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The Right to Education for California's Minorities and Immigrants Offline Lesson Plan

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the elements of various court cases and how state and federal laws affect them. They participate in mock trials.
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Courage

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students review the definition and the need for courage. As a class, they brainstorm a list of ways one can be couragous at different ages. In groups, they apply courage to the four facets of life and share their responses with the...
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Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet

For Students 8th - 9th
In this sound recording analysis worksheet, students listen to a sound recording and analyze it in order to gain more information about the recording's subject.
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Compare Ethical And Non-ethical Workplace Attitudes

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students interpret work-related situations and communicate (written or verbal) ethical responses. They l include in their response the impact of the ethical consideration in the scenarios on customer service. They create another...
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Factors Affecting Ocean Currents

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students design and conduct an experiment to determine the effect of salinity and temperature changes in the movement of ocean currents. For this earth science lesson, students record observations and collect data. They share their...
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History Talks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that deals with a historical figure from the area of Mississippi. Then questions are asked of them using a game show format that is followed with additional ones used for brainstorming for more ideas of inquiry.
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What's All the Fuss about Harry Potter?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars complete a survey to explore the popularity of Harry Potter books.  In this literature and controversy activity, students examine why certain books are controversial or popular. Young scholars write original plays about...
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Earth Ethics: Moral Puralism

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students analyze an environmental policy decision. Students describe the difference between consequence-based and duty-based ethics. Students argue the case for giving standing or consideration to values other than those of human...
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To Declare Independence or Not??

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students debate and role play about whether the colonists should declare independence from England or not. In this American history and oral communication lesson plan, students read informational text about the colonists and their...
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The Crucible

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore the historical drama, "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller looking for examples of society's mistrust of nonconformity and the injustice that can as a result of fear.
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Oragami Village Diorama

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students take advantage of the qualities and characteristics of art media, techniques, and processes to enhance communication of their experiences and ideas. Then they select and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas of...
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Uncover the Truth about Food Labels

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners understand the information on food labels. In this food label lesson, students dissect food labels for health information. Learners learn to calculate calories. Students complete an interactive quiz.
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Everyday Objects

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students reflect in their journals about an everyday object they take for granted. After reading an article, they examine what a cook's tools can reveal about their life. In groups, they research everyday objects and write a museum...
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Making an Effective Presentation

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students discover how to effectively deliver a presentation. They use a PowerPoint presentation as the vehicle for looking at guidelines for making an effective presentation. The guidelines apply to any type of presentation students...
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Chicago's Amazing Growth

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students, in groups, collaboratively explore the rapid growth of Chicago (from 350 to 300,000 in less than 40 years), and how the city changed to accommodate such rapid growth.
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"Adopt an Outcrop"

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students "adopts" a different outcrop or road cut, describing and interpreting both the outcrop scale features and hand specimens. They build their confidence in their ability to describe and interpret outcrop geology. Students are...
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Sea Floor Spreading II

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students import ocean bathymetry data form either the topex web site or text files. They then graph these observations along with model predictions to assess the model's ability to sumulate the observed topographic features of the North...
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Sun Spot Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use Excel to graph monthly mean Greenwich sunspot numbers from 1749 to 2004. They perform a spectral analysis of the data using the free software program "Spectra". Short answer and thought questions related to the graphical...
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Groundwater Pump Test

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students observe groundwater flowing to a pump, changes in groundwater table as a result of pumping, and the quantity and quality of water in the groundwater system. Students must graph and interpret their data, and quantify orders of...
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Cemetery Geology

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine the chemical and physical weathering process of different rocks in a cemetery based on dates on the stones. Students discover the susceptibility of different rock types to weathering.
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Glacial Geology in the Field

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the origin of glaciers, how glacial sediments are deposited, and what sedimentary records of glaciation provide about source and process of glaciers in a field lab.
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Post-settlement landscape evolution

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students use this example, a field laboratory in introductory geology becomes a test of a hypothesis: Does the model proposed by Stanley Trimble for Coon Creek, Wisconsin adequately describe the history of post-European-settlement...
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Floodplains in the Field

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students measure a topographic and geologic cross-section across a floodplain using simple surveying and auguring techniques in a field lab. Students also reconstruct the history of a river system.
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GPS Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice using a GPS receiver and reading directions in an on-campus field trip. Students can identify a building stone, tree, or plant at each stop depending on which area of science is being studied.

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