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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students examine the history of U.S. conflict and Memorial Day. They conduct research, develop a timeline of U.S. conflict, and create a shoebox Memorial Day Parade to commemorate veterans and soldiers. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students complete a unit of lessons on ecology, habitats, and food chains. They conduct research, analyze data and record the information in a science journal, discuss key vocabulary, and design and create a shoebox habitat project. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 8th
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Students get a shoebox and decorate it on the outside. For the inside of the box, students bring in 1 photo of family, 2 objects that represent favorite subjects, and 3 objects that represent their hobbies, or other "outside" favorites. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students create their own time capsule. They collect at least 5 things (artifacts) that represent as many aspects of themselves as possible, to put in their personal time capsule made out of a shoebox. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students research on a wild animal. They construct a shoebox habitat that includes everything the animal needs to survive. In addition, they write an expository paragraph and give a speech about their research. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students create two personal arttifacts to add to a primary source shoebox that represents information about themselves. The first draw a self-portrait then build an artifact from playdoh and pipecleaners to represent something they like to do. this ia lesson five in a six unit lesson on primary sources and databases. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students identify and use equivalent measurements. They identify and use equivalent measurements in some standard and metric units. Students play the Metric Shoebox Game. They use metric and standard measurements. Students measure to one meter in order to win the game. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students prepare and present a "shoebox speech" as an informal oral presentation. They gather or create a predetermined number of objects that fit into a shoebox, and take out each item and discuss it as they deliver the speech to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students create individual Shoebox dioramas using basic art supplies in this Visual Art lesson for the fifth grade classroom. The lesson addresses state and national art standards and includes a materials list, a vocabulary list, and a post-assessment quiz. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students work together to develop a shoebox experiment. In groups, they read an article about express racks and their limited space. They create their own experiment in which everything involved must fit inside the box and then exchange boxes with another group to actually complete the experiment. Full Review »

