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The lessons in this learning guide are designed to increase students' awareness of the impacts of marine debris and to teach them about pollution prevention techniques. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students study the environment of seacoasts. They investigate how marine life survives in this environment. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the overall strategies pursued by the Japanese and the Allies in the initial months of World War II. What each side hoped to accomplish what what actually happened forms the basis of a comparison made in this lesson. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study about the Solar System and the characteristics of each planet. They explore the unique properties of Earth and other planets as part of the Solar System. Students describe the causes for Earth's seasons. They explain the relationship between the rotation of Earth on its axis and the day/night cycle. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students work in five small teams with each member selecting two state flower pictures from a stack the teacher has placed on the desk next to a United States map. They discuss what they know about each state in the Union in terms of climate, weather, soils, elevations, etc. and decide which state might possibly grow which flower in the pictures. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 8th
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Students read a book about the rainforest and define vocabulary words, After collecting local precipitation amounts over a period of time, students create a bar graph showing monthly rainfall. Students compare the local precipitation to that in a rainforest. They discuss how meteorologists calculate monthly and yearly precipitation amounts. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students discuss the history and culture of the Ancient Mayans. They practice writing the Mayan numerical symbols, and then solve math problems using these symbols. Students write their own word problems, and create their own number system. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the importance of the Texas Revolution. In groups, they choose one figure and research their impact on the revolution. To end the lesson, they present their findings to the class and draw pictures of the figure to present. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students brainstorm possible reasons why settlers from the United States brought slaves with them to Texas. They then observe "The Declaration of Causes" transparency to compare and contrast its language with the Declaration of Independence. Full Review »
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- 1st - 12th
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Students explore the definition of human rights and discuss rights we have as human beings. They discuss examples of human rights violations and times that people have fought to obtain certain freedoms. Students research and share information on a current human rights case. Grade level appropriate activities are provided to create an understanding of the idea of human rights. Full Review »
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