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"We Didn't Start the Fire"

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students extract geographical and historical information from the lyrics of a popular song, make associations between people, places, and events, and plot their information on a map.
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Symmetrical Masks

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine symmetrical and asymmetrical balance while making a mask using a variety of colored pencil and marker techniques. They use the process of revision and design as they complete their masks.
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Line Symmetry and Rotational Symmetry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the symmetry of pattern block shapes. Students, working in groups determine whether each shape has line symmetry, rotational symmetry or both kinds of symmetry. Students determine how many lines of symmetry the...
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Transformations Using the Geometer's Sketchpad

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students discover rules for single transformations, rules for composition of transformations, when a figure has transformation symmetry, and if a transformation is congruent to its preimage.
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Prairie Plants Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize and identify 3 grasses and 9 common forbs of the fermilab prairie and which were common in IL, identify using resources and write 3 critical attributes of each plant.
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Orienteering - Lesson 6 - Compasses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Travel using a compass. Get your bearings! What does that mean? Choose a starting point, set your bearings, move to a location, and then use your bearings to return to the original starting point. It is of utmost importance to understand...
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Wetlands

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine how an ecosystem is a distinct community of interactive living and non-living things.
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Utah Counties

For Teachers 4th
Learners write a business letter in correct format and obtain information about the county they are studying and use that information in their county report.
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Paragraph Unity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Your class can construct a well-written paragraph. They utilize a sequential method which assists them in formulating a concise expository piece. The paragraph must contain a topic sentence, five supporting sentences, and a conclusion.
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Surrealist Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars engage in a game of Exquisite Corpse. By looking at a painting by Ren?? Magritte and creating their own Surrealist "room," students further explore the Surrealist idea of placing common objects in unusual locations.
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Line and Shading = Shape and Form

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students collect natural objects and draw these objects with and without shading.
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"Swamp Monsters" by Mary Blount Christian

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Using the book Swamp Monsters by Mary Blount Christian, young readers discuss key vocabulary terms and make predictions about swamp monsters. They complete a Cloze activity, explore past-tense verbs, and categorize vocabulary words.
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Chick Chock's Pollen Problem

For Teachers K - 5th
Students analyze how allergens effect the body and how air borne substances can effect people.
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I Love Spiders

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete an integrated unit on spiders. They explore about spiders. Students read a book entitled I Love Spiders by John Parker. They incorporate Spider art, Edible Spiders, the making of a Spiderweb Room and Spider poems.
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The UP's and Down's of Exponents

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils explore the concept of exponents. In this exponential functions worksheet, students complete provided worksheets that require them to graph exponential functions by hand as well using graphing calculators.
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"Can Do!" Reading, Writing, and Understanding the Art of Technical Writing

For Teachers 10th
Technical and informational writing is the most common type of writing that students will encounter. Using this SMART board activity, teach your 10th graders the four different types of technical writing. They can then practice following...
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Introduction to Variables and Algebraic Expressions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Begin your next algebra unit with this introductory lesson on variables and algebraic expressions. This plan requires a SMART board and includes a SMART notebook file. The file contains a guiding question and two learning activities that...
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Herber Readiness Activity

For Teachers 7th - 12th
What does it mean to be alone and isolated? What would you do if you were all alone in a strange place? Kids ponder these questions as they prepare to read Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Fraction Spelling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
An interesting take on spelling practice is included here! Emerging spellers take their weekly spelling list and create a three-column chart. In the first column, they write the word itself. In the second column, they write how many...
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Elements of Art - Memoir Book

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learn and practice the elements of art by making a picture book. Also containing short memoirs of their own lives, this would be a perect project and also a gift to take home. In doing this project, they also gain an understanding of the...
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New Angle on Forest Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars measure and calculate the angle of the sun. They compare the leaf types on the north and south to compare the effects of the sun on the type of vegetation. They complete the activities inside the classroom or on a trip to...
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"Pet" Project

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners create a proposal for either a classroom pet or a household pet. Proposals include the estimated cost of a pet and their supplies as well as a written contract for the care of the pet.
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Anatomy and Physiology

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders work in teams to play a game enabling them to identify the basic components of the female human reproductive system. They view an overhead that describes menstruation and discuss their knowledge of the female reproductive...
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Bocce Ball - Lesson 6

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Bocce ball - lesson 6 takes the game indoors and makes some adaptations. Use bean bags or juggling balls that won't bounce too much to play indoors. The focus is on throwing and using good form. The strategy will be slightly different...

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