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Sustainable Development
Twelfth graders explore the difference between natural and man-made environments. In this renewable resources instructional activity students evaluate the economic importance of resources.
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Goddesses Are Personifications Too!
Students discover the use of personification as a way of expressing ideals. In this Language Arts activity, students create an allegorical depiction of a contemporary ideal. Students write labels that clearly support the...
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Working With Writing
Fifth graders research a topic of their choice using the internet, magazines, and books. In this research lesson plan, 5th graders are graded on their research and delivery skills of their presentation.
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Fastest Way to a Full Belly
Students create a scale model of a cafeteria. In this scale lesson, groups improve their actual school cafeteria layout by taking measurements of the structure and redesigning furniture and food serving lines. They create a scale drawing...
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Wales
Students investigate Wales. In this Wales lesson, students do Internet research for facts about Wales. Students are given a list sentences about Wales and decide if they are true or false. Students listen to an audio file and take...
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Types of Trains
Third graders explore different types of trains. For this science lesson, 3rd graders study the "Orphan Train" and write a paragraph about what it would feel like to be riding a train during this time period.
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How Do I Find Out More About...?
Eighth graders interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Era of Good Feelings lesson, 8th graders research historical figures of the Antebellum Period. Students use their findings to create...
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Horton Hatches the Egg
Students explore space awareness and safe movement. In this movement/physical education lesson, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Students pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop performing various...
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3A is Going Batty
Pupils share their knowledge of bats. In this video production instructional activity, students use Internet and print resources to research information regarding bats. Pupils prepare bat questions and answers, record them on video, and...
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In Depth: Pearblossom Highway
Students analyze a photograph and a photo-collage showing the same highway. In this visual arts lesson, students write a descriptive paragraph about both images and identify one-point perspective in art. Students then draw...
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Creating Your Own Ad
Students analyze the effective advertisements in print and Internet ads. In this advertisements lesson plan, students create a collage of original and repurposed words, graphics, and images of advertisements. Students create a poster for...
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Introduction to Computers and Computer Vocabulary
Students identify and spell the parts of a computer work station. They use commands to indicate an action. They complete a web project assignment to complete the activity.
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Using Prepositions #3
Students use the information they gathered in previous lessons to practice using prepositions in regards to movement, time, location and place. They write a dialogue using all of the elements listed. They complete a preposition quiz to...
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Food Pyramid
Students identify good nutrition. In this food pyramid lesson, students learn the basics of good nutrition, identify the six basic food groups, state the effects of the food on the human body, and learn nutritional information while...
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Diet, Exercise and AIDS
Students research AIDS and the role of diet and exercise with the disease. In this AIDS lesson, students listen to a mini lecture about the diet and exercise needs of people who have AIDS. Students learn about alternative therapies to...
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Weather Research
Learners compare and contrast weather conditions. In this weather lesson, students conduct online research to identify the weather conditions for the city they have chosen. Learners compare and contrast the similarities and differences...
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Really Shocking
Young scholars examine statistics about kidney transplants. In this current events lesson, students discuss the premise of the reality television show, "Big Donor Show." Young scholars also discover the functions of the kidneys as well...
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Quilt Codes
Students list criteria to evaluate credible historical sources and defend their criteria in an essay. In this historical sources lesson plan, students review information of historical sources as well as the facts and pictures.
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Map Studies
Students study maps and use web based activities to develop their mapping skills. In this mapping skills lesson, students use the internet to define cartography they make a list of information regarding a typical road map and explain the...
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I, Spy
Fifth graders utilize the library in order to find the answers to three questions about The Revolutionary War. In this writing and library skills lesson, 5th graders pretend they are a Spy, and write the answers in a fictional letter to...
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Magic Tree House Story
Students, while in the computer lab assessing how to use Hyper Studio, utilize computer technology as a vehicle to telling an oral story. They create a title page for their Magic Tree House stories. A variety of technology tools are...
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An Exercise in Seriation Dating
Students study the different types of artifacts found that were made by the colonial people. In this archaeology instructional activity students take part in finding ceramic and charting their results.
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Treacherous Trash
Students recognize the harmful effects people have on the environment. In this environmental lesson plan, students simulate water pollution clean-up by using tangled objects and untangling them in a cooperative group. Students identify...
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Volunteering Our Time
Learners participate in a service learning project. In this philanthropy lesson, students volunteer their time at a local soup kitchen and reflect upon the experience in a journal.