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Budget Making

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students develop a budget for spending and saving. For this economics lesson, students create a budget based on personal, family and government income. They discuss jobs at home and allowances. They discuss how they manage their money...
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Tides - The Ins and Outs of Tides

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Get your junior oceanographers to generate tidal prediction graphs on an interactive website. They will feel like experts in the field, or shall we say, experts in the ocean! This is a brief, but worthwhile activity that could be used to...
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Introducing Ecosystem Services

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Purifying air and water, providing soil in which to grow crops, and moving water through its natural cycle are all services an ecosystem provides that benefit humans. Lesson four in a series lets learners explore and discuss the value of...
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An Educator's Guide to Counting by 7s

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Everyone takes a different journey through grief. A series of lesson plans for the novel Counting by 7s introduces readers to the main character who loses her parents in a car crash. Discussion questions and writing prompts combine...
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Introducing The Manager System

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the importance of classroom jobs and having a leader. After listening to a book, students discuss teamwork and responsibility as well as the jobs and responsibilities described in the story. They determine how to...
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Dealing with Conflict

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Pupils identify types of conflict and various responses to anger. For this character education lesson plan, the teacher introduces definitions of conflict and anger responses. Students find examples of types of conflict in newspapers and...
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Time is On My Side!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review the most effective test taking and studying skills. As a class, they are introduced to how to self-manage themselves when it comes to the activities they have to complete. To end the activity, they complete a...
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Animal Habitats and Their Management

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students review components present for a quality animal habitat and then explore a goose pond to find out what animals reside there. They learn how wildlife managers work with the land so everything can co-exist together.
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Ownership of Lands

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the levels of forest ownership and how each are managed.  In this land ownership lesson students research timber companies and complete a writing assignment. 
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Living with the Threat of Wildfire

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe the risk of wildfires. In this fire safety lesson, students describe ways to reduce the risk of wildfires to residential areas. They study what to do before, during and after the occurrence of a wildfire. Learners...
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Social Studies: Single Parent and Blended Families

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discover the challenges of single parent and blended families, noting the positive and negative effects of each. The lesson includes video clips, case studies, discussions, and an Internet quiz. There is also some...
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Figuring Solutions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils discuss their attitudes and feelings to discover possible ways to constructive respond to their resistance to learning academic concepts.
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Storm Drain Survey

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe what stormwater and storm drains are. They explain reasons for having stormwater management system. They describe nonpoint source pollution and identify causes and impacts of it.
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Puberty and Growing Up - a workshop for youth

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the changes that happen to the body during puberty. In this puberty and growing up lesson, students describe the basic physical changes that occur to the body during puberty.  Students identify the physical...
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Language Arts: The Doctor Will See You Now

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are able to compare the treatments available for certain medical conditions during three different points in time during the last hundred years; list the medicines and drug therapies available now that have helped them and...
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Manners

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the concept of manners and how they should be exercised at school. This lesson is a foundation of classroom management for Physical Education and is meant to be adapted to other classes if needed. Students focus upon...
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Cell Organelles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore biology by researching living cells. In this living organism lesson, students participate in a role-playing activity in which all the young scholars in class form one plant cell by portraying specific parts of a...
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Dunk It! Don't Junk It!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the concept of sorting recyclables. In this recycling lesson, 3rd graders determine how to separate recyclables from waste and how to sort recyclables into different categories.
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Road Safety - Communication and Understanding What's on Board

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders apply math formulas to explore the truck driving career. In this math lesson plan, 10th graders explore websites about road safety and truck driving spills. Students view a PowerPoint about safety placards and exercises.
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Get Ready to Safely Transport

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete multi-curricular activities to learn about trucks and transportation. In this transportation lesson, 4th graders answer questions about specifics for the trucking industry including safety questions and...
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Natural Resource Management Course Outline

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Gain skills in ecosystem evaluation including chemical, biological, and physical qualities. Students write a report on a local ecosystem.
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Managing Wildlife

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the relationship between wildlife and humans in northern New England. They also brainstorm ideas on why they think some species are greater in population than others in a given area.
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Marketing Research Projects

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars research customer service offerings of a particular business and present their conclusions to the class using PowerPoint and additional visual aids. The guidelines for this lesson can be found through the National DECA.
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Landfills: A Solid Waste Management Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are able to list the types of household waste that they produce daily. They are able to describe some other types of waste that are produced by industry or agriculture to help maintain their lifestyles. Students are...