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Nonviolence as a Way of Life

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the example Gandhi set for others to not engage in violence when being oppressed.  In this rebellion lesson, students identify violence and discuss how it is used and often ineffective.  Students create a visual...
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Taste the Rainbow

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice estimating and graphing by utilizing Skittles.  For this statistics lesson, students complete worksheets based on the likelihood of a certain color of skittle coming out of the bag.  Students create a graph based on the...
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Altering a Plant Environment

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate what a controlled group is by creating an experiment.  In this plant growth lesson, students identify the different parts of a plant and discuss what is needed for a plant to be successfully grown.  Students grow a...
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Using History to Teach Tolerance: A Ripple of Hope

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate the prejudice and racism that has existed in the U.S. for centuries by attending a field trip.  In this equality lesson, students visit the Tolerance Museum and discuss the history of the U.S.  Students write a poem...
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Careers in Science

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore different careers in science. In this science career lesson, students examine how Western and non Western approaches complement each other in science. Students conduct interviews and have class discussions about their...
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Getting the Oil Out

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars discover ways of obtaining oil by participating in an experiment.  In this natural resource activity, students identify diagrams of oil derricks and pumps in order to visualize how oil is retrieved from the earth.  Young...
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Analyzing Poetry and Characters

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate historical context by reading poetry.  In this language arts instructional activity, students discover the work of Michael Longley and examine his poem "Ceasefire."  Students identify the sonnets used in the piece...
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Time and Cycles - Dendrochronology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the lives of trees by examining ring cycles.  In this plant life lesson, students identify the field of study known as dendrochronology and discover its history.  Students investigate a simulated tree ring and...
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Radiation Reassessed

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the dangers of radiation by exploring recent nuclear tragedies.  In this scientific debate lesson plan, students define the idea of radiation "half life" and determine if low doses of radiation are truly damaging to...
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Understanding Place Values

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the place values of numbers by completing a worksheet.  In this number sense lesson, students identify the place value of a number from ones, to the millions.  Students complete a place value worksheet in class and...
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Writing About an Invention

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discover the process of creating an invention by writing a how-to paper.  In this engineering lesson, students research their science book while discussing invention ideas.  Middle schoolers write a paper describing the...
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Ahimsa and Making Nonviolent Choices with Gandhi and King

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners investigate nonviolent lifestyles by researching the biographies of Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi.  In this peace lesson, students define the term Ahimsa and describe Gandhi's lifestyle.  Learners identify the six principles...
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Stories of Life in Canada

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine Canadian history through William Kurelek's artwork. In this art analysis lesson, students discuss the ideas expressed in the picture book A Prairie Boy's Winter and A Prairie Boy's Summer. Students view the film Kurelek,...
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Making Questions

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this making questions worksheet, students read statements that are turned into questions and questions starting with "w" words. Students then click on "continue with the first exercise" at the bottom of the page to make 10 yes and no...
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Draw Like an Egyptian

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discover the cultural history of Egypt by illustrating Egyptian figures.  In this art history lesson, students analyze the Egyptian styles of figure drawings and emulate that by creating their own illustrations using an Egyptian...
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Wages, Salaries, and Such

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate the economics of a job by computing wages based on days, weeks and years.  In this vocational instructional activity, students complete hourly wage worksheets based on employment information.  Students utilize...
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Importance of Estimation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the ability to estimate based on viewing photographs of objects.  In this number sense lesson, students view photographs of numerous objects in which they must train their eyes to create an educated guess of how many...
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The Pronunciation of Regular Verbs in the Past Exercise

For Students 6th - 7th
For this verb pronunciation worksheet, students place the verbs in the box according to their correct pronunciation. Students categorize 30 words. Students also complete the rules for the pronunciation of regular verbs in the past.
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Building Homes

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate architecture and construction by building a home from cardboard tubes.  In this housing instructional activity, students collaborate in groups to plan and create buildings they can fit in made from cardboard tubes,...
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Present Continuous

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this present continuous worksheet, students view examples of how to put the subject of their sentences into present continuous form with the form to be and ing. Click on "Continue with Exercise" at the bottom of the page to see actual...
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Present Perfect: Forms

For Students 5th - 9th
In this present perfect and past participle worksheet, students read examples on how to write subjects into the present perfect and past participle form. Students also read about different verbs in those tenses. Click on "Continue with...
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Strategies for an Equal Education

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the impact of racial discrimination. In this equality lesson, students identify examples of discrimination, analyze its impact, and examine strategies to overcome racial stereo typing and discrimination.
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Numbers in the News

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine numbers used in the real world by reading newspapers.  In this number identification lesson, students explore popular newspapers and attempt to find numbers in prices, temperatures, dates, sports scores, etc.  Students...
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The Nutrients Public Transportation System

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the human circulatory system by experimenting with hoses.  In this human body instructional activity, students create a system of hoses simulating the circulatory system which they utilize to pass objects through....