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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss and compare the function and form of jewelry in African and American societies. They experiment with paper bead making, and aluminum repousse to incorporate in their jewelry. They make a necklace and present it to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students use bean bags, dominos, number trains, counters, paper clips, flashcards, beads and more in a variety of centers to practice basic addition and subtraction facts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students observe and draw energy using UV beads. They describe how light can be produced, reflected, refracted, and separated into visible light of various colors. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students describe relationships between the faces, edges, and vertices of polyhedra. They use polygons, straws, beads, string, and tape to create a polyhedron. They work individually to determine the number of faces, edges, and vertices on their polyhedron. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students create a hanging sculpture from wrapped piping cord or roping. They discuss color palate, and reasons to limit colors. Students discuss color families and contrast, choosing cool colors and a warm color for contrast. They wrap the roping in their choice of yarn colors. Students may add feathers, beads, and pipe cleaners. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students listen to a short lecture on matter as a liquid, solid or gas. They study and define an atom and a molecule. They make models of atomic models using colored beads and sticks or toothpicks and gumdrops. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students examine the connection between nature and culture. After reading a story about commercial fishing, they discuss the equipment needed for it. Following directions in a bead number booklet, students create patterns for bracelets and necklaces related to color, size, and shape. To reinforce the concept of conservation, students also make posters opposing the waste of natural resources. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students listen to a storyteller talk about celebrations that have taken place in the past, and then complete activities in other subject areas that support what they have learned. Various activities include: re-writing the stories they have heard; creating a key chain and counting the beads used; gathering willow buds and boiling them to create a medicine paste. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students are shown examples of masks used during Mardi Gras. Individually, they make their own batch of papier mache to design and create their own mask. To end the lesson, they paint the mask with colors they choose and glue appropriate beads to complete their project. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students study gene inheritance. They simulate inheritance of genes using pipe cleaners and colored beads. In addition, they draw a picture of the offspring. Full Review »
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