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Super Brand
Children can recognize popular brands from an early age, but these images symbolize much more than what they advertise. Take a journey through the design of a logo with a instructional activity that focuses on the history and ubiquity of...
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Superbowl XXXVII Ads: Who Wins Here?
Students research what experts and viewers thought about the commercials shown during Super Bowl XXXVII, paying special attention to the reason ads very popular or not. Students prepare a notebook or a PowerPoint presentation on the Best...
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Commercial Success?
Learners share and discuss opinions regarding the tone and content of two commercials presented during Super Bowl XLI. They critique a commercial from past Super Bowls and a commercial that ran during a television show.
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Irregularly Scheduled Programming
Students examine their favorite holidays and how they are celebrated. After reading an article, they discuss the length of television programming for the Super Bowl. In groups, they create their own television programming relating to...
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Chicago White Sox Win World Series
Students react to a series of statements about the World Series, then read a news article about the Chicago White Sox winning the 2005 World Series. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...
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Tackling Hunger on "Souper Bowl" Sunday
Students envelop basic plans, in small groups, for fundraising projects that they could actually organize and execute.
Starry Night Education
Comets and Meteors
Comets are also known as dirty snowballs or icy mud balls. With your super scientists, create a model comet nucleus to discover how they are made and take part in a scientific discussion to learn how it behaves.
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Watching the Elections
Learners analyze the media products and advertising techniques used in political campaigns. In this elections lesson, students view political debates and then work in groups to find examples of types of advertising techniques used in...
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Cooking Super Star Meals with Kids
Students explore the benefits of allowing and providing specifically designed age-appropriate cooking experiences for young children. They "cook" a variety of creative, healthy dishes designed for 3-5 year-olds to make and to help them...
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From Mashed to Riches
Students discuss the uses of a potato. In this food group instructional activity, students identify the five food groups and which one the potato belongs to. They create potato printing, compare different kinds of potatoes, grow a potato...
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Ice Energy
Students study the concept of ice energy. In this ice energy lesson, students observe what happens when salt is sprinkled on a piece of ice before following a recipe to make two types of ice cream. They note the difference in the two...
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Ice Energy
Students investigate how salt affects the state of ice. In this ice cream making activity, students change the freezing temperature by adding salt and observing the results. Students use experimentation and comparison to see how...
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Roman Numerals
Fourth graders recognize Roman numerals and understand the value they stand for. in this Roman numerals lesson students identify the value of the numbers and understand the problems with reading them. Students complete a worksheet...
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Predictions: A Pre-Reading Strategy
Students read and complete an article filling in the blanks to make predictions before reading the full article. In this predictions lesson, students compare predictions to the actual parts of the article. Students discuss the main idea...
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Introduction to the Great Depression
Eleventh graders participate in a discussion on the causes and economic events of the 1929 stock market crash. In this stock market lesson plan, 11th graders use this as an introduction to the Great Depression.
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Activity Plan 3-4: Still Life Artists
Students find that still life's are a great way to jump-start art. In this early childhood art instructional activity, students examine famous still life paintings, discuss still life art, and create their own still life piece.
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Ice Energy
Students explore how chemicals change water. In this chemical change lesson, students participate in an experiment to observe how salt effects ice and how ice cream freezes.
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Ice Energy
Students learn how science affects foods. In this chemical reactions lesson plan, students make two kinds of ice cream. They evaluate the different changes based on the ingredients.
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Roman Numerals
Fourth graders examine the Roman numeral system. In this Roman numeral lesson, 4th graders study how the symbols used in the Roman numeral system correlate to counting numbers. They detail the uses of the numbers such as in dates, for...
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The Answer Is- What Is the Question
Students review subject matter using a game format. In this quiz game instructional activity, students work in small groups or teams to state the question that matches the answer given by the teacher. (This is similar to the game of...
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Roman Toothpicks
Second graders make a chart comparing Roman numerals and our number system using toothpicks and construction paper. This clever lesson has students use toothpicks to create Roman Numeral translations for standard numbers.
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I Do Solemnly Swear: Presidential Inaugurations
Students examine the process of presidential inauguration. They examine and discuss primary source documents and complete worksheets.
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Glacier Climbing
Young scholars model the movement of a valley glacier by using a cornstarch mixture to test the rate at which it flows when poured on a titled surface. Students model how a valley glacier flows by using a super thick, viscous fluid. ...
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HOW DOES IT FEEL?
Students explore how it feels to be discriminated against and explain the concepts of it.