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- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students work together to brainstorm ideas on how to move their entire class across the playground. They use the engineering design process to help them. They implement their plan and discuss the results. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate the ways in which ancient technologies - six types of simple machines and combinations - are used to construct modern buildings. As they work together to solve a design problem (designing and building a modern structure), they brainstorm ideas, decide on a design, and submit it to a design review before acquiring materials to create it. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students brainstorm reason authors write. they list their responses on the board. Using the list, students read and discuss each purpose. They read examples from a linked site and identify the purpose of each. Students work independently to read a selection about "Tarantulas and Typhoid" by Stephanie Moss. They identify the authors purpose. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students brainstorm a list of possible topics for their essay. As a class, they review the characteristics of anecdotal writing and the form they take in newspapers or autobiographies. To end the lesson, they decide on their topic for their college essay and write about it informally in their journals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students discuss the question, "What's a living thing?" They brainstorm a list of ideas and complete a KWL chart. Students discuss and refine their ideas until they arrive at a class consensus. They listen as the teacher discusses how this parallels the work of professional scientists. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students produce a definition. They use a KWL Chart or other place to write. Students brainstorm ideas, and record on the KWL Charts. They define an object or phenomeon by stating specific information based on experiences with it. Students are told that this one way a scientist uses words as tools. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students write positive statements about themselves. They brainstorm ideas of what a positive thinker looks like and sounds like. Students compare and contrast positive and negative thinking. They complete a worksheet. Students place individual thumbprints on the worksheet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 10th
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Students brainstorm ideas or diagrams that assist them in developing a map on theme. They create a map and take a digital photograph of their work and upload their work to HumanityQuest.Com to be posted on website and share with the online group interested in that value. Finally, students evaluate the process of participating in the activity and offer suggestions in the feed back form. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students complete a short writing task explaining their comprehension of the most important elements to remember when reading nonfiction material. They skim through the text in order to generate ideas. Students brainstorm ideas. They read a nonfiction passage or novel. Students choose one or two nonfiction characteristics from the list. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students choose what they believe is important to remember about September 11. They work in groups and brainstorm what the memorial should look like, and present their proposals to the class. Students create original poetry about September 11. Full Review »
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