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Comparison/Contrast Composer Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils choose two composers to research and complete a compare and contrast study of them. In this composer research lesson plan, learners select two composers to research. Pupils use Internet sources, the library, and music class...
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M&M Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students apply the scientific method in order to determine the probability of specific colors in a bag of M&M's. They determine the definition of probability and how it can be used. They make a hypothesis and conduct an experiment to...
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And You Thought Gasoline Was Expensive!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students carry out a cost analysis. In this comparative math lesson, students compare the cost of equal measures of gasoline to mouthwash, house paint, fruit juice, white-out, and other liquids.
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Idioms Quiz: Animals 2

For Students 5th - 6th
Kill two birds with one stone with a activity that not only gives practice using idioms but also has a technology link as well. Learners answer the 10 multiple choice questions of an online interactive quiz about the meaning of idioms...
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Kernels of Wisdom: Investigating Natural Variations in Corn

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Here is a brain-popper! Corn, or more appropriately, maize, was intentionally domesticated by humans around 9,000 years ago and over a period of hundreds to thousands of years! Genetics and botany researchers have collaborated to find...
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Recycled Vegetable Oil Powers Vans, Cars

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Learners share their knowledge about fuel sources, then read a news article about vegetable oil as a cleaner alternative to gasoline. For this current events and environmental science lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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Students Slide to School on Air-Powered Sled

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students locate the Great Lakes on a US map, then read a news article about a sled being used as a wintertime school bus in Wisconsin. In this current events lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a map and vocabulary...
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Appliances with Minds of Their Own

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how everyday appliances might soon possess the capacity "to think" as a result of recent technological advances. A display of their knowledge of this new technology by creating a poster design of a "smart" machine.
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Carerrs in Song And Dance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a job posting for a career in the performing arts. They view a Discovery Channel video as an introduction to the types of performing art careers are possible. They choose one that they are most interested in to research on...
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Reach For The Sky

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider alternative designs for a tall building and choose one of their designs to build. As a final step, they design and construct a model of a skyscraper.
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Birds and Mammals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students create details given an imaginary story to reinforce the topics of mammals and birds. The second page has more puzzles for them to do.
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All Aboard! Railroad Transportation

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create a picture of a train. In this train lesson, students read Freight Trainand discuss the trains that they see. Students discuss what it would feel like to be a train and play a game where they pretend to be a train. They...
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Creative Can Sculptures Help Feed the Hungry

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students look at pictures of Canstruction sculptures, then read a news article about the construction of these canned food sculptures. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with pictures of...
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Differences Between Frogs and Toads

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the Internet to research the differences between frogs and toads.
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African American History Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research and retrieve information from the Internet. They participate in an online quiz. They identify areas of cultural diversity in United States history.
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What Is CLIVAR and EPIC?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct Internet research to analyze climatic conditions. They answer questions by conducting Internet research about CLIVAR and EPIC and write an essay about why climate research is an international issue.
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Understanding URLs

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the different domain suffixes in the web site address, how to find the author or sponsor of a page to determine authority and accuracy. They determine how currency of a page. Students enter the lab, log onto...
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Water Quality of Local Lakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the quality of water in a regional lake of West Bloomfield in the past and present. They compare conditions of the lake, past and present. They then give examples of local and regional human activities that may have had...
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Making a Taxonomic Key

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars work as a team of abalone taxonomists who examine and classify abalones based on their shell characteristics of the four most common species. They also study the visible details of each species shell, make notes and...
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Biographies in a Box Come to Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils use the Internet to research someone's biography.
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Cracking the Genetic Code

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate different purposes for manipulating DNA. After reviewing the structure and functions of DNA, students explore topics related to the use or manipulation of DNA and the potential benefits and problems, later making a...
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The Cream of the Crop

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss article, "Simple Method Found to Vastly Increase Crop Yields," then research the basic components of conventional and organic agricultural methods. They, in groups, organize and present their research to the class.
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Create a Classroom Exhibit: Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students bring in rocks and minerals from home. They observe them and describe them carefully, completing a worksheet. Finally, a classroom exhibit is created.
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Famous Public Properties

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify and use the commutative properties of addition and multiplication, associative properties of addition and multiplication, and the distributive property of multiplication over addition.

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