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Thai Children's Trust: School for the Blind

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners explore their five senses by experimenting with classmates. For this blindness lesson, students utilize blindfolds while performing everyday activities and discuss the inherent challenges of not having vision. Learners view a...
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Parenting Tips

For Students 4th - 10th
In this parenting tips worksheet, students write a list of sentences that people should use when becoming a parent. Students complete 7 sentences.
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THE JUDICIAL BRANCH

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a series of drawings to show the process of how the Supreme Court does its work. The drawings may be in strip cartoon form or a series of separate illustrations.
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners appreciate African folktales, make "connections" between geography and literature, and research facts about Africa's animals and present findings through art and writing.
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Celebrating Diversity

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students gain a better understanding about cultures. They find similarities and differences between cultures. Various resources ranging from web sites to trade books to email addresses of people are provided. This instructional activity...
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"Be the Kiwi" - Maori Oral Tradition and Performance

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a story similar to those of the Maori oral tradition.  In this Whale Rider lesson, students discuss the way that Maori legends were passed down from generation to generation.  Students choose a land formation and write a...
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Adaptable Animals

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils examine the types of adaptations that animals use to survive. They research the animals and report their findings to the class.
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Yard Sale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete activities to discover spending, goods, services, price, advertising, choice, alternatives, criteria and opportunity cost.
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Explore Your World--Geography Takes You Places

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine how the world around them is constantly changing. In groups, they travel between centers in their classroom to role play the role of explorers in Washington D.C. They share their experiences with their classmates and...
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Skiers on the Slope

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore mathematical concepts, problem solving, and the ability to program in LOGO to test ideas about speed, acceleration, gravity, and slope when dealing with downhill skiing.
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Scavenger Hunt Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils familiarize themselves with the research being conducted on the Ronald H. Brown from San Diego, CA to the Galapagos Islands by completing a scavenger hunt using Mrs. Richards' daily logs.
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Research Cruise Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students track the research cruise of the Ronald H. Brown from San Diego to the Galapagos Islands. They match research groups with the key words, using the ship's daily logs to find the answers.
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The Animals of Julie of the Wolves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore Arctic animal life through use of electronic resources. They discover facts about various animals that share that ecosystem with wolves.
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Website Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the internet to complete a species scavenger hunt. In groups, they answer questions given to them about sea lions, rockfish and killer whales. As a class, they identify any questions they have and discuss the role...
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Human Features of Our Community

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate the human factors that create a community. They conduct research using a variety of sources. Students then create dioramas that depict a typical scene found in a community.
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Is Football a Waste of Time?

For Students 7th - 8th
In this football worksheet, students, with a partner, explore, discuss and complete a variety of activities associated with football and sports.
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Name That Phrase

For Teachers 5th
Students identify the American language, how it has changed and effected culture, and become familiar with idioms. In this American language lesson, students study the eight parts of speech, identify literal and figurative speech, study...