentified (Flying?) Arthropods

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Beginning biologists learn the characteristics of the five classes in the arthropod phylum. A student handout lists characteristics to help them identify five specimens. You will need to collect an example of each: arachnida, crustacea,...

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