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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Form Follows Function
Young scholars design a chair with function in mind. In this design lesson, students design a chair out of newspaper that is strong enough to hold a "peanut ball". Young scholars discuss how the form follows the function. This lesson...
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Human Rights Violations
Young scholars explore how human rights are different in each part of the world. In this freedome lesson, students define human rights, research how human rights in one country ultimately affect other countries, and share their...
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Beginning Understanding of Computers and the Internet
Young scholars explore the use of a computer and the Internet. In this beginning computers lesson plan students young scholars show what they know about the computer and Internet and demonstrate their skills. They investigate the...
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Very Busy Spiders
Students identify spider parts, and distiguish between web building and wandering spiders. They complete a spider webquest.
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Design-A-Room
Students employ art as a means of communication. The meaning of the communication comes out in the design of a unique room that is 3 dimensional. The use of the imagination is encouraged as well as visualization skills.
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Landscape Picture Map
Students discuss differences between man made and natural features on the Earth's surface. In this natural and man made features lesson, learners brainstorm a list of features and categorize them on the board. Students study a landscape...
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Do the Honeybee Dance!
Students use dances to learn about honeybees and how they communicate. In this honeybee lesson, students discuss how bees communicate. Students study diagrams of dances and practice them. Students locate special treats in bags to study...
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Middleton/Kuna History Teleconference
Third graders study the history and building of Middleton and Kuna. They create timelines of significant events in the towns' histories. Finally, they create a website dealing with Middleton and Kuna history.
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Sea to Sky
Students investigate the Earth's major landforms and how they occur, and how engineers apply this knowledge for the design of transportation systems, mining, and measuring natural hazards. They listen to a teacher-led lecture, match...
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Science: Where the Worms Live
Students build mine-earthworm habitats to discover their niche in them. They make predictions about what the niche looks like in a week and draw a picture of it. Students notice the tunnels in the soil and how the sand and dirt are now...
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Simple machine Webqest
Third graders explore simple machines. Using specified Internet sites, 3rd graders gather information on types of machines. They define vocabulary words and locate examples of different types of simple machines. Students invent a new...
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Pilot Takes Off in Kid-Built Plane
Learners read a current events news story an answer vocabulary and comprehension questions. In these real world lessons, student use the internet to watch video clips, read blogs, and research pertaining to the planes and pilots. Letter...
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Using Your Dictionary: Adverbs 2
In this adverbs practice worksheets, students use their dictionary skills as they look up 10 adverbs and record the definition for each of them
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Using Your Dictionary: Adverbs 1
In this adverbs practice worksheets, students use their dictionary skills as they look up 10 adverbs and record the definition for each of them
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Applied Science- Built environment Lab (Trains)
Pupils examine transportation. In this train design lesson, students study how trains work and how to efficiently design a track by working with an electric train set. As a class they compare various types of trains and work...
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Species on the Edge
Students study science. In this endangered species instructional activity, students examine sea turtles and actions that can be taken to help keep them alive. They work in small groups to research different species of turtles and share...
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Zoo Welcomes Baby Animals
Young scholars engage in activities to gain a better understanding of endangered animals. In these animal lessons, students use vocabulary and comprehension skills to gain a better understanding of endangered animals. They also watch...
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The Suffix-ous
In this suffix worksheet, students add -ous to a base word from the box to complete the sentences. Students then complete a challenge section.
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Gray Whales
Students listen to the book, Lagoon Tour: Whale Watching at Laguna Ojo de Liebre and discuss the photos, vocabulary and captions. They create a scrapbook, tourist brochure, travel journal, or a song about whales.
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Introductory Lesson for Lower Intermediate Classes
Students introduce and converse with classmates as they review basic tense structures.
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United States Map
Students describe cities they are familiar with. In this United States Map lesson, students understand how cities are listed on a map. Students become aware of a map legend and the information in it.
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Let's Play Scrabble!
What do Alfred Mosher Butts, James Brunot, and Jack Straus have in common? They were all instrumental in the development of Scrabble. Class members will discover these facts and many more as they conduct a WebQuest to gather, organize,...
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Boxcar Children Lesson 5- The Explorers Find Treasure
For this language arts worksheet, learners learn 45 new vocabulary words for Chapter 5 of Boxcar Children. The words are arranged according to their phonograms. There are no questions to answer; this is a vocabulary list.
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Look Out, Below!
Students study the four layers of soil while identifying the substances that each level is composed up. They investigate the properties of soil such as color, texture, water retention and the ability to maintain life by growing a plant.