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MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Media Literacy

For Teachers 4th - 9th Standards
Young learners today are bombarded by media manipulation. Help them develop the skills they will need to become savvy 21st century media consumers with a unit on media literacy.
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Interland

For Students Pre-K - 8th
"Be Internet Awesome" is the motto in a super cool digital citizenship interactive created by Google. Interland is made up of four lands that explore the importance of digital safety and helps young Internet users to be alert, strong,...
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Balanced Meal Planner

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use an online website to select foods and put them onto a plate to see if they have made healthy and balanced meals. In this healthy meals lesson plan, students review the food pyramid before this activity.
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The Way of Water in the World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore problems and design solutions in relation to water issues. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, students play an interactive game in order to explore global water issues to create solutions for the water problems...
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How and Why Has the White House Changed?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students view original design drawings of the White House and discuss ways it has been changed. They view images of the white house from specified dates and discuss the changes that were made from one to the other, as well as reasons for...
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High School Students meet Veterans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers meet Veterans. In this veteran lesson, students interview groups of Veterans from WWII, The Vietnam War, the Gulf War, The Korean War, and our current war.  High schoolers collect audio and visual media to create a website...
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Introduction And Brief History of Materials Science

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners develop an understanding of the concept of matter. They l participate actively in the bubble raft experiment as described on the Center for Thermal Spray Research's website. They demonstrate dislocations and grain...
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Grow Your Own Grub

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create a recipe book.  In this produce lesson, students watch a selection of the harvest animations from the BBC Dig In website, taste some of the vegetable and herbs they've been growing and discuss creating a class recipe...
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True Tales of Adventure for Young Part 3

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore the Passageways website. They read to compare and contrast the motivations and accomplishments of two explorers.
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Am I Seeing Double?

For Teachers All
Students explore symmetrical design and lines of symmetry.  In this fourth grade geometry lesson, students create their own symmetrical design and identify and label the lines of symmetry.  Students use one design to create a card to...
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Color

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students color in one of Keith Haring's design 3 different ways to compare how color effects a drawing. In this color lesson plan, students display their paintings and compare them as a class.
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TE Activity: Muscles, Muscles Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars study three different muscle types and investigate the affect of space travel on astronauts' muscles. They examine how exercise has a positive affect on muscle both on Earth and in space while looking at engineers' roles...
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Slavery and the Underground Railroad

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover racism in our country by investigating the Internet.  For this abolitionist movement lesson, 3rd graders define the Underground Railroad and participate in an activity by logging on to an on-line History website. ...
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Not So Simple Machines

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design a simple machine for a simple machine contest. In this simple machine activity, students design a simple machine that will solve a problem. They draw a diagram, label it, and test the machine before they present it in a...
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Up, Up and Away

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design and launch rockets.  In this rocket lesson plan, 4th graders observe the changes in outcome caused by size and fuel variables. Students navigate the NASA website to learn the parts of a rocket. Students load the...
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Activity: Polymer Clay Millefiori Cane Beads

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students show an understanding of how millefiori beads are constructed by making some in several styles in polymer clay. They view images and techniques on a website imbedded in this plan and then attempt to make their own.
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Money and health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a proposal with an appropriate budget to establish a health day at school. They design this day to educate and promote good health. They educate other students about health care, inform students of health concerns, and...
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Building Green

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read an article and learn about building green.  In this environment instructional activity, students visit a website to learn about Mark Baker and Nonnie Chrystal.  Students write down the three events that led them to explore...
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Citizenship City

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students design labels promoting civic responsibility to distribute to the community. In this civics lesson, students engage in a simulated reunion and discuss their future careers and research various community organizations and...
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Canada and its Trading Partners

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students identify the relationship between Canada and its trading partners. They use two data sources, Canadian Statistics and E-STAT, on the Statistics Canada website to explore the growing importance of trade in general.
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What's a Kid to Do?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in an environmental action letter-writing campaign. They conduct Internet research on the Global Response website, discuss various successful Global Response campaigns, select a campaign they are interested in, and...
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My Book of Seasons

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners research the assigned Internet sites to explore facts about the four seasons. They design and create a book about the relationship between the four seasons and everyday life. They work on a teacher created PowerPoint template to...
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Learning With Paint And Literature: "Today I Feel Silly"

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students draw a picture related to the book "Today I Feel Silly" using a computer drawing program. They listen to the story and answer discussion questions, view drawings on the teacher's Paint website, and create an illustration of...
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand that sorting helps find things at a later date. In this sorting lesson, students use a website game and sort the common items. Students sort folders and other classroom items. Students discuss how sorting helped them...

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