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Prime and Composite Numbers, Prime Factorization

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research prime and composite numbers. With a partner, students use graph paper to draw rectangles of various sizes. They list the dimensions of rectangles and discuss how the dimensions relate to the factors of each number....
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Suspension Bridges

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils view examples of suspension bridges and discuss their structure. They complete a tension and compression experiment with a partner then perform a similar experiment with books. They discuss engineers and how they design and solve...
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Teamwork And Productivity

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students engage in a creative project of constructing different things using origami paper. The objective is for them to construct something that is identified and useful at the same time. They use guided questions to go through the...
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Go Fish! Fish or other Sea Creature from Recycled Materials

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create a unique, 3-d sculpture of a fish out of recycled materials. They brainstorm, what a fish looks like. Students research what fish look like. Also, students make sketches of their fish. Students write a reflection of...
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Drawing Birds

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss what they know about birds and share picture books. They read text on the page and discuss the question and draw the flying bird on their paper by having them look at the color drawing of the bird.
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A Matter of Fact

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders define matter as anything that takes up space and has mass, recognize, through experimentation and observation, that matter exists in three forms, including solid, liquid, and gas, and discuss characteristics of each form...
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Action Potential: A Student Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars demonstrate their knowledge of action potential by creating an analogy and explaining this analogy to the class. They illustrate the action potential on paper by creating an analogy to demonstrate action potential and...
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Social Studies: Our Town

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine all the features of communities, including an examination of their histories. They draw a mural that includes their community's unique features. Students also construct a replica of the main street of their town.
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Love Canal-A Man Made Disaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a "Waste Management" Power Point as well as a "Love Canal" PowerPoint (a link is provided for the second presentation). Students write the chemical formula for each chemical and convert the contamination to grams using...
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Pilgrim for rent lesson plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given extensive and intensive reading practice. They review language from the text and give freer speaking practice. Students read an amusing article about an aspect of religion, it should not be used to ridicule pilgrims,...
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Nuclear Power

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students take on the role of members of a concerned citizens group and discuss the transportation of spent-fuel rods from a local nuclear power plant and the safety issues that surround the power plant. Students work in groups to write...
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The Elusive Goblin

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Any small doll but a fairy or small goblin is best. Focus Listening skills; choral speaking. This is an exciting game to start a lesson with. The doll you use should have been introduced as an character in some previous lesson. It can...
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Probability, Genetics and the Human Condition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of probability as it relates us to be able to make predictions about future events based upon our knowledge of past outcomes. They have an innate appreciation for probability. Students make a connection...
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The Farther Away You Are, The Faster Away You Move

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore linear relationships. The lesson uses science to develop an understanding of the expanding Universe. There are 3 Labs, only 2 of which are required. Lab C is an enrichment for higher level classes.
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Equations 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss the meaning of balance and how it applies to equations. After listening to a lecture, they practice solving equations with two orders of operation and doing whatever they do on one side to the other side as a class. To...
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Integers and Fractions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students perform operations using positive and negative numbers as well as operations with fractions in various forms. They identify common decimals and their fraction equivalents while converting fractions to decimal form.
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Parts of Speech Review

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify and differentiate between the eight parts of speech. After diagramming a sentence as an introductory activity, students create a set of flash cards to aid in the remembrance of the usage of the eight parts of speech. ...
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The Unit Circle

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students relate the trigonometric functions to the coordinates of the unit circle with access to explorelearning.com. They determine the signs of trigonometric functions in each quadrant.
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Japanese-Americans of World War II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and Roosevelt's Executive Order. They listen to an audio file of the Fifth Amendment before holding a mock trial about the policy of internment of...
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Remember the Alamo

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders comprehend how the siege of the Alamo and the Texas revolution laid the groundwork for the United States-Mexican War. They discuss how westward expansion led to Texas Independence. Students complete the "Remeber the...
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The Space Between

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore major, minor and perfect intervals and watch the PowerPoint presentation "The Space Between." They identify the various intervals by sight and differentiate major, minor and perfect intervals. Students perform the...
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Beauty

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners share what they think of when they hear the word beautiful. Individually, they bring in an object they believe is beautiful based on its relationship to a person, idea or event. They view each others object and write down...
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Geometric Shapes And Figures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compete in a scavenger hunt to find twenty-two different geometric shapes in natural objects around the school. They practice identification of each geometric shape using a handout then form small groups to search the school...
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Group Initiatives

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws...

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