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"Tri-County" Project--Ground Water

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore data on some of the landforms in Nebraska to distinguish between porous and nonpremeable soils. The state's groundwater is investigated.
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What's Up with Waste?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design a brochure that identifies types of solid waste that are often improperly disposed, explains the effects of this disposal and proposes a solution to the problem. The read humorous books, define vocabulary words and...
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What Kind of Reader Are You?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils write a personal reading history about how reading has influenced their lives. They identify their strengths, weaknesses, and preferences as readers through a survey. Students examine what goes on in their minds while they read...
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What is a Successful Reader?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify and discuss characteristics of "successful reader," describe what goes on in their minds while they read various texts, and explain through presentation techniques that readers use to comprehend text.
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Korean War

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students visualize where the Korean Peninsula is located and what are some neighboring countries. They read a handout giving background information on Korea's 20th centuy history and Truman's Statement and answer questions in their...
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Enhancing Social Skills and Vocabulary through Photography

For Teachers K - 5th
Students in a special education classroom identify pictures of various living things. In groups, they role-play different roles to help them with their social and communication skills. To end the lesson, they take pictures of different...
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What's Your Angle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars create an original instructional activity about geometry and angles. In small groups they take pictures using a digital camera of obtuse, acute, right, and straight angles that they find at school. Students use the photos...
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Writing with Style: Six Traits of Good Writers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen as the teacher reads a picture book that emphasized word choice. They discuss words and how word choice impacts a piece of writing. Students view various passages on the overhead, and highlight adjectives and verbs...
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Autobiographical Writing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore, examine and study the style of autobiographical writing and the relationship with the author. They rad three different types of autobiographical writings: narrative, poetry and newspaper article. Each student...
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Animals

For Teachers K - 1st
Students research and study animals. In this animals instructional activity, students draw pictures of animal movements and create animals books. This activity is meant to be a culminating activity for a unit on animals.
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Portrait and Figure Drawing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice their drawing skills. In this drawing skills lesson plan, students complete a self-observation drawing activity and then 3 methods of figure drawing.
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How Sticky Is Your Tape?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students test the adhesive properties of different sticky tapes. In this chemistry lesson plan, students collect data from the experiment by measuring how far the marble rolls down the track. They share their findings to the class.
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The Silly States: Where Is Your State and City?

For Teachers 1st
First graders read The Scrambled States of America and discuss whether it is real or fantasy as compared to the United States. For this geography lesson, 1st graders identify their city or state on a map and work in groups to color the...
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Science Show

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research topics. They teach a lesson plan based on their chosen topic to other students.
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LPS Nonfiction and Research Follow-Up CRT Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read different types of literature in a group setting. They discuss the related themes and research them. They create a PowerPoint presentation on the information they have collected.
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Mississippi Delta Blues Moves: Second in a Series of Three with Barb Hoffman and Steve Hoskins, MGM

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students complete a graphic organizer reviewing Barb Hoffman's prior lesson," Slave Songs (1840-1876)" as well as listen to and discuss Delta Blues music samples. Students research one Delta Blues singer and write a "color coded"...
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Bill O'Rights

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners discuss and identify the first ten amendments to the Constitution and apply their understanding of the material to how they currently affect their lives. They discover the rights and responsibilities of being a citizen, and...
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A Day in the Life of 4th Graders

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create scrapbook of the activities for an entire school day in order to develop skills in digital photography. They discuss the elements of good photography and take turns documenting lessons, lunchtime, P.E. and recess. Each...
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Optical Images

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study optics and the law of reflection.  In this optical images lesson students use a laser and conceptualize the law of reflection.
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What's an Ecotect?

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Young scholars develop creative thinking skills that will help them in future jobs.  In this investigative lesson students select from a list of job titles, get into groups and make up job descriptions for them. 
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Monitor and Clarify Unknown Words in Corgiville Fair

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students identify unknown words and select a strategy to comprehend text. In this vocabulary lesson students listen for specific words as the teacher reads. Students try to figure out what the meaning of the specific words are. The words...
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M&M Graphing and Probability

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create a variety of graphs. They count, sort, and classify M&M's by color and record data on a chart. They use data from the chart to create pictographs, bar graphs and circle graphs. They analyze data and determine...
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Negotiating Treaties

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders recognize the interaction between early settlers and indigenous people in the U.S. They recognize the impact of the Indian Removal Act on displaced Natives in the early West and the impact on Native attitudes today.
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Personal Odysseys and Everyday Heroes

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study Greek Mythology, focusing on Gods and Goddesses. They compare the modern day hero with the classical hero and examine how individual characters are based on their own personal odysseys.