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- 5th - 8th
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Students list examples of how laws have impacted their daily lives, and describe how legislators debate, discuss, and pass into law public policies that affect individuals and society. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the United States Constitution for laws that protect people with disabilities. They discover how the education system provides equal education to all students and how the Federal Government makes sure this is occuring. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students work to increase the intensity of a light bulb by testing batteries in series and parallel circuits. They analyze Ohm's Law, power, parallel and series circuits, and ways to measure voltage and current. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine how laws on hazardous waste is developed and enforced. They work together to discover how statutes are passed as well. They complete an activity to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students experiment with series and parallel circuits to determine the best way to increase the intensity of a light bulb. They look at Ohm's Law, and ways to measure voltage and current. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students discuss issues that bother them and laws they would create to make the issues better. Students analyze one of the laws they created based on given questions then write an essay or speech that convinces the class to adopt the new law. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the practice of interogations. Using the Constitution, they describe how interogations by the police are goverened by legal rules. In groups, they review the Miranda rights and identify exceptions to this rule. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and examine children's protective rights provided by law, discuss difficulties of determining whether child is abused or neglected, identify types of child abuse and neglect, analyze hypothetical situations to determine whether an abuse occurred, and recognize duty to report child abuse or neglect. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students investigate the two houses of Congress and their roles in the legislative process. They study how a bill becomes a law and examine the president's place in the legislative process. They work in groups to research the information at designated web sites, present it to the class and write a short research paper using the information. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study Newton's three laws of motion in a whole group setting using their textbook as a resource. They work in small groups to create a multimedia presentation of one of the laws to present to the class. They design an activity that demonstrates one law, and photographic using a digital camera. Full Review »
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