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Johnny Appleseed, An American Folk Hero

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore American folktales. They review the elements of folktales. Students read the folktale of Johnny Appleseed together. They discuss the vocabulary words from the story. Students discuss the differences between the real...
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Multiplication Flashcards

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math activity, students participate in a variety of math activities using multiplication flashcards. The multiplication cards range from numbers one through ten.
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Buzzing for Products

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students practice multiplication playing a game. For this multiplication lesson plan, students pick numbers and multiply them together. Students are awarded points based on which "hive" their answer falls in. The student with the...
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Plotting Slave Population Density in Connecticut in the 1700's

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore slavery in the U.S. by researching the web. In this U.S. history instructional activity, 10th graders identify the geography of Connecticut and the overall involvement the state had in the slavery process. Students...
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Organisms and Their Environment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners observe elements of a local ecosystem and gain an understanding of what elements make up an ecosystem.  In this ecosystem lesson students create a class food web that shows the interactions among the elements of the ecosystem. 
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Reading For Rent Advertisement

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine an advertisement. In this language arts lesson, students use the for rent advertisements to select an apartment that meets their needs.
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Get a Half Life!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use M&M's to experiment with data. They use a graphing calculator to determine the best equation for their data; linear, quadratic or exponential. They analyze the data to find the half-life of their M&M's.
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Behind the Scenes -- Closing the Curtain on Stereotypes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine stereotypes in their community. They discuss the implications of having stereotypes and being prejudice against a group of people. They use a five step process in which to create another outcome to an experience in which...
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Collision Course

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students measure the speed of moving marbles and use the results to calculate velocity and momentum. They analyze the events preceding a Japanese train crash.
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Ecology - Biodiversity Lab

For Teachers 9th
Studnents examine the degree of biodiversity that exists in one's everyday environment, in order to develop an understanding of how scientists classify organisms and to explain why biodiversity is important for living things.
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Shoreline Seining and Sampling

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate ecological systems and the cause and effect relationship between humans and the environment by using the prey items of Ospreys.
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Dogs vs. Cats: Pet Ownership Essay

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze patterns of organization used in writing to determine how and when comparisons and contrasts can be effectively utilized to identify similarities and differences or pros and cons.
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Plant Adaptations

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students identify parts of prairie plants. They sketch the plants indicating its adaptive parts and write brief descriptions of them. They present their findings to the class.
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Weather or Not (Cloud Formation/Condensation)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the formation of clouds and rain in this experiment. They decide how dust in the air helps to make clouds form and how dust helps meteorologists make forecasts.
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Biomes -- Part 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils use the internet to locate and gather information on the world's biomes. They compare and contrast biomes to ecosystems and describe the human effects on ecosystems. They answer questions to end the lesson.
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Economics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners review economic trends from the past 30 years. They compare and contrast GDP and GNP. They identify other social indicators of economic progress as well.
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Ecoregions of Texas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners map the ecoregions in Texas and illustrate the vegetation native to the region. They will use their maps to investigate why prehistoric hunter-gatherers might have decided to live in one area over another, such as the ancient...
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Beans Are Seeds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read literature regarding the growth of seeds. They investigate how seeds need water and light to sprout and then grow. They experiment by planting their own bean seeds. They record the progress of their seeds in both...
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Get a Half-life!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore decay functions and the half-life of a substance. Through an M&M activity with calculators, students collect and graph data. They determine the linear, quadratic and exponential functions of the graph. Students...
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The Genetic Basis of Neurological Disorders

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore neurological disorders. They examine the presence and absence of discernible genes. Students describe neruological diseases and draw faces of affected persons. They play a human neurology disorders learning game.
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Get a Half-life!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use m&m candies as their sample set. They begin by counting the total number of candies to determine their sample size. Students put the candies into a cup and shake them gently before pouring them onto a paper plate. Count...
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Scales, Scutes, and Skins

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students identify the various adaptations of reptiles and amphibians. After distinguishing between reptiles and amphibians, students discuss the ways in which their adaptations aid in their survival. They participate in a hands on...
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Array game

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a math game that allows the students to practice their multiplication skills, and reinforces the 'array' concept of multiplication. They perform multiplication calculations using numbers one to six and...
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Kinetics Worksheet

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this kinetics instructional activity, learners use concentration-time date tables to determine the rate of reaction and reaction order at each temperature. This instructional activity has 4 problems to solve.

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