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21 - Football

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars practice catching and throwing while being defended and defending areas of a field.
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Government Lesson Plan 15

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice planning for the development of an area using the goals of Smart Growth as a guide, and analyze how regions can affect government policies.
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How Does Radon Get Into Your Home?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete an experiment in which they measure the radon level in their home. They examine the different types of units of measurement and practice using them throughout the activity. They calculate surface area on objects as well.
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Social Studies: Westville Through the Years

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the history of Westville, Connecticut by investigating three main areas of study. They begin with the town's early history, examine its industrial era, and conclude with its influence in the arts. The lesson includes...
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True Settlers of the Pacific Northwest: Who was there with Dr. John Mcloughlin?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars discover who was present when the city of Vancouver was founded. Using the internet, they research the various cultures of the area and which were present at the Hudson Bay Company. They discuss each person's role in how...
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Problem-Based Research Lesson: Wilderness Issues

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners read and discuss articles relating to the theme "How should we deal with the growth of towns and human populations into wilderness areas?" Based on the class brainstorm, each student generates a research topic. They are grouped...
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Problem-Based Research Lesson: Wal-Mart Debate

For Teachers 10th - 12th
To prepare for class, students will read several articles (links included). Students discuss the articles, and ways to deal with the proliferation of big-box stores in rural areas. The class takes two minutes to generate a research...
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New Boxes from Old

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders take a rectangular box (e.g., a cereal box) and cut it up to make a new, cubical box with the same volume as the original. In so doing, they will discover that because the cubical box has less surface area than the...
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How Does Climate Influence Civilization

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners demonstrate their knowledge of the Earth's systems.  In this climate lesson students identify the climate of a chosen area and the effects it has on the lifestyles of those living there. 
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To Classify Beans And Peas

For Teachers 1st
First graders record information on a bar graph and interpret the information given. They identify five different kinds of beans and three different kinds of peas. They work in groups of four and sort the beans by size or shape.
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Susan B. Anthony: Rebel for the Cause

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the suffragist, Susan B. Anthony, documents her life and era with photographs, illustrations, and interviews. It demonstates how this feminist leader simultaneously influenced events and was shaped by external forces.
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Cultural Cups

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create their own drinking vessel from papier-m??ch??. They experiment with different shapes for drinking vessels and different patterns for them.
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String of Fish

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research a Florida fish to determine its length. They display this information on two index cards, which are cut to the shape of the head and the tail and attached to a string that they measure and cut to the correct...
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Carbondale: The Biography of a Coal Town

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars use a brief history of the growth and decline of the anthracite region in the state to create a photograph and map "peak shaped" time line. They practice map and photo analysis strategies to "read" photographs and maps.
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Mystery Boxes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students make observations about Mystery Boxes that their teacher has made up and describes the motion of the object inside the box and hypothesizes it's shape based on their observations.
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Let's Have a Lesson Within a Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students role-play the role of a student who does not comprehend the language the lesson plan is being instructed in. Using the internet, they research the characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations over time. In...
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Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders inspect prime and composite numbers. Using graph paper, they draw as many different shaped rectangles as possible. They use the dimensions of the rectangles to discuss prime and composite numbers. Students create a chart...
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Sixth Graders Express Themselves

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create examples of expressionistic paintings using pastels, black paper, and chalk in this 6th grade Art lesson. Emphasis is on creating an emotion for the painting using simple lines and large shapes and cooperative...
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Mapping the Unknown

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explain how early maps of the ocean bottom were made. They describe and execute a method for producing a low-resolution map of a surface that cannot be seen or touched. Students analyze the data from a mapping activity and...
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Visual Arts: Using Imagery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students extend the colors, shapes, textures and lines of an unknown composition to create perspective in their drawings. Using oil pastels, they work in pairs to create a long continuous artwork of imagery inspired by sailing vessels...
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The Driving Force

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pupils work in groups and note similarities and differences between their boats: size, shape, color, and unique features. They discuss 3 typical means of propulsion: propellers, sails, and paddles then share their charts with the class.
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Bones or No Bones?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students move to music and study bones and their purpose. When the music plays slow, gentle sounds the students have NO bones and their bodies are like Jello or an egg that has been cracked open on the floor . When the music changes...
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Sun and Shade

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the ways that plants adapt to their environments. They examine plants that thrive in the shade, versus plants that thrive in direct sunlight. Special attention is devoted to the shape of leaves on respective sun and...
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Cells, The Structural and Functional Units of Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe the general structure and organelles of plant and animal cells. Students prepare microscope slides of elodea, onion, check, and cork and identify the cells by size and shape as unicellular, multicellular, plant or animal.

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