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Masks and Aesop's Fables

For Teachers K - 4th
Students study and perform Aesop's fables. In this Aesop's fables lesson, students read and/or listen to a number of the famous fables. They make masks based on the characters and perform a fable using the masks. They write about the...
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Mandalas, Polygons and Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create a geometric pattern using mandalas, polygons and symmetry. In this geometry lesson, students analyze the mathematics involved in making the mandalas, including the shapes and symmetry. Students create their own mandalas...
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Shakespeare Wall

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a visual notebook of a Shakespearean play by taking the actual written work, hanging it up on the wall, and highlighting various literary aspects of the play as they unfold.
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Timelines

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine evolutionary history; the earth's timeline by creating timelines. They determine the timeframes of era, epochs, and periods and study the species that were evident in each.
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Trading Rendezvous

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the fur trade between the settlers and Native Americans. Through class discussion, students explain and give examples of how the fur trade worked. In groups, they simulate the fur trade using materials provided by the...
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Hands-On Humidity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine why humidity changes throughout the day. They study the concept of relative humidity, absolute humidity, and dew point temperature. They interpret phase diagrams and explain why relative humidity typically falls...
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Clearly Classified

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Young scholars review the classification system for living organisms and apply it the classification of insects and flowers in the still life by Ambrosius Bosschaert. They create a chart classifying the animals and plants in the painting...
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Beginning Fractions Equal Parts

For Students K - 2nd Standards
After looking at four examples of shapes divided into two exactly equal parts, junior geometers try their hand. One valuable thing about this worksheet is that the shapes are not only the standard circle, square, and triangle, but also...
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Periodic Table of the Elements: Noble Gases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research how neon signs are made and design their own. In this periodic table lesson, students familiarize themselves with the noble gases on the periodic table. They watch a video, research how neon signs are made, and design...
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My Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition lesson, students list fruits and vegetables on the board. Students study the lunch menu and identify the fruits and vegetables.
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Self Portrait Jars: Labeling Ourselves

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create an alternative self-portrait. In this art instructional activity students study the artwork of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Students use her work as inspiration for a self-portrait in a jar form.
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A Place of My Own: A Study of Maps

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate maps. They demonstrate their knowledge about maps and place landforms in the proper place as they create salt dough maps. They create a geography folder as well.
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Deerfield Visit: Reading a House/Place (Ebenezer Hinsdale Williams House)

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study the relationship between economic level and material culture: markers of gentility (architecture, material goods) as demonstrated by a single structure.
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Lesson Exchange: Design and make Cents (Elementary, Mathematics)

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders work in teams to design the perfect bedroom. The teams must create a room that is functional, original, and stays within a budget of $650.
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Invitation To Integers

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students find zero pairs and add integers using zero pairs and a number line. They generalize rules for adding integers. The class view approximately 10 minutes of video divided into three segments.
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Chicago: The City in Art, 1995-2000

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine a mural of animals and talk about animal classification. They act as scientists and keep a record, called a Jungle Journal, of plants and animals they observe while studying the rainforest.
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Child Development Through the Age of Six Years

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study the developmental processes students go through from an infant to age six.
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With Liberty and Justice for all

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students act as are property owners who learn that soil on their property is contaminated with lead. They consider the issues involved in addressing this problem so that further harm is avoided and a fair solution is developed and...
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Geologic cross section of Manhattan, NYC

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students draw an accurate geologic cross section by using a given data table. They relate the features of the cross section to geologic processes. Students then relate the characteristics of the bedrock to the architecture.
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You Are Smarter Than The Ads

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine advertising techniques and create original designs for advertisements in this three day, 4th grade art/social studies lesson plan. The lesson plan includes assessment ideas, resource information, and learning...
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Pet Rocks

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete a variety of activities related to the physical characteristics of minerals. They classify and group candy, classify rocks and complete a Pet River Rock worksheet. Students try to guess which rock goes with each...
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Natural Features of Our Community

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read about and discuss natural features of communities. They listen to a guest speaker, such as a park ranger to expand their knowledge of natural features. They go on a field trip, if possible, to a local zoo or...
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Exercise in creating drawings for field notebooks

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students (with a partner) draw and describe a leaf in its natural setting, and then re-find leaves drawn and described by classmates. The point is to have them start to think about observations in science, what to put in a field...
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The Voyages of James Cook

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars are introduced to explorer James Cook and explore some basic information. They watch and take notes as the teacher present the Cook overview. Students play Cook Jeopardy following the slideshow. They play Jeopardy to...

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