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Applying Statistics to Nano-Circuit Dimensions in Fabrication

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Do flexible circuits change dimensions during fabrication? Groups use GeoGebra software to measure the length of pictures of flexible nano-circuits. To determine if the circuits change dimensions, future engineers use Microsoft Excel to...
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Cotton Pickin' Before and After the Civil War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the impact of cotton. In this economics lesson, students listen to a lecture presented by their instructor on the Southern crop of cotton and its impact on the South prior to and following the Civil War. Students...
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Increasing Multicultural Understanding Through Folk Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read folktales from around the world comparing two of them using a computer generated Venn diagram. They create a game based on a folktale and use software to create a listening library of folktales.
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Canada and its Trading Partners

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students identify the relationship between Canada and its trading partners. They use two data sources, Canadian Statistics and E-STAT, on the Statistics Canada website to explore the growing importance of trade in general.
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Zimbabwe 'Blood Diamond' Trade Talks Collapse

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the reasons diamond sales were halted overseas.  In this lesson, students read an article that focuses on diamond trade and diamond sales, then complete numerous activities that check the reading comprehension of the...
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Preposition Worksheet 2

For Students 8th - 10th
For this grammar worksheet, students determine the correct preposition to fill in forty blanks to make each one grammatically correct.
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Australia and Argentina: A Study in Contrast

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study world events and their effect on economic growth. They research and interpret graphs to determine explanations for economic growth. Students compare the World Wars and the Great Depression to the growth of Argentina and...
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Agriculture Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Agriculture Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
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Japan's Economic Miracle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concepts of price and demand. In groups, pupils simulate the purchase and selling of land in Japan. They create a loan, and make decisions to buy or sell as the economic market fluctuates. Classmates discuss their...
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Slavery in the United States

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate the personal accounts of slaves in the United States. They participate in various activities according to grade level to examine the role of slavery in the South.
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The Business of Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers visit the Design for the Other 90% exhibition. In this design lesson, student learn how to design for the population of the world that is poor or impoverished. In addition, students read New York Times articles and watch...
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Present and Past Simple Passive

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this present and past simple worksheet, students choose the correct words to complete sentences, rewrite sentences, rewrite questions, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Visit Burma, the Safe Way

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students virtually travel to Burma. In this Burma instructional activity, students research Burma's history, religion, and current events as they visit selected websites and share their findings.
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A Year in the Work of the Bard

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the life and times of Shakespeare. In this William Shakespeare instructional activity, students research the noted Web sites to discover details about Shakespeare's life and the times he lived in. Students also virtually...
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Cotton Production and Milling

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine cotton production and milling. They compete in a hand-ginning contest to realize how difficult it was to separate the seeds from the fibers of cotton. They discuss why Eli Whitney's cotton gin was an important invention.
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Breaking News English: Japan to Resume U.S. Beef Imports

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, learners read " Japan to Resume U.S. Beef Imports," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Global Geography of Economics: the Indiana Steel Industry

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research and identify positive and negative effects of imported steel on the Indiana steel industry.
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Global Geography of Economics: The Indiana Steel Industry

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students are introduced to how steel is made and investigate the importance of the steel industry. They participate in a role-play that explores the concepts of taxes, tariffs and imports vs. domestic production.
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Exploring Commerce and the High Seas in the 1700s

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders develop an understanding of the importance of the shipping industry in commerce in the late 1700s.