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STEM: Lou-Vee Air Car
A comprehensive lesson on acceleration awaits your physicists and engineers! Two YouTube videos pique their interest, then sample F=ma problems are worked and graphed. The highlight of the lesson is the building of a Lou-Vee air car!...
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Napping House
Read The Napping House and describe the visual characteristics of the illustrations. In this perspective lesson plan, learners identify color elements. They recognize that the text is repetitive and find patterns in the literature that...
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Interactive Constitution
Did you know there are seven Articles and 27 Amendments to the US Constitution? Explore each and every one of them, including the Bill of Rights and other rights around the world, in a super neat US Constitution interactive.
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How to Web 2.0 Accessorize Your Classroom
Become a digital citizen. Follow the scripted directions of this resource to create a technologically integrated webpage for your classroom. Class members learn how to create a class blog, an Internet start page, a classroom wiki, and...
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Health Science: Back to Basics
This instructional activity focuses on unit conversion, proportions, ratios, exponents, and the metric system. Discuss measurement with your math class and demonstrate how to solve several health-science word problems. Give learners a...
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iRock
Students explore, listen to and analyze songs that helped define rock and roll music. They read and discuss the article, "They're All Oldies, Dad Included." Research on contemporary artists is conducted and then the students choose who...
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Flipping For Math
Seventh graders create a video of different formats to deliver a presentation of a math concept such as square roots, decimals, fractions, and more. In this math presentation lesson plan, 7th graders can plan a rap video, story,...
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The Financial Crisis: What Happened? Where do Things Stand Now?
Young scholars listen to and watch a presentation by Julie Stackhouse on the 2010 financial crisis in the United States. In this economics lesson plan, students engage in a presentation which is designed to be listened to by High School...
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Getting the Story from Libya
Students examine the state of Libya in the face of civil unrest. In this global issues lesson, students listen to audio clips, watch video clips, and read media publications to gain an understanding of the uprising in the nation....
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Unleash your digital natives
Young scholars create a multimedia presentation. In this multimedia lesson plan, students use sound and visual images to compliment the sound for their multimedia presentation in the subjects of science or humanities.
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Communicate with a Truck Driver
Sixth graders explore the life of a truck driver. In this transportation instructional activity, 6th graders map the route that a truck driver may take, communicate with a truck driver, and explore anticipated delivery time of goods that...
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Polar Express Lesson Plan
Students write and illustrate a wish for the first gift of Christmas. In this Christmas lesson plan, students read the book The Polar Express and then write what they wish could be the first gift of Christmas.
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Staying Alert and Fit to Drive a Truck
Students examine the safety concerns of driving while sleepy. In this driving safety lesson students come up with techniques that can help drivers stay alert on the road.
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Word Search Fun
In this word search grid worksheet, students write 10 clues and arrange their answer boxes on the blank grid to create their own word search puzzles.
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Nationalities 2
In this social studies activity, learners consider where people of different nationalities come from. Students read 20 terms of nationality and write the country where that person would live. Example: A Finn comes from (Finland).
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What I Didn't Know...
Students practice creating wikis. In this wiki lesson, students create a wiki about any math topic that they know nothing about. Students learn about their topic and create a wiki that explains the math topic in detail.
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Rostislav & Julianna: A Modern-Day Interpretation of Romeo and Juliet
Students author and film their own adaptations of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In this multimedia skills lesson plan, students script a play that pits an Orthodox Christian family against a Muslim family. Students use...
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SKYPE Pals
Students use the program SKYPE to speak to a pal in a Latin American country and describe their life and compare and contrast it to the other's. In this SKYPE lesson plan, students create digital presentations about life in North...
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Students create a creative interpretation of Jack and the Beanstalk. In this artistic expression lesson, students paint the stages of the beanstalk plant as a storyboard and create song about how the seed is growing.
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Road Safety - Communication and Understanding What's on Board
Tenth graders apply math formulas to explore the truck driving career. In this math instructional activity, 10th graders explore websites about road safety and truck driving spills. Students view a PowerPoint about safety placards and...
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Road Safety-Transporting Cargo Safely
Twelfth graders explore transportation and delivery of cargo. For this truck logistics lesson, 12th graders research the safety precautions needed to ensure proper delivery of cargo aboard delivery trucks. Students read about the many...
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BE-01-01 Introduction to Business Ethics
Students explore ethics. In this business ethics lesson, students watch "The Corporation" and discuss employee policies, community outreach, and business models. Students consider various scenarios that encourage authentic student...
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Supply Chain Management
Students identify the steps of production. For this supply chain lesson, students determine how businesses monitor production and trace the supply chain of products they own. Students also discuss ethical issues related to the supply chain.
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Island Breezes: Exploring Hula Dance
Pupils explore Hawaii and the art of hula dance. In this art lesson, students research the art of hula dance and Hawaii. Pupils create their own unique hula dance.