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World Health Organization

Sun Protection

For Teachers K - 6th
Primary graders become sun scientists and conduct experiments to learn about the beneficial and harmful effects of the sun and UV radiation. They also investigate their personal sunburn danger zones and learn about how to protect...
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Polar Trec

Why Can’t I Eat This Fish?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Can turning on the television lead to toxins in the food supply? The instructional activity offers an opportunity for young scientists to complete guided research. A worksheet lists each question as well as the web page necessary to...
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Printables
Curriculum Corner

Holidays Around the World

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Let's focus on a holiday from around the world! Young researchers choose a holiday from somewhere around the world, and conduct research to answer questions about the holiday. It can be used anytime during the year!
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California Academy of Science

Nuclear Energy: What's Your Reaction?

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
OSHA confirms that rules governing worker safety at nuclear power plants ranks higher than worker safety in offices. Scholars must consider safety, cost, alternatives, and other factors before recommending whether a town should build a...
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West Virginia Department of Education

History Scene Investigators - John Brown's Raid

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
An informative resource covers the event of John Brown's Raid, an event that became an important part of West Virginia history. It serves as a standalone and covers the event and John Brown's life in depth using group work, online...
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Interactive
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Describing Egypt

Ptah-Hotep and Akhet-Hotep Mastaba

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Did you know that mastaba means bench in Arabic? Learn why a mastaba was so important to ancient Egyptian architecture. Middle and high schoolers alike stay entertained while reading a passage that describes the virtual tour of...
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Pace University

Urban Communities

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Urban communities are the focus of a series of lessons created to meet specific needs using differentiated instruction. A pre-assessment designates scholars into three groups based on their ability level. Small groups take part in...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Narrative Text Structure, Character Consideration

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
An activity work alongside a narrative text of your choice. With reading comprehension at its focus, readers complete worksheets covering character descriptions.
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Lesson Plan
Space Awareness

Continental Climate and Oceanic Climate

For Students 1st - 5th
There's nothing better than a cool breeze blowing in from the ocean. Scholars explore how water affects change in temperature using a hands-on experiment on climate. They use measurement tools to compare the continental and oceanic...
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Curated OER

State My Name

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students study the names of all fifty states, their capitols, location on a map, and an economic resource of each state. They complete a matching game activity.
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Curated OER

The Dynamic Earth

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use the Internet to investigate earthquakes and plate tectonics. In this plate tectonics lesson plan, students complete a web quest with multiple links and activity types relating to earthquakes and volcanoes. They connect the...
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Curated OER

Autobiographical Talking Sticks

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students begin the lesson by developing a map of their lives. Individually, they take this information and write a personal narrative. They create symbols to represent the various times in their lives and introduce them into their...
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Curated OER

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine graphs to find the most appropriate for various kinds of data.  In this graphing instructional activity, student create bar, line and circle graphs.  Students create graphs electronically and manually interpreting the data.
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Curated OER

What Are the Good & Bad Aspects of Regional Shopping Centres?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study the impact of regional shopping centers and local ones, and create a TV/ video expressing the results of the research.
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Curated OER

White Bear Lake Fitness Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in fitness challenge. After choosing a destination they would like to visit, students record their mileage to their destination after riding on bikes and walking on treadmills. Students receive an incentive...
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Curated OER

Geographic Landscapes and Interstate Freeway Development

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the topography of the United States through a discovery lesson. They create a hypothetical route for a highway across the United States. Students also conduct research major landforms and define geographic terms.
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Curated OER

Fish Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use a globe to answer questions such as which continent they live in and the country in which they live. They identify at least two bodies of water near their state and two foreign countries. In groups, they complete a...
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Curated OER

Geologic cross section of Manhattan, NYC

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students draw an accurate geologic cross section by using a given data table. They relate the features of the cross section to geologic processes. Students then relate the characteristics of the bedrock to the architecture.
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Curated OER

Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore and notice how foods from different countries of the world are alike and different.  In this food and languages of the world lesson, students examine fruit and bread from a variety of countries around the world.  After...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Plate Tectonics Lab

For Students 7th - 9th
For this plate tectonics worksheet, students cut out plates given a map of the world. They construct an accurate model of the tectonic plates and answer questions about plate tectonics. They also color a map of the world to show the...
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Curated OER

Seeing Sound & Sonar

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students make inferences based on different sounds that they hear. In this inferences lesson plan, students will hear sounds of different objects and describe the sounds based on what they hear. They will answer various questions about...
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Curated OER

Classification of Matter

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate common household items and classify them into types of matter. In this matter lesson, students group given items into categories based on their characteristics. They also complete a concept map about matter and...
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Curated OER

The Marsh Land as a Changing Environment

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders continue their examination of the state of Connecticut. After taking a field trip, they identify the types of birds, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates who make their home in the salt marshes. In groups, they identify...
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Curated OER

Eureka! The Caledonia Mine

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create a 3-D model based on the core map, facilitating an understanding of the differences between types of gold mining.

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