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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hey, Mom! What's for Breakfast?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine how he world eats breakfast. In this food choices lesson, students work in groups to list breakfast foods and their ingredients and find goods and consumers on the list. The, students use the Internet to complete a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Use or Make a Table

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For this make a table worksheet, students read real world questions and write an equation to match the equation. Next, they solve the equation.   This one-page worksheet contains two problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sharing Beliefs and Ideas

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the roles of trading and pilgrimage in promoting exchange of goods and ideas. They appreciate the roles played by Xuan Zang and Marco Polo in the material and cultural exchange among the peoples of the Silk Road.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Macbeth Tango

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth relate to each other in individual scenes and throughout the play. By taking elements of that relationship and making them physical, students analyze the Macbeths' marriage on many different...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Caps for Sale/Color Words

For Teachers K
Students read the book "Caps for Sale." Students model reading a sentence and using one color cap and the color word (written in its color). They match the color word (written in its color) to the correct color hat.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exercise Your Options for Stronger Bones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate ways to improve their bone strength. In this bone strength instructional activity, students explore the link between exercise and bone growth. Students study the effects of proper nutrition and exercise.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spreadsheet Function Machine

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create a spreadsheet to analyze functions. In this algebra lesson, students use spreadsheets to find the intersection of systems of equations. They identify the dependent and independent function as it relates to a line.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Developing the Concept Division

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use manipulatives to explain the concept of dividing multi-digit numbers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

LESSON 3: Riding the Underground Railroad

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore the Underground Railroad.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

DESIGNER GENES: ONE SIE FITS ALL?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore genetic engineering and issues related to risks and benefits of altering agricultural products.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Global Studies Religion Fair

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners review the major religions of the world. Using the internet, they research the impact of religions and the development of the area in which they originated. They work together to create a museum display and brochure showing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Build An Earthquake City

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together to build an earthquake city. They simulate the shaking during an earthquake to discover if their structure is built well enough. They discover how engineers complete these types of tests to develop better...
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Associative Properties

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Young scholars investigate the associative property of addition. In this associative property of addition lesson, students work in pairs and build addition problems with six blocks. They sit on either side of a desk so that they can...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Civil War in Historical Fiction and Historical Accounts

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine life during the Civil War through various readings. They compare and contrast a novel they read in class to one they chose on the subject. They work together as a class to produce a newspaper displaying the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where Have All the Endangered Gone?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore animals that are endangered. They choose an endangered animal that they would like to keep from becoming extinct. Students create a persuasive presentation to persuade someone to understand why they feel keeping their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Literature of Upheaval

For Teachers 8th
In groups, 8th graders read different documents and answer questions on the Civil War period. Students read documents by Thoreau, Stowe and Frederick Douglas.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Helping Each Other, Near and Far

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine their knowledge of the world as a larger place than just their immediate environment. They examine how people in Africa are fighting malaria and other issues. During the instructional activity they listen to a...
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Article
Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Pbl, Common Core and Next Gen Standards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This two-page article summarizes the alignment of PBL with Common Core standards for ELA and math, plus the Next Generation Science Standards. It is an excerpt from the BIE book, PBL for 21st Century...
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Professional Doc
Other

Ctr for Assessment: Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix & Examples Math/science [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use this convenient table to compare Webb's Depth of Knowledge levels with Bloom's Cognitive Process Dimensions for Math and Science.
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Professional Doc
Student Achievement Partners

Achieve the Core: Introduction to Literacy Shifts in Content Areas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This 1-2 hour module provides an introduction to the key shifts required by the CCSS for Literacy in the content areas: history / social studies, science, and technical subjects.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Religion & Science

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Article
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Educational Leadership: Art and Science of Teaching /Cognitive Verbs and Cc

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) present a new mandate and challenge for K-12 educators-teaching and reinforcing cognitive verbs. These verbs, referred to as academic vocabulary, signal the type of mental operations that students...
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Interactive
PBS

Nova Online: How Many Pearls? A Weight & Volume Game

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game has students apply skills in estimation, measurement, and basic addition using pearls. Students are asked to estimate the number of pearls in a treasure chest by making predictions and using number sense. The skills...
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Activity
Other

Conversions for Weight Measurements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site allows you to convert weight/mass measurements. For example converting tons to grams. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units