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What Element Would You Be?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Primo Levi wrote a collection of short stories comparing his life from Italy to Auschwitz to elements in the periodic table. Pupils read an excerpt from his book and research the characteristics of various elements. Then, they make a...
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The Art of Persuasion-Analysis of Argument

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Analyze advertising techniques in order to pinpoint persuasive strategies that writers use. These same techniques are then examined in persuasive speeches. You will have to find your own advertisements, but speeches are included. Finish...
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Triangles Are Not Bad!

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners perform a play to explore diversity.
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Build an Oxygen Plant

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create models of an oxygen-delivery system and relate it to the function of the human circulatory system.
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Properties of Matter

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the molecular structure of matter and how it can affect the physical characteristics of a specific material. They demonstrate that isotopes of an element have different masses. Students demonstrate that the rates of...
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Ionic bonding

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore ionic bonding. They draw examples of ionic bonding and explain the activities of the electrons of the elements. Students use paper plates and candy to draw electron configurations of given atoms.
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History of Physics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this history worksheet, students use the questions to discover meaningful science and history connections. The worksheet is meant to be viewed online to access individual answers.
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How Much is There to Eat?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine food production related to population density. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students gather data regarding food production in the American South and in India. High schoolers follow the outlined steps to...
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Energy Crisis: Then and Now

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Using political cartoons, scholars analyze the energy crisis of the 1970s and '80s, comparing and contrasting it to current tensions with oil. Display the 6 cartoons (linked) to the class, and demonstrate analysis using the worksheet...
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Magnetic Fields

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Introduce your class to magnetic fields with an activity that demonstrates that a compass is affected by the magnetic field of the earth, unless a closer, stronger magnetic field is present. Pupils can use this fact in the associated...
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Protein Synthesis Activities

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students participate in a teacher-guided activity to teach about protein synthesis. Student roles include one person as the DNA molecule, another is a single stranded sequence of complementary mRNA.
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Cancer Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a class demonstration to see how many Americans are affected by cancer in their lifetime.  For this public health lesson, students are placed in situations that allow them to experience how relevant cancer...
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Writing to Photography/Photography to Writing

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students improve their' writing by incorporating photography into descriptive and narrative writing exercises. They write descriptions of various professional photographic collections. Later they use their own and other classmates'.
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Zen and the Work of Frank Lloyd Wright

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experience Zen philosophies reflected in artwork, poetry, and architecture. Students will explore these connections and expand the discussion to include a professional author of their choice.
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Exploring Heroism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the concept of heroism in this lesson, through personal reflection, group activities and a thoughtful analysis of the documentary, HEROES OF GROUND ZERO. They explore their own understanding of what it means to be a hero.
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Trees, Trees, and Leaves

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and examine trees indigenous to Florida. They develop a table/chart, draw leaves, design a map of Florida, and prepare and give oral presentations discussing the presence or absence of tree growth patterns.
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The Media is the Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work as a member of a creative team and develop a media campaign for a client.
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Sequential Curriculum for Advanced Writing Workshop

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders engage in a ten-month long elective course focusing on college board review and an advanced writing workshop. Both course components focus on thinking and reasoning skills. Various approaches include sentence combining,...
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Anatomy and Physiology "Quickies"

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars use a variety of creative writing tools within this assignment: poems on particular organ systems, write a short story and/or create a word graph. They are involved in a demonstration of lactic build up in the muscles, a...
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Cell 5 Diffusion and Osmosis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students distinguish between active and passive transport. Students identify key words associated with active and passive transport. They draw and explain the structure f the cellular membrane. They are able to define phospholipid...
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NUMB3RS Activity: Exponential Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Mathematicians investigate exponential growth by exploring two different options for receiving allowance.  High schoolers use technology to compare a linear function with a constant rate of growth to a function that grows exponentially...
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Understanding the Mole

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of the mole and molar masses of elements. In this mole lesson plan, students use beans to find their relative masses and draw parallels to the atomic masses of elements. Students work in teams and each...
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The Role of Enzymes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the role of enzymes in chemical reactions. In this enzymes lesson plan, students use hydrogen peroxide and manganese dioxide to observe a chemical reaction. Young scholars observe the rates of reactions of chalk,...
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Why are Electrons Important?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write electron configuration of elements using atomic numbers and they identify valence electrons. For this electrons lesson plan, students observe a demonstration showing the space-filling property of an electron. They also...

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