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- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students brainstorm the "best" way to determine if the wind is blowing. They name ways and make tools to "measure" the wind and then track the weather and display it on a graph. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students read and discuss the impact the American Indians, explorers, and traders made on the growth and expansion of South Dakota. They brainstorm and discuss what role their people played in the growth of South Dakota then create a PowerPoint on a famous person from South Dakota. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students brainstorm the three R's and watch a PowerPoint about teacher expectations. Students discuss the PowerPoint and complete a worksheet about routine, respect and responsibility. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students review the defintion of a renewable resource. They are explained that ice cubes represent a renewable resource; ice cubes melt, but can be replenished by refreezing. Pupils brainstorm a list of things that are insulated, either from heat or cold. Students discuss the properties of insulating materials. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students discuss a fictional text that they are given, they identify passages, which highlight the author's style, language naances and textual ambiguities. Pupils brainstorm possible topics for an analytical essay, they are engaged in the writing process as they develop a literary topic into an analytical essay. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students simulate extending the life of a nonrenewable resource. They conduct experiements that attempt to extend thelife of a non-rechargeable battery. Pupils brainstorm a list of Earth's nonrenewable resources. Students write in their journals how one of the nonrenewable resources that they choose could be conserved. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students brainstorm a variety of topics for writing. As a class, learners create four types of graphic organizers on selected topics. They discuss how to use graphic organizer in constructing a written paragraph. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students use a writing plan to develop an organized narrative or expository writing. This lesson requires a variety of writing plans, in the form of graphic organizers.The use of the organizers is ideal for brainstorming prior to starting the project. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students observe examples of the three states of matter and identify matter in each of the three states. They make glitter wands to remind them of the three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Pupils brainstorm and record examples of the three states of matter-first around the classroom and then outside. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore floating and sinking and make predictions about whether certain objects are likely to sink or float. They read the story Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen. Pupils loacate rhyming words and discuss the events of the story. Students brainstorm and chart additional animals that could have ridden in the boat. Full Review »

