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The Power of the Press

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify an editorial and propaganda, discuss differences between weekly and daily newspapers, analyze needs of rural and urban newspaper audiences, and evaluate possible power of the press and importance of multiple views...
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Planet-Tac-Toe Review Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research the nine planets in the solar system. They play a board gram like tic-tac-toe using the names of the planets. Factual info is given to help play the game.. This sounds like a fun review game.
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Scavenger Hunt! Exploring the Prairie

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars participate in an online scavenger hunt activity, researching the type of housing pioneers built to match the natural environment. They design and create a poster exhibit or Web page presenting information about pioneer...
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Reciprocal Reading

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by making their own bookmark about the books they have read.
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Karyotypes and Inheritance of Chromosomes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the mode of inheritance of chromosomes. Given a scenario, students use the Human Genome sheet to determine inherited chromosomes. They illustrate the difference between genotype and phenotype. Students develop a model...
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Successful Traits of Mentors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the traits that mentors share. They brainstorm in order to create a definition of a mentor that is shared in groups while writing in journals. Students also write about...
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Fractions, Decimals and Percents

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders describe parts of a whole as a fraction, decimal and a percent. For this math lesson, 5th graders practice converting fractions to decimals by dividing. Additionally, students explain how decimals are converted to...
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Radius, Diameter and Area

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students identify the radius and diameter of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the volume and area of a cylinder and circle. They relate the circumference of a circle to Pi.
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Claudio and Hero Lesson Plan

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students examine the roles of arranged marriage through their work with Shakespeare's, Much Ado About Nothing. They look at the roles of Claudio and Hero, and determine how their marriage could be considered to be arranged. They complete...
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Remembering Waiting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students draw a pastel drawing and compose a narrative of when they had to wait for something. In this pastel drawing lesson plan, students study and discuss the pastel drawing Waiting by Edgar Degas, discuss the story it tells, and...
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Exhibiting Common Threads

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Dorothea Lange's photographs and identify key themes in her work. In this photograph analysis lesson, students discuss and analyze the images of Lange and identify her themes. Students research the historical contexts...
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Going on a Bear Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate pantomiming by going on a fictitious bear hunt.  For this performing arts lesson, students collaborate in groups to sing songs and perform pantomimes based on a hunting trip.  Students create their own...
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American Beginnings

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the role of historians.  For this American History lesson, 11th graders analyze document based questions.  Students write a summary of these documents. 
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Political Movement: Political Parties

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore politics by researching Australian government law. In this political parties lesson, students define the different active parties in Australia and their roles within the country. Students complete a word bank activity...
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Interacting With Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars identify the proper way to interact with animals. In this animal welfare lesson, students view pre-made picture cards of illustrations of people interacting with animals. Young scholars categorize the cards into an...
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Writing/Performing One Act Plays (all, Reading/Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after reading one-act plays or scenes from plays, compose a short, one-act play which involves two characters.
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Comic Strip Creations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify nouns, adjectives, and verbs from the newspaper. They create a math story problem, then create a comic strip using dialogue from words found in the newspaper.
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The Other Side of Paradise

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the life and writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald. They examine the youth culture of the 1920's and compare it to their own. They practice using some of the biographer's or archivist's tools for studying a person.
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Spatial Relationships: an Over/Under Dance

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the relationships of space through movement. Two perform movement improvisation based on over/under. The activity improves hand-eye coordination, cooperation, and communication skills. The timing of the dance also...
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Human Number Line

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compare different types of numbers. Each student is given a flashcard containing a decimal, percent, fraction or integer. Teams of students compete, in silence, to determine who can line up in numerical order correctly. They...
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LD50 of NaCl to Gammarus spp.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the meaning of LD50 through lecture and discussion. Through experiment, students graph and calculate the LD50 of salt on fresh water amphipods. Students compare results of the experiment with pesticides and pollutants.
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Forming Friendships

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the importance of friendships and the main factors of friendships after reading the story "Poll uncovers friendship secrets". The lesson is set up as an open class discussion in order for the students to learn from each...
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Breakdown

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students brainstorm the causes of breakdowns in relationships, learn the main factors of interpersonal attraction and discuss these factors through learning from each other. Students also explore how the pressures of having a busy life...
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Commonly Asked Questions on Vision and Color Perception

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students commonly ask question about vision and color perception which may be difficult to answer without taking. They use this module that contains a list of questions which often arise when biology students are studying the nervous...