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Understanding Zoning: Its use on the High Line in West Chelsea

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to zoning. Evaluating information and reading a land-use map is enclosed in this lesson. List new development projects that they could propose for a given area.
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Beaver Ecology

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore the lives of bgeahvers. They identify the physical and behavioral adaptations that help beavers survive in their environment. Students compare and contrast how beavers influence the ecology of both forest and aquatic...
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What Can We Do?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson plan, 7th graders examine scenarios based on injustice. Students consider the action they would personally take in the situations by reflection through...
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Use Symbols to Subtract

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice crossing out items in a group in order to complete subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students watch a PowerPoint presentation and then practice problems on their own.
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Polynomial Multiplication

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners review information about how to multiply polynomials and then work in pairs to complete a worksheet. They use graphing calculations to help them solve their math problems.
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Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers K
Students practice colors. In this color instructional activity, students read several books that review the names of colors. They go on the computer to do an Internet scavenger hunt where they identify the colors of the online pictures. 
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Recent Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the recent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.  In this recent earthquakes lesson students complete an activity while working in groups.
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Identifying Points in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th - 9th
For this ordered pairs worksheet, students identify 6 ordered pairs given a coordinate plane.  Students list the ordered pair given the graph.
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Build a Snowplow

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners design and build a snowplow using LEGO materials. They compete in an Engineer's Challenge to clear a path through Styrofoam peanuts.
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Finding Prime Factors

For Students 6th
In this finding prime factors activity, 6th graders read two strategies for finding prime factors, then practice using these methods by doing factor facts drills.
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Unit Perimeters and Areas

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students use Geometers SketchPad to find the area and perimeter of several shapes. In this geometry instructional activity, students determine area of rectangles and progress through irregular polygons. None of the referenced worksheets...
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Magnificent Mandalas

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the principle of radial symmetry and apply it to an original mandala design. They draw a design using organic and geometric shapes, repeating the design symmetrically around the paper.
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Does the Seed Matter?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compare the growth of watermelon from commercial seeds and those harvested from a watermelon. They complete science journals showing these comparisons based on the data they collect.
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The Giant Cell

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After actively participating in a unit on cells, the students act out and become the organelles. They will act out and explain the functions of what each of the organelles do for the cell.