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Curated OER

One Song, Many Voices

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss the purpose and meaning of the song "One Song, Many Voices" and how the music expresses the composer's message. Students sing, conduct, and analyze two different songs during the lesson in a choir setting. This lesson is...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Two Ways of Life

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners visit Internet sites to compare ways of life of Indians on western Texas frontier and U.S. military men at Texas forts, and draw pictures to illustrate clothing, transportation, weapons, and shelter of both Indians and U.S....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Chinese Zodiac

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create their own personalized Zodiac page on a word processing document after researching and discussing the origins of Zodiak signs. This lesson does include resource links and may be controversial.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Form, Rhythm, and Melodic Motives: Fiber

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine basic song form and 4/4 meter. They sing a song about diet and nutrition while identifying examining the rhythm of the song. They discuss why fruit and fiber are important to health.
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Curated OER

Bird Banter

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students listen to examples of common bird songs of birds found in Illinois. As a class, they discover the importance between the differences in songs and calls. They practice making their own bird calls and songs to end the lesson.
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Curated OER

Touring the Museum

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a living sculpture using their peers. Working with a partner, they manipulate their partner's arms and legs to create a living statue. They create a story to go along with their sculpture, explaining what the...
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Curated OER

Elements of Music

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify three of the essential elements of music: rhythm, melody and harmony. They discover a simple song which will illustrate these three elements separately and bring them together in a final form. They analyze and critique...
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Curated OER

Flower Pot

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and discuss the tin-glazed earthenware of viceregal Mexico including the process and the design of these two pieces. They define and apply the concept of radial symmetry. Students design and create their own Talavera...
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Curated OER

The Water Cycle

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars study the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson, students examine how the water cycle works, what its functions are, and how to diagram it.
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Curated OER

Laetoli Trackway Puzzle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students try to reach a "best explanation" after viewing diagrams.  In this trackway instructional activity students complete several worksheets, make observations and hypothesize.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Minerals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of minerals. In this minerals lesson plan, students discuss how cooling affects the size of crystals. Students discuss how the structure of minerals is a tetrahedron. Students discuss the structure of...
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Curated OER

Editing Emily's Way: An Exercise in Diction and Its Implications

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners examine the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the diction in her poetry. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Dickinson poetry and analyze the diction in the poems. Learners journal about the poetry and rewrite their own...
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PPT
Curated OER

States of Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This particle PowerPoint includes many pictures to illustrate solids, liquids and gasses and the behavior of their particles.
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Lesson Plan
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Mqed: Pattern

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about mathematical patterns and the art of designing repeat patterns. Lessons and assignments are included in this online resource.
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Interactive
PBS

Peep and the Big Wide World: Shapes and Patterns

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This interactive game focuses on repeated patterns to create dance moves.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Investigating Patterns Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Patterns are everywhere! In this week-long learning adventure, children will discover what a pattern is and explore patterns in different ways. Children will learn that patterns consist of a "core" or "unit" that repeats as they identify...
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: People Patterns

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This interactive website offers young students an opportunity to discover the pattern and predict who will come next. Feedback and guidance are given for each response. It also offers three increasingly difficult levels that are available.
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Website
Other

Artlandia: Pattern Design Tool

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If it's in the budget you may want to consider purchasing Artlandia SymmetryWorks, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator. There are two features that incorporate the use of computer technology to create symmetrical patterns. Free seamless...
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Making Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore the literature connections, online activity, pencil and paper activity, and the manipulative investigation of patterns and geometric shapes on this page!
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Grace's Painful Pattern Repeated; See It?

For Students 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It can be used as both a read-aloud exercise...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Math Patterns 1

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Identify arithmetic patterns (including ones in the addition or multiplication tables), and explain them using properties of operations. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Patterns in Multiplication Tables

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Practice discovering and explaining patterns in multiplication tables. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.D.9 Identify...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Math Patterns 2

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Generate terms in a pattern when given a rule. Identify features of a pattern that are not explicit to the rule itself. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Patterns With Even and Odd

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Use an understanding of even and odd numbers to figure out number patterns. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

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