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iPads: Friend or Foe?

For Teachers K - 12th
Do some research to find out if iPads enhance learning, or if they are just another distraction.
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Rubber Band Banza

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review ideas about sound and vibration to make their own stringed instrument. They review what a pictograph and bar graph are. Pupils conduct a survey within the classroom to choose the four favorite string instruments and...
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How to Host a Metric Field Day

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Celebrate National Metric Week with a fun-filled field day where learners actively apply the metric system.
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Getting Parents On Your Side

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Strong ties between parents and teachers produce a learning environment that benefits everyone.
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Nutrition and the Media: Cereal Box Consumerism

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
How many treats do you buy each week? Learners investigate diets and how the media tricks consumers into purchasing unhealthy snacks. They will investigate the designs and logos affiliated with cereal boxes and identify specific phrases...
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Teaching Is Fundamental

For Teachers K - 12th
It's important for teachers to have a strong support system—especially in the first few years of their career. Help teachers' partners, spouses, and friends understand the most compassionate ways to provide emotional support with a...
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Roald Dahl Day

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Who's your favorite Roald Dahl character? What book by Roald Dahl is the most exciting for you? Explore the wacky world of Matilda, The BFG, The Twits, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, and more with a helpful resource pack for...
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The "Be Kind Kids" Project

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a visual display that highlights friendship and kindness. They read and discuss a poem, and design and create a large poster or banner that emphasizes kindness, anti-bullying, and friendship.
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Exploring China: One Educator's Experience

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Visiting new places can inspire a wide range of teaching activities.
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Valentine's Day Poems

For Teachers K - 6th
Roses are red, violets are blue, poems are sweet, and educational too.
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Be Screen Free for a Week

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Challenge yourself to completely close all of your electronic screens for seven straight days!
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Perkins School for the Blind

Left Versus Right

For Teachers K - 6th
When you can't see, it is extremely important to be able to reorient yourself. Learners with visual impairments work though an activity to build spacial awareness based on moving left and right. A marker (bracelet, bell, or weight) is...
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Food for Thought

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders conduct a survey of their class' favorite foods voting on 3-4 favorites overall. They then go to the computer lab and examine how to produce a horizontal bar graph by graphing the favorite foods of the class.
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North Carolina State Vegetable -- Day 2

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to the state vegetable of North Carolina, the sweet potato. In groups, they create their own sweet potato person using the items from a Mr. Potato Head. They write a summary of their person and a narrative about...
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Celebrate Character Counts Week

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in activities to celebrate character counts week. They identify the six pillars of character. They display good character when it comes to everyday tasks.
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Martin Luther King Day

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They conduct research, participate in a discrimination simulation, write a poem, and create a collage.
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The Family Tree

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this patterns practice worksheet, students read a 3-paragraph excerpt regarding a family tree and respond to 1 graphic organizer question and 1 short answer question.
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Thinking Skills: Connecting shapes

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this thinking skills worksheet, students draw a line connecting each blue figure without touching any other color. Students connect 4 figures.
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Teaching Empathy : The Story of Ruby Bridges

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore "The Story of Ruby Bridges," by Robert Coles to uncover examples of courage in the lives of others and in themselves. This search into the story is meant to help students form connections with others and to foster the...
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From Wood to Steel! A Survey of US Naval Development

For Teachers K - 9th
Students research the importance of naval development in history. The unit includes hands-on activities such as the creation of timelines, powerpoints, and use webquests. Students examine famous ships and naval leaders.
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Rosa Louis Parks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils describe Rosa Parks' contributions and how they affect us today, and identify important events occurring at this time in history.
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Math Analogies

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math analogy learning exercise, students complete the analogy by writing in the last item based on the relationship between the first two items.
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Math Analogies

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math analogy worksheet, students look at the pictures, determine the relationship of the first two and draw a picture to complete the mathematical analogy.
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Homeschooling Chronicles - Microscopes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Microscopes are more than instruments. They are windows into the scientific world.

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