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Sayings and Phrases

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders respond to six sayings that are introduced in this lesson. They brainstorm, justify, explain, describe, create and relate as they respond.
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Asian Art

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the art of a number of Asian countries. They look at slides and sculptures, and make a Chinese hand scrolls.
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DECODING BOROBUDUR

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the example of the spread of Buddhism in Southeast Asia, assess the possible meaning conveyed by Borobudur, explore how ideas travel and the process of syncretism, and appreciate how and why Salindra leaders in Java...
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Aurora Borealis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss what causes the northern lights and the folklore attached to them. They discuss magnetic fields, and use various common materials to discover if ions conduct electricity.
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Mechanics Aren't Just for Cars

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the correct mechanics of throwing. They work in peer groups to demonstrate proper throwing form and critique each other's performance.
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Who's on First?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experience playing different positions in the outfield and learn the position numbers. After viewing Abbott and Costello's, "Who's On First," students go outside and play the game, "Move Up."
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Gripping Details

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine literature for examples of paragraphs that are developed with gripping details. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which gives them a chance to rate the piece of literature...
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Frozen Film

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are introduced to the topic of light interference through this hands-on activity. They observe how light reflects off two surfaces and then meets to form an interesting variation of color on a film surface.
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Spectral Surprise

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students experience a model that produces, separating, and displaying spectral colors.
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Making Meaning from the Past

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars read Ella Lyon's autobiographical poem, "Where I'm From" as the impetus to critically reflect on key images, memories, and events from their own lives and communities.
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Yaks, Yurts, and Yogurt: A Look at China's Autonomous Regions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to five Chinese geographical areas. They, in groups, research these areas and develop presentations including information on the physical characteristics, climate, elevation, agriculture and language.
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What is Southeast Asia?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars participate in various classroom activities designed to teach them about the location and cultures of countries in Southeast Asia.
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Finger Boomerangs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students make and fly small boomerangs made from file card paper.
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Sounds Like Science - Kazoo

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discover that energy is needed to produce sound. They see that identifying where the energy comes from enables us to control the type of sound produced. They play the kazoo and manipulate the sound in a variety of ways.
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Tic-Tac-Toe

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students review various concepts of health curriculum, including what to do in emergency situations, first aid, weather watches/warnings, etc. by playing a live action tic-tac-toe game.
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Investigation of the Aral and Salton Seas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become more environmentally conscious. They see that it may be too late to "save" the Aral Sea, but there is still hope to prevent the ecological collapse of the Salton Sea.
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Seismic waves

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the differences between P- and S-waves using a slinky. They see that when displacement occurs along a fault, the built up strain of energy is released in the form of seismic waves.
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Sea Floor Spreading

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers recreate sea-floor spreading and the pattern of magnetic stripes that are created by different configurations of plate boundaries. They see how transform faults work.
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Intro. To Native American Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, to help themselves better explain the idea of Native Americans and their oral traditions, play the whisper down the line game and analyze the outcomes.
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SIXTEEN TONS

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore a variety of music related to the coal mining industry and organized labor which can be integrated into the study of Colorado History, American Labor History, and a study of immigration.
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Lumping vs. Splitting

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Learners transform ordinary long-scrolling page into a logically connected web of information.
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META tags

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners write HTML to have one web page automatically advance to another page. They add embedded information that help others find their web site using Internet searches.
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Mumbai Bomb Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners brainstorm legal and illegal ways people try to influence politics. They examine the vocabulary in news reports about the Mumbai, India terrorist bombing and create their own train safety posters.
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"The Bridge"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students read poem, "The Bridge," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, discuss how they are connected to other human beings, both past and present, and create time capsules including their favorite memorabilia.

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