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"I" On Philanthropy
Students read children's literature and listen to song lyrics to identify acts of philanthropy. They discuss how one's identity can be shaped by helping others. They also focus on the non-profit sector.
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A Look at My Teeth
Students examine their oral hygiene. In this oral hygiene lesson, students examine tooth x-rays, molds, and specimens. Students create a record of their own teeth.
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Great Big House
Third graders sing and play the song "Great Big House" in the Orff style using soprano and alto glockenspiels, bass xylophones, bass marimbas, triangles, woodblocks, and the singing voice. The instructional activity includes...
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The Water Cycle: Transpiration
Students identify and describe the stages in the water cycle. Using plants, they determine if they play a role in the cycle and measure the water the plants give off. They complete an experiment to determine if deciduous or coniferous...
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The Connection Between Pigment and Light Colors
Students learn the procedure for mixing secondary colors from primary pigments and observe the results of mixing two primary colors.
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Human Body
In this biology worksheet, students complete a paragraph about the human body and the eyes. They fill-in the blanks with the correct word from the word bank. There are 21 blanks to complete.
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Mine Is! Is Yours?
First graders engage in a lesson plan which teaches the concept of symmetry through the use of letters in the student's name. They use a piece of yarn to see if they can make symmetrical pieces out of their own names.
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Meteorology -- Clouds
Fourth graders examine the processes of condensation and evaporation. They identify the three types of clouds and state the weather that is possible with each type of cloud. They ask questions to end the lesson plan.
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On the Surface of Things
Students create a Claris slide shows from pictures they have taken of items close-up in nature after studying the works of M.C. Escher and Georgia O'Keefe. Slide shows includes captions for clues to the identity of their nature picture.
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Self-Portraits
Eighth graders practice the techniques of color, face proportion, emotion through color, and how to integrate handheld applications in Art projects in this Art lesson for the 8th grade classroom. Self-Portraits are used and emphasized in...
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Crying Students
Students recognize the phoneme for the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through a variety of activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Tell Me All About It!!
Students discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization. Through guided practice, they follow five steps in finding and highlighting important information, while deleting information that is not needed. Using the...
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Introducing Models to Elementary School Students
Students explore the concept of creating models. In this model representation instructional activity, students are introduced to the idea of a model and discuss the differences between models and the actual object.
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Recognizing Strength
Students identify their individual strengths. In this values lesson, students create a collage to show their positive qualities as an individual. They share this to the group.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Roots and Birth of Mirror 1870 to 1930
Looking at the history of the community of Mirror, Alberta, shows how this part of Western Canada gained population.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Straightness and Symmetry
This site, part of a planned Geometry textbook, involves real-world applications with symmetry and reflection using pictures and graphs.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Physics: Bill Nye: Bending Light
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing science experiments straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive experiment.
University of Maryland
Optics Highlights: The Telescope
Part of an anecdotal history of optics and the study of light. Extremely thorough treatment of the invention of the telescope. Includes a short biographical sketch and discusses the work of Isaac Newton which focuses on his contribution...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles L. Weed
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Charles L. Weed is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his photography, including landscape photography (as seen in his Mirror Lake).
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: George Tooker
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on George Tooker in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
Buck Institute
Buck Institute for Education: Pblu: Mazer Tag
Inspired by a work site using a laser to measure in the water, this teacher decided to do a project-based learning lesson with students the required them building an obstacle course that they had to maneuver a laser beam around. Part of...