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- 5th
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Students write and construct their own autobiographies, based on The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis. They engge in narrative writing, peer editing, and writing process steps. This is the second part of a two-part project lesson. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students discuss the relationships among DNA, mRNA, mutations, and protein synthesis; define point mutation, Missense mutation, nonsense mutation, silent mutation, frame-shift mutations; and discuss possible implications of mutations. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students use books, maps, the Internet and class discussion to explore the geography and culture of Japan. They locate Japanese landforms on a map, identify Japanese cultural symbols and complete a variety of Japanese-themed art projects. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research the culture of feudal Japan. They discuss shoguns, emperors and clans. They practice writing Japanese letters. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students create a colorful, detailed origami alphabet book that will be used to expand student knowledge of Spanish vocabulary. Students create the alphabet books from preprinted paper and magazines. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study the process of creating paper. They read and discuss a flier and visit centers in small groups to study Paper Fun, Historical Paper, What Paper Is Made Of, and Homemade Paper. After visiting each center, they share the information they discovered. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students use origami frogs to experience the scientific method. They define different scientific terms. Also they test a hypothesis and draw conclusions from observations to go through all the steps of the scientific method. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students are asked to identify something, A, that changes into something else, B. They are asked to make a model of B (preferably three-dimensional), and make a presentation including information about the causes and mechanisms of this change. This can be in a biological context, an art context, or a technological context. Origami is used as an illustrative analog of morphogenesis Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students use origami paper to demonstrate and prove the attributes of a square. During folding exercises, students discover and discuss the concept of congruence and the characteristics of congruent isosceles right triangles. With continued folding instructions, students create trapezoids and, upon completion, create a set of tangrams. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students work on determining the area of a tangram piece without using a formula by working with GeoBoards, graph paper,and tangram pieces. After completing the activity, they apply their experience to determining a formula for finding the area of a variety of geometric shapes. They record their work in a Geometry Notebook. Full Review »
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