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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine aspects of culture that may seem strange and prepare skits illustrating how a person may want to behave in these situations without being offensive. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students sort insects into groups by determining similar characteristics. They role play as Entomologists to sort insects. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students design and conduct an experiment to calculate the number and types of macro-invertebrates found living under a piece of plywood left in various locations on the schoolyard. They input the data on a spreadsheet, and compare the results online. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students list three unique characteristics of the Gurkas, the Brahmans, the Cchetris, and the Tharu, and locate, on a map of Nepal, where these groups of people reside. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate how artists create a story that provides a message or provokes emotions in a single image. The ways in which the composition of a painting contributes to telling the story or conveying the message is examined in this lesson. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to a project about documentary films. They view documentaries and choose a response project to complete selecting from among journal writing, making an original documentary and/or completing an art project. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students participate in a variety of activities surrounding their study of ponds. They visit a pond, collect organisms, view them under a microscope, perform simple chemical tests, and finally, create small ponds in the classroom. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students construct a food web representative of the Gulf of California. They use pictures to depict all of the organisms in the appropriate level of the web (producer, primary consumer, etc.) Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students brainstorm a list of the personnel the branches of the armed forces employs. After watching a video, they compare their notes on the guidelines from the government to treat wounded Iraqis. To end the lesson, they discover the criteria for selecting the recipient for organs. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the role of mythology in their own lives. After reading stories, they discover the various theories on the origins of the universe and compare the symbols used by different cultures. To end the lesson, they research a real event and identify and discuss the mythical representations of the event. Full Review »

