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Lesson: Proposal for a School Sculpture

For Teachers 1st - 6th
After discussing the artistic elements and design process needed to construct the modern sculpture, Lao Tzu, kids get logical. They consider the purposeful use of space in the sculpture, design a modern piece for a specific space at...
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Organizer
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Use Logical Reasoning

For Students 4th - 5th
In this problem-solving learning exercise, students solve 1 mathematical word problem by figuring out the answers to 7 questions. Students record their answers on the lines provided.
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Graphic Scores

For Teachers 4th - 6th
You can write some music scores using images rather than musical notation. Kids learn how they can become musical composers by using graphics or images in place of musical notation. An interesting slide-show, but a more interesting...
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Use the Clues

For Students 2nd
In this reasoning worksheet, 2nd graders, after looking over the example, read 3 clues 3 times to find the 3 numbers that make each sum in 3 boxes.
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Track Meet

For Students 3rd
In this reasoning worksheet, 3rd graders look over a table with statistics and solve the answers to 5 word problems related to the table about a class track meet.
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Story Time

For Students 2nd
In this number sentences activity, 2nd graders look at 4 number sentences and tell a story about each one. Students draw a picture about each of their stories.
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Crossing Paths

For Students 3rd
In this completing a chart activity, 3rd graders fill in 22 items or category titles to two charts involving animals and fruit. Students choose their answers from a word bank.
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Performing a Play

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discover logical deduction by participating in a play.  In this reasoning activity, students act as characters from a play who's words must be analyzed to see if they are true or not.  Students perform parts of the play and...
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Four Color Map

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore geometry by completing a color puzzle. In this shape identification lesson, students utilize deductive reasoning to complete a Google SketchUp puzzle with trapezoid, triangles and rectangular shapes. Students complete...
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Conflict in the Frontier town of Deerfield

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners use primary sources to investigate, explore and represent varying perspectives on the 1704 Deerfield Raid. They consider the reasons Deerfield was at the center of English, French and Native American conflicts in the early 18th...
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Patterns Worksheet: Complete the Patterns (#2)

For Students Pre-K - K
In this patterns worksheet, students look at 3 rows of patterns and then complete each pattern by drawing the appropriate shape at the end of each row. A good logic and reasoning worksheet.
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Horse of a Different Color: An Introduction to Color in the Visual Arts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how artists use color to create a sense of depth in a two-dimensional space. They view and analyze prints, complete worksheets, and write a paragraph on how color is used to draw the viewer's eye to a central figure.
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Get Crafty! Integrate Art and Science

For Teachers 4th - 5th
By combining diverse subjects, you will create some of your most memorable lessons.
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A Kids Guide to...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students look into their community's historical changes. In this community lesson, students see what draws  people to their community and research important buildings or national historic sites. They look at local architecture and the...
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Friction Restriction: Creating a Design Plan to Redesign the Tread of Tennis Sneakers to Increase Friction

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars evaluate the friction of tennis sneakers and redesign them to increase friction. In this physics lesson, students calculate starting, sideways and forward stopping friction. Using quantitative data, they prove that...
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Protective Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Over 3 or 4 class periods your young designers will create a wearable garment that provides some sort of protection from a danger in everyday life. In this fashion design lesson, students investigate fear in our society and brainstorm...
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"If you build it..."

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students utilize prior knowledge to erect and assemble a building from a drawing using spaghetti noodles and marshmallows. In this building lesson, students visualize a three dimensional structure from looking at a picture and converting...
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Uniform Design

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the military by examining their uniforms.  For this design lesson, students analyze the military uniforms from different locations and time periods.  Students create new ideas for current military uniforms.
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Tell Me Again

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students demonstrate how to retell a story in sequential order. In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students listen to a suggested read aloud, such as Little Boy Blue. Additionally, students practice retelling the story by using...
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James Brown: Life and Times

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers trace James Brown's rise from "Little Junior" in Depression-era Augusta, Georgia, to the "Minister of the New Super Heavy Funk" and create a collage that captures his impact on American music.
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Following Muddy's Trail

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view the AMERICAN MASTERS film "Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied" and research him using the Guided Reading strategy. They examine the influential musician's childhood and trace his journey from the Mississippi Delta to...
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Making and Breaking the Grid

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the grid in terms of a method of organization in our society as well as graphic design. In this "Making and Breaking the Grid" instructional activity, students design solutions to common problems and draw conclusions...
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Respecting Nonreligious People

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Help students understand what an atheist is and why it is important or respect their beliefs. Using this non believers lesson, students will learn about people who hold different beliefs are discriminated against by others. They will...
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Jazz it Up!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners research the history and contributions of Jazz in their local environments. They then design and create a wide variety of presentations to share with the class using as many mediums as possible.

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