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Amazonian Travel Brochure

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners create a brochure. In this Amazon research lesson, students research a tourist attraction in the Amazon and develop a travel brochure.
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"The Westing Game" Activities and Lesson Plans

For Teachers 5th - 8th
You can use a novel, such as "The Westing Game", to teach reading concepts and skills in a way that keeps students interested.
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I Oppose!--Counter-argument/Classifying

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars create an effective classification and counter argument.  In this counter-argument lesson, students decide upon a label for at least three types of people and then describe their groups.  Young scholars describe three...
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How We Can Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students evaluate the school's recycling and waste management practices. After analyzing current methods, teams develop a new recycling plan, and create a slideshow presentation. They present their proposals to the principal for...
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You Are What You Eat: Lessons from Alice Waters

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students view the AMERICAN MASTERS episode titled ALICE WATERS AND HER DELICIOUS REVOLUTION. They examine their own eating habits and determine how they can eat food that is both healthier and tastier. Through Guided Reading strategies,...
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What's For Dinner?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share their own views on eating genetically altered foods. After reading an article, they research any issues concerning these types of foods in the United States. In groups, they create a campaign slogan to help gain funding...
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Holes-Outdoor Adventure Camp

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars read the book and watch the movie, Holes. They create a brochure (containing specific information) that advertises Camp Green Lake as a newly refurbished outdoor adventure camp. They display the brochures for the rest of...
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Maple, Sugarbush and the Anishinabe

For Students 5th - 6th
In this maple, Sugarbush and the Anishinabe instructional activity, students use Internet research to answer 15 questions based on the book, Ininatig's Gift of Sugar--The Tradition of Native Sugarmaking. This page has numerous links to...
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Crossing the Narrows: Idea & Dream,...to 1937

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students decide which group they would like to be a member of discussing the Tacoma Narrowns Bridge. Each group researches the same questions but have different answers depending on the group they are in.
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There Must Be Something in the Water

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read a New York Times article as a class and discuss how groundwater near a nuclear test site may have been contaminated. They explore how groundwater contamination can spread through aquifers by participating in a simulation.
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Forest Grump

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the definition of an ecosystem, its parts, and how these parts can be affected when the ecosystem is endangered. They examine dangers being faced by the Canadian boreal forest by reading "For Billions of Birds, an...
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Traveling the USA

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils simulate the role of travel agents addressing the needs of a foreign family visiting a state in the US. They prepare a presentation and informational sales pitch of a proposed travel itinerary.
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Check Out Lights and Shields with Beads

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Ultraviolet detecting beads and conduct several investigations with them.  In this investigative lesson students participate in an experiment to see the harmful effects of UV light and discuss their findings. 
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Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students read the book Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech on their own. They answer a variety of questions each day over certain pages of the book that were required for that days completion.
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Narrating in Simple Past with Video

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils practice in constructing simple past tense forms and checking for subject verb agreement.
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Posters -- What's the Main Idea?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the basics of poster productions. In groups, they follow written directions to make a poster about asthma, allergies, AIDS, or personal safety. They present their poster to the class and reflect on the process in a journal.
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Transformations

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify the types of transformations in their lives. As a class, they determine the ones they have control over and which ones they do not. They practice solving problems in math and oral communication that they are faced with...
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The Great Paragraph Race

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students construct and analyze paragraphs. In groups, students place given sentences in order to form a paragraph. They determine the main idea of the paragraph. Students perform activities to determine the concept of topic sentence,...
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What's In a Name?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore onomastics. In this baseball history lesson, students create their own team name and explain the name they chose. After choosing a team name students support their choice with revelant reasons and be able to discuss...
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The Power of the Pen

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the personal and historical significance of journals, analyze the issues raised in a N.Y. Times article regarding Anne Frank's diary, and evaluate a Letter to the Editor written in response to the article.
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Cause and Effect

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Learners examine the role of the Prince's Trust. In this British charities lesson, students research selected websites to determine the type of charity work that is performed by the Prince's Trust. Learners also research the work of...
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One Step Closer to a Treaty

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students speak objectively about the nuclear disarmament issue and interpret sections of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. They become more informed by these discussions and readings on the nuclear
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When Athletes Are Off-Base

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore whether or not athletes have a responsibility to be role models in society.
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Levi Coffin on Trial

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to Quaker beliefs about slavery and actual statements of conviction about slavery by Levi Coffin. They explore the federal laws about returning escaped slaves, specifically the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

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