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California Missions Project-Using Publisher

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars create a California Missions magazine that includes a Table of Contents, pictures, and websites. For this culture and history lesson, students research missions and write and create a magazine article about it.
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Like Comparing Bison and Fish

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the development of North American Indian cultures by looking at how geography impacted their development. They write a five paragraph essay comparing the Plains Indians and the Clatsop Indians.
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Friends in the Community

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders build a classroom community by getting to know each other better. They ask classmates various questions and use graphic organizer software and Microsoft PowerPoint. Students practice their oral language skills while asking...
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Out and About-Creating Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers demonstrate the elements of design by creating a digital photography portfolio of photos taken in and arond the scool. The edit photos using Photoshope to emphasize the element of desing in each phot.
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6-8 Interior Design: Designing My Dream Room

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze interior design as a profession. In this interior design lesson plan, students design their own dream bedroom and explore interior design as a profession. Students draw a scaled drawing using graph paper and appropriate...
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My Deaf American Hero

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study and discuss famous deaf people that are role models for students who are deaf. They research a famous deaf American and create a ten frame multimedia presentation to showcase the information.
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Fall Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students interpret what a similies and metaphors are. They give examples of similies and metaphors. Pupils write different similies and metaphors using fall or autumn descriptive words. Students base their comparisons on facts, once they...
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Acrostic Poems: What's In a Name?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students find words that begin with the letters in their own names, using a variety of sources including word banks and online dictionaries. They create an acrostic poem. Pupils revise poems as needed, for meaning and conventions. ...
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LCROSS Moon Mission

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners read to discover the sequence of events of the LCROSS moon mission.  In this space science lesson plan, students read an article about the LCROSS moon mission and the events that took place.  After reading, learners...
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Memorable Museums

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders describe the impact of certain figures in United States history, including Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and iam Clark. They describe the general features of a community as well as specific features of their own...
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Library Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work together to locate and identify resources in the library. They use the internet to answer research questions. They share the information they gathered with the class.
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Visualizing the Invisible

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students create animations of black holes using a computer and also materials that are scanned and used in their animation.  In this black hole lesson students explore how to use animation and create an example of a Black Hole. 
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HIV/AIDS And How It Affects My Community

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Pupils create a slide presentation about HIV/AIDS. In this health lesson plan, students work in groups to take what they have learned about HIV and AIDS to make a presentation for the public. 
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Write a Story Based on the Picture

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this creative writing worksheet, students look at a picture and write a creative story based on what they imagine is happening.
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Tracing Exercise

For Students Pre-K - K
In this tracing worksheet, students prepare to learn to print by tracing 20 straight dotted lines from left to right. Students then color a picture of a bus.
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Tracing Practice

For Students Pre-K - K
In this writing worksheet, learners trace the letter from the top dot to the bottom line. This worksheet provides room for students to try and write the letters without dots. There is a picture to color as well. 
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Tracing Practice

For Students Pre-K - K
In this tracing worksheet, students trace 14 dotted examples of a curved line. Students color the large picture of the smiling face.
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Drawing Straight Lines

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this pre-printing practice worksheet, students use straight lines to connect a set of dots, then color the resulting picture. Page has multiple links to additional resources.
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Tracing and Coloring Practice

For Students Pre-K - K
In this pre-printing worksheet, learners trace the straight and curved lines in a large picture of a barn. Students color the picture any way they like.
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read "Green Eggs and Ham" in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and visit a storymaker website. Students create and type a three scene story using characters from Dr. Seuss's books and share their story with the class.
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Exploration Across Eras

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discover the chronology of events related to the Corps of Discovery and the United States space program of the 1960s. They compare the Corps of Discovery's journey with the space exploration program.
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My First PowerPoint Presentation

For Teachers K - 5th
Student practice locating letters on the computer keyboard while correctly typing, reading and recording a sentence. They work in groups while creating a PowerPoint presentation by having each student insert a sentence.
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"And That's The Way It Is..." Today in History

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars research an event in history from different perspectives. They discuss the characteristics of a nightly news broadcast and create their own based on the history event they researched. They work together to produce this...
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Decades

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students work cooperatively to research the people, places, events, and things that represent their assigned decade. They creatively, write and present ten minute dramatizations of information about their assigned decade.