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From Peanuts To Peanut Butter

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the accomplishments of scientist and inventor George Washington Carver. They get to experience a variety of products created from peanuts and make a collage of the way we use peanuts today.
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Food Advertising Tricks

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students recognize techniques used to make food look appealing on television and in advertising, and explore the separate elements that compose media messages and products.
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Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students watch a video segment and read text about the color of fireworks. Students watch a video segment and do an interactive activity on the mechanics of a firework.
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Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a video segment and read text about the color of fireworks. Students watch a video segment and do an interactive activity on the mechanics of a firework.
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Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students watch a video segment and read text about the color of fireworks. Students watch a video segment and do an interactive activity on the mechanics of a firework.
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La Influencia Latina en Nuestra Comunidad (The Latino Influence in our Community)

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students visit a grocery store to create a list of Latino products. They take photographs of areas in their community that demonstrate the latino population. Students research community services available to the Latino population. They...
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How Does Ancestry Affect Folklore?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students break into groups of 4 or 5 and choose an option to demonstrate a different cultural perspective in a fairy tale or other folklore that they are familiar. Possible choices are: PowerPoint presentation, video, digital...
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Communicate with a Truck Driver

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the truck driving profession and ways they use to communicate. In this truck driving lesson, 8th graders visit websites and use Twitter and podcasts to track a trucker's progress travelling through the United...
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Running Water

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create products that feature the importance of water conservation. In this environmental stewardship lesson, 6th graders explore the water cycle and conduct on water usage. Students also research water pollution and...
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From Tree To Table

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this From Tree To Table worksheet, students watch the video From Tree To Table by America's Heartland and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 7 questions.
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The Forgotten Soldiers: Their Glory Remembered

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a video and then role-play what it would have been like to be a member of the 54th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War.
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Classroom Content

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the roles that scientists and government agencies play in protecting citizens from commercially produced chemicals. They watch a video, conduct Internet research, and prepare a media presentation.
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The Oceans Below

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars investigate the geological characteristics of the ocean environment and create a labeled drawing of the ocean floor's geography. Students view videos and conduct Internet research about the ocean's floor and then create...
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People of the Plains: Roles of Men And Women

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the geography of North America and the indigenous people who lived there. They read about rules, games, toys and dolls, and education. They fill out Venn Diagrams comparing the roles of men and women during the videos.
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2, 4, 6, 8 . . .What Do We Appreciate-Patterns, Patterns, Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover and predict patterns in a numerical sequence. Through the Internet and video segments, students begin with basic number patterns and extend their knowledge into higher math skills. They will also create new patterns...
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How'd They Do That?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students research the movie production occupation and careers in the industry. In this movie careers and effects lesson, students watch a video about special effects used in movies and scale. Students draw a building to a specific scale...
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Looking at French Decorative Arts: The Quest for True Porcelain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the effects of production and consumption of goods on French society during the porcelain period.  In this history lesson students research the trade history of porcelain from Asia. 
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Sense of Place: Our School

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of 'sense of place' through journaling and class discussion. In this community lesson, students discuss what makes them feel like they belong. Students give three speeches that develop the sense of place...
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A Land of Milk and Honey

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the term multiculturalism.  In this Cross Curricular History and Social Studies instructional activity, 9th graders analyze a video clip.  Students investigate the requirements for becoming a citizen in Australia.
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Careers in Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a video about careers in chemistry. In this Chemistry lesson plan, students will research chemistry careers and chose one to do further research on.
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Are You Plugged In?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop an awareness of one's own media habits. Make connections between ads and one's own consumer behavior. They track their current TV and/or Internet viewing habits and video game time by keeping a TV Diary for one week.
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Radiation: To Worry or Not to Worry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students distinguish safe forms of radiation from those that are dangerous. Students watch a video about sources of radiation encountered every day. Students estimate their own annual radiation exposure.
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Radiation: To Worry or Not to Worry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners distinguish safe forms of radiation from those that are dangerous. Students watch a video about sources of radiation encountered every day. Learners estimate their own annual radiation exposure.
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PLANT LIFE CYCLES

For Teachers K - 5th
Student learns about the life cycle of plants by watching a time-lapse video. This activity provides students with further evidence that all living things grow and change as they progress through their life cycle.

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