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Appreciating Our American Heritage

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders learn about the Chinese culture and how important they feel their heritage and culture are, and to help the American students develop a pride in their own culture as well.
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Volleyball Set Assessment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a reciprocal assessment of the set used in volleyball.
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Game Shows in the Classroom

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in game show like games when reviewing material for any subject or grade level.
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Making Patterns

For Teachers K
Students utilize skittles and unifix cubes to practice the recognition and creation of a variety of patterns. The created patterns are copied onto sheets and the colors are labeled.
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Toss by Color

For Teachers K
Students explore color recognition and demonstrate underhand toss skills. They participate in a game by lining up, and running to and recognizing the color of beanbag the teacher calls out, and toss that color beanbag through a hula-hoop.
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Motion of a Bouncing Ball

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders complete a unit of lessons on derivatives as they are applied to motion. They observe and discuss demonstrations, conduct an experiment involving a motion sensor, graph and analyze the results, and summarize their findings.
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Strength in Size? Madagascar Cockroach Pulls

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders conduct an experiment involving size and relative ability in smaller species using Madagascar cockroaches. They make predictions about how many pennies the roaches can pull, compare the results to human strength, and...
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Desert Tortoise Tale

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to a reading of the "Desert Tortoise Tale" and complete a maze that highlights the different threats the baby tortoise faces along the way. They discuss the reasons the Desert Tortoise is becoming endangered.
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Television and Teens

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss the relationship teenagers have with the television. In groups, they watch different excerpts from various television shows and note every instance of violence including children. They also discuss the instances of...
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Clouds and the Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze the relationship of clouds and local weather. Students also observe and record cloud data and weather conditions daily as they research different cloud types. The data is analyzed looking for trends in daily...
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Interdisciplinary Task: Weather

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students design a chart to use to record the weather for five days. They then build an anemometer to record wind speed and discover why they are used for this purpose.
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To Every Thing There Is A Season...

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use the artwork by Robert Harris to examine the four seasons. In groups, they identify the clothing worn in the artwork and create a dance which resembles the painting. They also practice reading a thermometer and identify...
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Signs of the Seasons

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars closely observe the natural world, record data, and notice patterns as the seasons unfold, they build a deeper understanding of seasonal change! The definition of phonology is the focus of this lesson and how it changes...
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College Simulation

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students pretend they are a college freshman and taking a full load of classes. Individually, they create a budget based on their $9.00 an hour job in order to meet all of their repsonsibilities. They complete the simulation online and...
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Medieval Ethiopia, Mali and Nigeria: The Influence of Culture in Africa

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of cultural diffusion. In groups, they identify the culture of Mali, Nigeria and Ethiopia and work together to research how cultural diffusion has changed the country. To end the lesson, they...
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Duck Flyways Quiz

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science quiz worksheet, pupils read about ducks migrating along flyways. They answer 5 questions based on a map of the United States. They answer true and false, and multiple choice questions.
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Fighting for Democracy, Fighting for Me

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore what it means to be American. In this American identity lesson, students consider the contributions of Americans throughout history that have protected the promises of the U.S. Constitution.
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I'm Here, I'm There, I'm Everywhere-I'm Super Spud!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students generate a computer model of a potato plant. In this potato lesson plan, students study the history of potatoes, the variety of potatoes, the functions of the potato plant parts, and make a potato model on the computer.
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Turning Historical Descriptions into Causal Claims

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study different political processes. In this American Government lesson, 11th graders read narratives about different political processes. Students write a sentence in their own words describing the concepts. 
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Where's the Grass

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students participate in a grassland game. In this grassland lesson, students simulate the impact of grazing animals and invasive weeds on grasslands.
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Observation Hike

For Teachers K - 12th
Pupils participate in an observational hike to study the natural surroundings.  In this observational hike lesson, students hike through a state park and observe the plant and animal life.  Pupils learn about appropriate behaviors in...
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Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this metaphor worksheet, students make a "word card" with the word metaphor for their vocabulary bank, then determine whether statement from The Dragonslayer are similes or metaphors, 
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Snowfall Statistics for Snowboarding

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the Internet to collect the current daily snowfall amounts and also to find the price of a lift ticket for snowboarding at different ski resorts in the United States.
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Chinese New Year

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the culture and celebrations associated with Chinese New Year in this unit of lessons