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The Powers of Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write about ways in which they used persuasive skills in the past. They evaluate what makes a persuasive argument successful. Students list the ways in which persuasive writing can help us achieve desired goals.
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Altering a Plant Environment

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate what a controlled group is by creating an experiment.  In this plant growth lesson, students identify the different parts of a plant and discuss what is needed for a plant to be successfully grown.  Students grow a...
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Choose Your Attitude

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore how attitude can make a difference in how they progress and become successful. They view movie clips and discuss how attitudes can change and influence people's lives. Students look at characteristics that...
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Get a Job

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm a list of items needed to have a successful career. Individually, they complete a webquest in which they identify positions they might be interested in. They also practice the interview process and how to complete...
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Vegie Gardening

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of Veggie Gardening and develop the plans for a successful yield of crops. They answer some practical questions and then apply the information to the horticulture garden. The project includes finding the...
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The Babylonian Algorithm, Limits and Rates of Change

For Students Higher Ed
In this successive approximations worksheet, students use the Babylonian algorithm to determine the roots of given numbers. They identify the limits of a function, and compute the rate of change in a linear function. This two-page...
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Back to School! Scavenger Hunt

For Students 4th - 6th
In this returning to school learning exercise, students utilize the Internet to access a specific website to find the answers to five fill in the blank facts about the importance or returning back to school successfully.
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Electron Arrangement

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this ions learning exercise, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the successive ionisation energies for potassium. Then students create a graph plotting ionisation energy against the number of the ionisation energy.
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Cross That Bridge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create paper bridges. In this geometry and architecture instructional activity, groups use legal paper and paper clips to design a bridge that will hold 100 pennies. Links to mini-lessons exploring stability of different...
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The Great Alphabet Challenge

For Students 6th - 8th
In this writing sentences activity worksheet, student practice their language skills as they craft groups of sentences in which first letter of each word starts with successive letters of the alphabet. Three examples are provided.
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Mormon Settlements

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Mormon settlements worksheet, students read the poster about the settlement of Salt Lake City. Students then determine if the settlement was a success or failure based on what they learned in the poster.
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Open-Ended Scientific Method Lab

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners inspect a given problem and come up with a hypothesis. In this investigative lesson students come up with a hypothesis for a problem, test each hypothesis and evaluate how successful each one was. 
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How Do They Know That

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore methods for reconstructing the past. In this forest succession instructional activity, students examine forest succession and how to read the land in order to predict patterns of change. Young scholars will visit a...
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Can Mansueto Turn Magazine Publishing Bust Into a Boom?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of entrepreneurship. In this entrepreneurship lesson, students read an article about a man who turned a magazine company into a success. Students compare and contrast two companies, one that is a financial...
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The Solid South Switcharoo

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine primary sources. In this lesson on political parties, students view historic documents, speeches, and photos to trace the rise and fall of particular political parties. Learners will be looking at the success of each...
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Hindsight is 20-20Presidential First 100 DaysPresentation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. For this American history lesson, students research the first 100 days of several American Presidents. Students use their research findings...
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Talking About the MySpace Generation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars examine 21st century learning tools. In this digital tools lesson, students discover what the Internet is and explore the success of Google and MySpace. Young scholars discuss what they think could be the next big digital...
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How to Study For a Test

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students discuss test taking strategies. In this studying lesson, students look in their Test Packet to find which questions they answered incorrectly and why they got them wrong. They create a manual to prepare for a successful test. 
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Napoleon: Giant or Midget

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Napoleon Bonaparte worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer that requires them to examine 26 events and categorize them as successes or failures for Napoleon.
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Vegetative Propagation Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars, in this project, successfully start new plants by various means of vegetative propagation.
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Making Magic

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess the elements of J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series that have made it such a success. They incorporate these elements into a short film, incorporating such concepts as pop culture mythology, urban legend and archetypes.
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S.T.A.R.S. Program

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students focus on qualities demonstrated by successful learners. They create a graph or chart to keep track of the STARS points.
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Trapping a Soccer Ball

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students reinforce the cues involved in order to successfully trap a soccer ball with the sole of their foot.
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Charles Lindbergh: Against The Wind

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners study the life of Charles Lindbergh, one of the 20th century's most famous men. This aviator became an American hero when he successfully crossed the Atlantic in his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis.

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