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Separation of Powers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the role of federal and local government. In this government lesson plan, students watch "Separation of Powers." Students discuss the federal and state powers prior to participating in a simulation that requires them to...
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Ins and Outs of Respiration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine their respiratory rate and explore the factors that affect breathing rate.
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Commemoration of the Gettysburg Battlefield

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a multimedia project, The Valley of the Shadow: Two American Communities in the Civil War, to create a presentation about the significance of the Gettysburg Address. They work on expert teams to explore the interactive...
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User Friendly

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how consumers have become as proficient in computer technology as specialists were a decade ago. They create and conduct a test to determine the proficiencies of people in their school community.
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Changes in the Copper Penny

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the difference between a physical change in a substance and a chemical change. students study the volume, density, altering shape and chemistry of a copper penny.
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The Medical Marijuana Debate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, in groups, prepare presentations about issues surrounding the debate over medical marijuana use in Canada.
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The Geometry of Circles

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review the parts of a circle, calculate the circumference and area of a circle, and create student-made tests on the geometry of circles using educational software.
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Using Measurement in the Everyday World

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use an appropriate unit of measure to measure an item in the classroom. They create a PowerPoint to demonstrate the measurement process. Pupils are divided into pairs. Students use a concept map to discuss the terms for...
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WANTED EXPLORERS

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create their own country and explore other unknown lands. Students identify past explorers and complete the included case of the missing trunks webquest. Students research resources and geographical features for their created...
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Grade 3: Palindrome Patterns

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use addition to create numbers that are palindromes and organize their results to look for patterns. They make generalizations from patterns and practice reading large numbers and addition with regrouping.
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Falling Into Geometry Through Paper Art

For Teachers K
Students explore geometric shapes.  In this kindergarten geometry lesson, students create a fall quilt consisting of three different paper geometric quilt squares that when assembled form a scarecrow, a pumpkin, and a crow.    
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The American Trail System

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research a trail system. They create a display board of the trail system, generate a map of the trail system, and develop a commercial advertising of the trail system. They design a display board featuring facts about the...
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Frequency Tables

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders construct frequency tables and box-and-whisker plots. After constructing tables and plots, they take a quiz on mean, median, mode, range, scientific notation, and number properties.
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Building Classroom Community

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice critical-observation and pre-writing skills as they recognize and embrace diversity. They discover how even though all people share some traits, we are also unique and name some physical traits that we all have in...
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The Living Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss glaciers and write a definition for a glacier as a class. After discussion, they participate in an activity that demonstrates how glaciers can cause dramatic changes and create new landforms. Groups discuss their...
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Cool Cars

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students travel one at a time in a straight-line path and attempt to maintain a constant velocity. While one student walks, jogs, or runs, the other group members time the "runner" while standing at five-meter intervals along the path....
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Understanding: Computing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine how a pebble calculator works and compare it to an abacus. After a discussion on the abacus and pebble calculator and how each works, they construct their own pebble calculators. They determine how to represent...
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Stargazers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the light spectrum and light waves as well as how the properties of light and color have contributed to important discoveries about properties of the universe. They research the term redshift and the redshift phenomenon...
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Conquistadors:Francisco Pizarro

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the reasons for Francisco Pizarro's success in vanquishing the Incas. They research the factors that played the greatest role in the conquest of the Inca Empire and write a paper explaining their conclusions.
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Why is a salt marsh important?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the salt marsh. They define the following terms: habitat, water, land and air. Students work in small groups. They are asked why are they going to a salt marsh? Students discuss whose habitat is it at the salt marsh.
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Health Education: Stress 2

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how to deal with stress. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders identify family, school, and community resources as sources of social support to reduce or prevent stress.
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Inner and Outer Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students explore the solar system. In this planets instructional activity, students learn about the other planets in the solar system. They watch a video clip from National Geographic on the solar system, compare and contrast the planets...
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To The Clock of Eras

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the events of geological time using a chart called a "Clock of Eras". In this geological events lesson plan, 3rd graders compare a standard clock to a geological clock. In addition, students consider periods...
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Code Cracking

For Teachers 5th - 8th
There is nothing more engaging than cracking a secret code! Middle schoolers will replace letters with numbers to solve problems. This game will help them to begin to understand algebra questions by finding the value of missing numbers....

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