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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students build a model of a water system from the source to users and read and interpret a water meter. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students interview relatives and compose a family story on the computer. This lesson was completed in conjunction with two other lesson plans using the same theme but could be used alone. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider how free speech applies to journalistic practices in light of a legal case involving two reporters. They participate in a fishbowl discussion about journalism codes of ethics and write response papers. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students review the articles of the Constitution and identify the amendments to the Constitution. They use the skills of analysis and synthesis in matching the present day situation with the correct Amendment that applies. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students discuss the role of trees as one of the most important natural resources. In groups, they examine how the forests nearby helped to shape their urban city. Using the internet, they research the use of the forest in early American History and discover ways to conserve. To end the lesson, they revisit the value of trees and what careers are possible. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify and graph averages. Groups of students observe the length of time it takes for a lizard to re-grow its tail. After collecting the data over a 12-month period, students find the median, mode and range of the data. They construct a life graph depicting the information. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students increase their awareness of the limitations on speech and press during the colonial period and develop understanding of the emergence of the principle of freedom of the press. They then develop am understanding of the meaning of "libel" and its legal defense. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discover the mechanisms and evidence for ocean floor spreading at mid ocean ridges. They create a model of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge using Playdoh and bar magnets. With a computer probe magnetometer, they record polarity shifts in their model and relate it to the flipping of polarity in the Earth's magnetic field. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the importance of the Battle of Thermopylae. In groups, they compare and contrast letters from the leaders of both sides and also read a synopsis from a historian. They research how the people worked with the geography of the land to achieve victory. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students work in cooperative groups to solve a real-world environmental problem. Each group's final product is a visual and oral presentation of the cost of reforestation. Each individual write an explanation about the processes that the group used to solve the problem. Full Review »
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