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American Museum of Natural History

Gusty: The Gut Microbiome Card Game

For Students 6th - 12th
Build up your gut. Groups up to four play a card game to learn more about the microbiome in the gut. Learners try to build a healthy gut with their cards. The player acquiring six microbes without any pathogens wins the game. 
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EngageNY

Mid-Unit 3 Assessment, Part II: Organizing Notes for a Public Speech

For Teachers 5th Standards
It's all a matter of opinion! Pupils take Part II of the mid-unit assessment, in which they continue organizing their notes in preparation for writing an opinion speech. Using the resource, they add reasons, evidence, and a concluding...
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Organizer
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Audience Appeal

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, learners learn that authors create books aimed at a particular audience of a certain age and interest. Learners read the names of 10 kinds of books and write the name of someone they think would enjoy it, and why.
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Curated OER

CrossOver

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students become aware of other people when moving in a small space.
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Curated OER

Telling My Story: Conducting and Writing an Oral History

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars analyze the use of oral history as a way of gathering history. In this oral history lesson, students define oral history and then discuss researching immigration. Young scholars research immigration. Students create...
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Subway Drawings & Semiotics

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students examine Keith Haring's subway art. Public art vs. graffiti is discussed and students create images that convey self-expression. They chose and load images onto Adobe Photoshop thereby investigating the photoshop program.
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Draw a Map

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars draw a map. In this map drawing lesson students draw a map to show where a character is from and where they are going in the story. Young scholars are writing an odyssey.  
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Curated OER

How Can You Predict the Characteristics of an Unborn Baby?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars compare three sets of unlabeled human chromosomes and gather related data, trace chromosomes to pair them, and make observations about them.
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Colonial Writing Project

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write from the perspective of a child in the colonial period. In this writing instructional activity, 4th graders create a fictional character living in the colonial period and write about daily life from their perspective.
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Micronutrient Need Intervention

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the real world applications of nutrition. They study the problem of starvation and how it affects different populations. Students work in small groups in order to devise and intervention plan. They also search out...
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Curated OER

ESL Network: Tezen, A Haitian Folktale

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders brainstorm various types of friendships prior to reading "Tezen," a tale about a young girl's friendship with a fish. After writing story reviews, they work in small groups to create dramatic skits based on the text and...
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Our Illuminated Alphabet

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine artwork and create their own.  In this writing and illustrating lesson, students view illuminated letters from the Getty Museum's collection and discuss art vocabulary.  Students examine the visual elements in the images...
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Place and Character in Poetry

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine how place in poetry helps give clues about character. In this poetry lesson plan, students read a poem while focusing on the descriptions of the room that is being described and predict what type of person would live...
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Types of Behavior

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, learners analyze specific animal and human behaviors and classify them as innate or learned. Students answer 20 questions, identifying behaviors and explaining how they are helpful to the animal. Note: This...
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Personal Spelling Words

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify challenging spelling words, as well as have the correct spellings at the tips of their fingers. It also allows the students to use several different aspects of technology that they will use many times throughout...
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Media File Types

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students read about several different media file formats and determine which one is best used in specific situations. They go to different sites and read about the different media formats. Students then answer the questions that are...
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Different Types of Orange Juice Contain the Same Amounts of Vitamin C?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers measure and compare the amount of vitamin C in orange juice samples. They discover the effects of different factors on the concentration of vitamin C. They participate in an experiment to test the orange juice.
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Personal Budgeting Project

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students create an Excel spreadsheet of a personal budget by estimating their possible income and monthly expenses from a worksheet. They group together to create a family unit and use the personal budget sheets to plan a family budget.
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Letter to Self: A Personal Time Capsule

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the parts of a friendly letter and write a letter to themselves as a part of a time capsule. In this letter writing lesson, 7th graders identify the five parts of a letter and write a friendly letter to...
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Personalized Masts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students will use modern International Marine Code Flags to create representations of their names. They will use the inspiration of the sailing vessels to name and create a coat of arms for their ship.
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Indirect-Direct Characterization Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders are introduced to direct and indirect characterization. In groups, they find examples of both in various pieces of literature. They are given an adjective and make a display in which they use the adjective indirectly. To...
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Examining Conflicts At Camp Green Lake

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners complete an essay documenting a conflict present in the novel Holes. They define the six types of literary discussion as a class. After identifying one of these types of conflicts in the novel, students write a five paragraph...
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Convincing Characters

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create vivid, active characters for a story. In this character lesson, students discuss the characters in books they are familiar with. Students create a list of novels they have read and discuss the character types. Students...
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STD Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students have a first hand opportunity of seeing that when they are sexually active they are at risk of becoming infected with any type of STD.

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