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Clearcutting: Sustainable Forestry?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the conflicts between the economy and the environment by focusing on forest management in Maine. They read pamphlets on siliviculture and clear-cutting as well as those by environmental groups then conduct a debate on...
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Risk-It

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a game in which they are introduced to the Federal Reserve system. After indentifying new vocabulary, they decide which categories to choose from and select a spokesperson for each team. They play the game...
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Adding and Subtracting Integers

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students add and subtract integers. In this algebra activity, students add, subtract, multiply and divide integers. They apply the properties of numbers as they solve equations.
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From Kakawa to Chocolate: The Evolution of Chocolate Throughout History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the history of chocolate and its consumption. In this chocolate history lesson plan, students discover how industrialization changed the way humans consume chocolate. Students use the provided worksheet to note details...
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Career Stereotyping

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn about gender biases.  In this careers lesson, students list possible careers with the gender associated with them.  Students discuss gender biases and complete an activity where they find pictures in magazines that depict...
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"Shapes" Dance Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create dances by manipulating shapes with their bodies.
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Locomotor License

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a simulation to practice motor skills and moving safely in the space they share with others.
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Say What? (A Murder Mystery)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice their performance, expression, and logical thinking skills by asking questions and speaking in correct tones. They attempt to meet IEP requirements in these areas by presenting murder mystery clues using the appropriate...
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Collecting and Pressing Plants

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the study of native plants and classifying them according to a kind. They press them into a journal while identifying them according to species. Students compile the samples into a...
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Caring for Hair

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student explore the diverse ways that people care for their hair. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, young scholars interview hair-care providers to learn the hairstyles and hair care that they provide to their customers.
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February and Other Words with Tricky Spellings

For Students 5th - 6th
In this February and other words with tricky spellings instructional activity, students use scrambled letters, definitions and a dictionary to identify 65 words with tricky spellings, then write them.  A list of more irregular words is...
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Polling and Statistics

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars investigate polling. In this statistics lesson, students collect data-on polling and graph their data on a coordinate plane. They identify biased and non-biased polling.
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Health and Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze colors and the reasons they are used in preschool room setups. They examine preschool setups, safety procedures, and the immunizations required for preschool.
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Discovering the Linear Relationship between Celsius and Fahrenheit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the linear relationship between degrees Farenheit and degrees Celsius. They manually compute the slope and y-intercept of the line passing through points. They convert Celsius to Fahrenheit degrees.
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Adding Integers II

For Students 5th - 6th
In this adding integers worksheet, students solve 10 problems, adding integers. Students may click on hint or check answer buttons. Page has links to additional resources.
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Addends with Spiffy

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students solve single variable equations. For this missing addend lesson, students solve problems with missing addends. Students create a function box to help study numerical reasoning.
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Determining the Age of Fossils

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the concept of radioactive dating. In this radioactive dating lesson plan, students investigate how to determine the ages of fossils and rocks as they learn about half-life radioactive decay.
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Concrete Poems

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to several poems containing shapes as well as selected concrete poems. They brainstorm a list of their favorite things and then come up with ten words that relate to the top five things chosen by the students. They...
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The Pony Song

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students sing "Three Little Pigs", the "Pony Song", and "The Animal Blues" in this elementary school music lesson. National and State Standards are addressed. Assessment rubric is included for grading and student evaluation.
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Working for Water

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats lesson students view a video and plan a school restoration project. 
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Here's an Instant Activity for February 15, 2010

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a spelling activity to learn how to spell plural words. In this plural words lesson, 2nd graders complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher and then a worksheet to spell plural words.
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Prototype Production

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a product out of concrete. In this concrete lesson plan, students also demonstrate safety when using the tools provided.
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Invisible Neighbors

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the importance of keeping their body clean in order to maintain good health. They explore washing their hands and maintaining other good hygiene practices.
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Toxic Waste

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine the problem of excess garbage in New York City and around the world. They answer questions about their personal garbage output, conduct Internet research on a scientific survey conducted in the South Pacific, and write a...