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Early American Woodworking

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students compare and contrast tools used in colonial America to modern ones. They create a bootjack, coat rack, or candleholder based on actually using the tools. The students also compose a description of a colonial woodworker based...
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Organization Two: My Computer Folder

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine the ways in which computer folders and files help people organize and retrieve information. In this computer folder lesson, students are introduced to the computer as an important resource. Learners discuss what a file...
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Take a Stand!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Here is a four-corner debate-style activity specifically geared to election year issues. Learners group themselves according to whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with statements that relate to elections...
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Read a Fall Foliage Map

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine the purpose of a color key and use a color key to help them read a map.
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British Imperialism in India

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders learn how the differences between Indian and British cultural perspectives, as seen in works of art. Students participate in discussion of the differences in how individuals are viewes by others.
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Memorializing September 11, 2001

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils use the Internet to research monuments. They design models of appropriate memorials which would honor the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. They complete oral presentations that...
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The Tibet Question

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a simulation, where they interview members of the Tibetan groups, the Chinese and US government officials, representatives of human rights organizations and Chinese scholars. Each student will be assigned to one...
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Young Engineers: Understanding Engineering Through Cooking

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore different engineering careers. In this math lesson, 2nd graders create a winning cooking recipe. They role play a mock cookie sale during the culminating event.
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Design Packing to Safely Mail Raw Spaghetti

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate and determine a way to mail raw spaghetti. In small groups, they package their raw spaghetti using various packing materials, mail the package through the postal system, and evaluate their packing design after...
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The Urban Explosion

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the uncontrolled development of the world's major cities. They define key vocabulary terms, view and discuss video excerpts, and complete a project that involves drawing a "perfect city," developing a plan to...
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Balloons: Math with the Montgolfier Balloon

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the history of hot air balloons by watching one ascent.  In this physics lesson plan, students utilize a Montgolfier Hot Air Balloon from an earlier lesson plan and record the temperature, rate of ascent and the volume....
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Saudi Arabia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video clip about bombings in Saudi Arabia. They discuss the causes and implications of other recent terrorist attacks. They examine the United States - Saudi Arabia relationship as well.
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Electrical Power Equipment

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify various electrical equipment and safety signs and the importance and dangers associated with each. They use cards of power equipment and create a presentation that includes the name of the power equipment that they...
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Technology and Inequality

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study briefly the history, evolution, and social benefits of the automobile. After using the automobile as a case study, students choose another technology, research, and analyze it in small groups and report.
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SMART Project

Shop with Us at Whelan School

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use their math and research skills to create and manage a classroom/school store. They use a computer to manage, organize and access information. They practice pricing products, computing sales, counting money and making...
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Nutty for Nutrition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a PowerPoint presentation detailing daily intake of nutrients. In this nutty for nutrition lesson, groups of students conduct Internet research to determine what type of nutrients should be consumed on a daily basis. ...
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My Community

For Teachers 1st
First graders design a Powerpoint presentation to reflect information about their community.  In this community lesson, 1st graders create slides to explain the weather, geography and other information about the city.
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Winter Expressions

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Students write a winter "shape poem," draw the outline of an object that complements the poem and copy the poem inside the outline in a pattern.
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students dramatize incident that started the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s: Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
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The Presidential Nominating System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the process by which candidates for U.S. president are nominated by the Democratic and Republican parties. They identify the differences between primaries and caucuses and key terms and issues related to the primary...
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PBS

Taking a Field Trip

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the importance of taking a field trip. They make predictions and practice making environmentally sound decisions. They watch a video clip about enhancing historical experiences.
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Ways of Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore all the different avenues of the concept of different ways of thinking by involving the views of several great minds of history to thinkers of Western Civilization. They assess questioning, life, work, skepticism,...
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Internet Measurement

For Teachers K
Students become familiar with how to get information from the Internet. In this math and technology lesson plan, students measure objects on a measurement sheet found on a web site. They practice using a standard unit of measurement...
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A World of Myths

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and write myths. In this world mythology lesson, students read and analyze myths from various cultures and then recognize their attributes as they write their own myths to explain natural phenomena.