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What Makes Up a Healthy Watershed

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after observing the elements of a local watershed, explore the need to protect watersheds as water resources for the future. They examine the factors involved with a watershed: geology, ecology, and the effect of man's...
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Which Amusement Park Would You Choose?

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students analyze data related to amusement parks and create a spreadsheet to display the data. They read the data and predict which amusement park they think is safer, create a spreadsheet and graph, and write a proposal based on their...
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How Do Single-Celled Organisms Live?

For Students 7th - 12th
For this single-celled organisms worksheet, students write in how an amoeba, paramecium, and euglena move. Based on these facts, students come to a conclusion about how these organisms live. This worksheet has 4 short answer questions.
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Runaway Indentured Servants

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students compare and contrast indentured servants and slaves. In this US history slavery lesson, students discuss the owners' perceptions of indentured servants and slaves, then view ads for runaway slaves to support their opinions....
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The Torah Tells...

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners extract and interpret information about the Torah text to draw conclusions about ancient Hebrew life. In this Torah lesson plan students research facts and complete worksheets about the Torah. Then as a class the learners form a...
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Designing An Investigation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students will design a scientific investigation. In this engineering design instructional activity, students will set up an investigation, collect data and form a conclusion about bridge design. They will use common household items to...
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Paper Airplanes and Scientific Methods

For Students 7th - 9th
In this scientific method and paper airplanes learning exercise, students go through the steps of the scientific method to determine which paper airplane design is best. They complete 8 steps of the scientific method including stating...
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What Are Erosion and Sediments?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create experiments in class based on the erosion of Earth. In this erosion lesson, students perform a lab in class replicating the effects of erosion. Students finally draw their own conclusions based on the research performed.
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The Electric Hearth

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine popular media. In this media awareness lesson, students keep logs of their interactions with media and then write an essay regarding the data.
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Fighter Pilots of World War II

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Learners explore the types of airplanes that were used in World War II.  In this World History lesson, students write a research paper that compares and contrasts three types of American airplanes and three types of foreign...
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Some People Just Don't Get It

For Students 4th - 5th
In this daily mind builders worksheet, students use inferential reasoning and deduction.  Students read a short passage and respond to 6 short answer questions stating their own opinion and providing evidence to support their...
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Child Labor in the Carolinas

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore child labor and how children were exploited and used in the work place. In this Industrial Revolution lesson, 5th graders research child labor by reading, looking at photographs and drawing conclusions...
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Applying Proportionality in Scale Drawings

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine a blue print and discuss the reasoning behind using blue prints. In this proportionality instructional activity,  students collaborate with their teammates to create a scale drawing. Once that is complete, 6th...
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Newspaper Articles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders summarize a newspaper article. For this writing lesson students choose a newspaper article about an environmental issue. The students summarize the article and devise a solution to the environmental issue.
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Milton Hershey Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars participate in a scavenger hunt. In this Milton Hershey lesson, students prepare for a trip to the Hershey Museum in Pennsylvania by completing a scavenger hunt. Young scholars draw conclusions on their findings. 
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Scientific Method Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this scientific method activity set, students listen to a song that tells the order of the steps of the scientific method. They write the steps on the blank lines. They complete a second activity in which they reorder the steps which...
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Cause And Effect

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book Stellaluna and cite sentences that show cause and effect in the story. In this cause and effect lesson plan, 4th graders also write sentences that show cause and effect in their own lives.
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Investigating Bean Pods and How They Grow

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe and create a record of seed growth over time. After planting a seed, 3rd graders record their observations of the seed's growth over a three week period. Upon conclusion of the experiment, they write a paragraph...
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America's Favorite Landmarks

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research using Google Earth a variety of websites to explore America's most prominent and famous buildings. They then compare and contrast architectural styles and write a position paper defending or arguing against their chosen...
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1st Grade - Act. 22: Retelling the Tiny Seed

For Teachers 1st
First graders write sentences and illustrate ways seeds travel.
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Water and Sewage Critical reading

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students read three articles with different points of view on the water and sanitation issues in the Florida Keys. They identify the facts and opinions in each article and write a summary. In addition, they write an essay expressing...
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Who Are You?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of self and analyze the Human Organization Theory. Individually, students write poems about themselves. In small groups, they create a poster related to the 14 categories of the Human Organization Theory....
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Latino Folklore and Culture: Stories of Family, Traditions of Pride

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define the terms fable and folktale. They write a fable to illustrate a Latino proverb. Students are explained that a folktale is a story passed down through the oral tradition of a particular culture. A fable is a type of...
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Teaching Kindness across the Curriculum: Kindness for a Day, a Week, a Month, a Year

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars investigate the concept of character kindness in literature. In this human character lesson plan, students read about kindness and write about their understanding of it. 

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