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Reach and Grab

For Teachers K
Students examine the different types of marine life and participate in an activity to show the many arms of an octopus.
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Which Shoes Are Mine?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write down detailed descriptions of the shoes they are wearing that day. They participate in a relay descriping their shoes as they go.
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How to Be a Good Friend

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils brainstorm and illustrate the dos and don'ts of friendship as a book or classroom display. They discuss how friendships work and the rules people follow to make them work.
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RIGHT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

For Teachers K - 4th
Students learn the importance of fairness and come up with strategies to create this type of environment in their classroom.
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Word Relay

For Teachers K - 8th
Students identify words from the class word wall or other vocabulary lists. They form teams and read words in an effort to identify as many correctly as they can. They utilize words from a variety of sources within the classroom to...
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Celebrate Christmas

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore Christmas through a variety of grouping activities in PE class. Students are actively involved in the learning process.
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Consumerism

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars identify image and information ads, define consumer goods and services, explain teen consumer spending impacts.
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Healthy Play

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in an activity in which they explore healthy lifestyles and why it is important to be active.
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Polyhedra: Faces, Edges, and Vertices (3-D Marshmallow Models)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the attributes of 3-dimensional shapes. In this shapes lesson, 3rd graders examine faces, edges, and vertices of 3-dimensional shapes as they construct shapes using marshmallows and toothpicks.
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Christmas Morning Surprise

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students "plant" mints for Christmas. In this Christmas lesson, students "plant" starlight mints in the ground. You switch the mints with candy canes, so when the students come out they think their mints have grown. 
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Unified Floor Hockey (Special Olympics)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
All levels of sports participants can play in a team sport. Working in teams, they participate in Unified Floor Hockey as a part of the Special Olympics sports program. They practice various skills associated with floor hockey and...
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Hide and Seek Rocket

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students cut out and color their own rocket. They use clues in relation to numbers and words to find hidden rockets. They ask each other questions to determine the exact location.
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"Sea" Me Race

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the ocean habitat. They race each other while portraying a different creature of the sea. They research various types of creatures found in the sea and portray that creature while racing classmate.
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Biography Bounce

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review important people in history by participating in a "Biography Bounce." The students bounce rubber or soccer balls after correctly identifying the person presented by the teacher.
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Multicultural Journeys

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discover different cultures in American by working in groups of two to research a selected culture. Students set up e-mail communication with someone from the culture they are researching and keep a journal of all information...
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Native American Unit: Introduction to the Internet

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore curriculum integration of basic internet skills within the classroom. They observe classroom management skills enforced when using technology as a teaching tool. Students discuss the use of URL's and bookmarks in the...
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Library Media

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders find or shelve books in the library. In this library books lesson plan, 5th graders find books and learn how to shelve books in the library.
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Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Line Jumper Online Game

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
A fun, yet educational online math game to help you learn your number lines! You will be given a number and an equation, and then, you move the number forwards or backwards on the number line. Good Luck!
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Other

Mapping Your Future: Career Ship

For Students 9th - 10th
Career Ship is an on-line career exploration adventure geared towards middle school students. Your mission is to fuel the Career Ship and learn about possible careers.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Zip Line

For Students 3rd - 8th
Your job is to design and build a ping-pong carrier and send it down a zip line in 4 seconds or less. Are you up to the task?
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: On Target

For Students 3rd - 8th
This challenge requires you to modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and drop a marble onto a target.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Pecking Order

For Students 3rd - 6th
Pecking Order is an educational game for kids to practice number values with fractions, percents, and decimals. The object of the game is to arrange the different birds from least to greatest on a number line as quickly as possible...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: 100 Number Chart

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This a fun and educational activity for children learning numbers. The chart will help children to see relationships and patterns between numbers one to one hundred. To play the game children must place numbers on the correct spot of the...
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A&E Television

History.com: Why This Pioneering Hopi Soldier Has a Mountain Named After Her

For Students 9th - 10th
Lori Ann Piestewa was the first woman to die on the front lines in Iraq and the first American Indian woman to die serving the U.S. Armed Forces. Piestewa has became synonymous with patriotic Native American sacrifice. In 2008, a...