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Media Literacy: TV - What You Don't See!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine how to evaluate what they are watching on television. They discuss hip hop music videos, compare/contrast them to other types of music videos, write a letter or press release about promoting positive teen stories, and...
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The Environment and the Community

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students consider ways to reduce air, water, noise, and litter pollution in their community. In this environment lesson plan, students discuss and set goals for reducing pollution and keep a log of the changes they make individually to...
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This is A Day in My Life: A Photo Essay

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Studenty create a photo essay of a day in their lives. For this photographic story lesson, students take pictures throughout their day and use the images to tell a story.  Students create an album with an online account. 
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A New Twist on Father's Day Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Father's Day activities can give students a way to find out about their ancestry and learn more about special people in their lives.
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I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners contemplate the questions raised by the book/movie I, Robot.  In this theoretical physics lesson, students consider the pros and cons as well as the possibility of robots that can think.
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Branches of US Government

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students research the responsibilities of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. In this U.S. government lesson, students research the jobs of those in each branch and present their finding to their classmates.
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ME Cards

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers improve their self-esteem by telling others about skills, talents, and characteristics that make them unique and special.
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Skin as an Organ

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to human skin as an organ of the body with many roles, functions and interactions with other organs. They investigate the integumentary system in groups and complete a worksheet with their findings.
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The Clause That Refreshes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars define specialized terminology involving parts of speech. They identify main and subordinate clauses and create complex sentences. They edit and revise writing to incorporate complex sentences and identify parts of...
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Karnaugh Mapping

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this electrical circuit activity, students answer a series of 17 questions using a Karnaugh map to generate a Boolean expression, and identify logic gates and functions. This activity is printable and the answers are available on-line.
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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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Sharing Our Strengths

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, students appreciate their own unique talents-and that of others-by presenting an interest, talent, or hobby.
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Snack Time

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, students will color the correct number of boxes in a graph to show their choices. They will then display their understanding of the graph's meaning through a teacher led class discussion.
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Unite The School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a school project help unite the feelings and make each student feel a very special part of their school. This project would be a great beginning of the school "opener" for students and their teachers.
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If You Build It, They Will Come

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students, in groups, develop a new sports team, design a multi-use stadium for the team, and promote a special event at the stadium.
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Remember Our Soldiers

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars talk about and grow in their understanding of the important role our troops play, and the important role citizens play in keeping up our troops' morale. They involve themselves in community service by writing letters for,...
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How To Make an Artificial Organ

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the advances made in technology with regard to prosthetics and replacement organs and limbs. They describe the anatomy and functions of different organs and create their own artificial organ. They defend and present...
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Child Labor

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine how how groups and institutions work to meet individual needs and promote the common good, and identify examples of where they fail to do so. They describe how workers with specialized jobs and the ways in which they...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 3--Obtaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, while identifying/examining/researching required requirements for particular jobs, prepare to seek employment in the United States. In addition, they practice writing paragraphs for further employment prospects.
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Where I Come From

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine family traditions as a microcosm of larger cultures. They examine their own family traditions to identify how beliefs, values, and customs vary from culture to culture and how those traditions influence their perception...
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Freshwater Sharks Bite Children at 35th Beach. A Play

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Young scholars delve into a study of sharks. In this science lesson plan, students examine the many different scientific occupations, as well as some possible specializations therein, and perhaps a little bit of other life...
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Making Paper Figures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students develop fine motor skills. In this paper folding lesson plan, students make a person out of paper. Students use different shapes of paper for the body and used curled paper for the hair.
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Human Anatomy - How Do We Move?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover how blood moves around the body.  In this circulatory system lesson, 5th graders feel their pulse before and after exercise.  Students count their heart rate. Students use the scientific method to record their...
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Antibodies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct a series of exploration activity on how vaccines and antibodies work. In this biology instructional activity, students test how antigens and antibodies work in the body. They discuss the benefits of vaccines in promoting...