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Spy on a Spider
Learners view slides or live specimens to name and describe the distinguishing features of groups of arthropods, especially spiders and insects. They complete worksheets, observe webs and then search for and record where spiders can be...
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Discover the Similarites
Students research a choosen career on the internet. They gather pertinent and interesting information about their choosen career and construct a display for the career along with a written report which is displayed in class.
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Making E-Books in the Kindergarten Classroom
Students produce e-books using themselves and their physical surroundings to demonstrate content standards, such as number sense or color recognition. They provide evidence using a digital camera, props, and the presentation tool.
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Cell Community
Seventh graders use technology to review cell structure and function. In this cells less, 7th graders review the parts and functions of a cell, and use photography/video and PowerPoint to enhance their explorations.
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America's Civil Rights Movement, Activity Six
Students explore non-violence and investigate the difference between passive and active voice.
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Native Americans at Rose Bay
Students examine the Timken Native Americans of the 1400s and their culture of hunter-gatherers. They study the necessary vocabulary using a number of activities.
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Lewis and Clark: The Language of Discovery
Students replicate some of the trailblazing methods of Lewis and Clark on a fifteen-minute "writing journey" through the school or neighborhood.
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How Things Fly
Students, by drawing on their own experiences, discuss and examine the basic physics of flight. They participate in a variety of activities regarding flight.
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Money Talks
Students move from fact finding to interpretation as they examine paper money from the time of the American Revolution. In the final exercise, they use the issue dates of the bills to construct a chronology of political changes during...
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Trash...it really piles up!
Students investigate a contemporary "midden" by analyzing trash collected from various sources and determining life-style choices people make. They see that reducing the amount of waste we generate is helpful to the the environment.
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America's Civil Rights Movement, Activity Two
Students investigate the human stories or the American Civil Rights Movement.
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America's Civil Rights Movement, Activity Four
Students investigate the concept that people died during the Civil Right;s Movement using the Matix method.
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America's Civil Rights Movement, Activity Ten
Learners identify a wrong in their own community and act to correct it. They reflect on the intersection fo the Civil Rights Movemnet with a social justice project.
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Civil Rights and the ADA
Middle schoolers examine and discuss the 14th and 15th amentments, and evaluate the agendas of Americans from underrepresented groups in the quest for civil rights. They conduct Internet research and create essays or posters regarding...
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Adaptable Mandibles
Young scholars define adaptation and highlight example of adaptation in birds and other animals. They study feeding techniques of seabirds and investigate the effect that trash has on wildlife.
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Putting Together History Puzzle Pieces
Learners attempt to put puzzle pieces together with no prior knowledge. This activity shows students at the beginning of the year that history is like a puzzle, there are often missing pieces, and many ways the pieces can turn to look...
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Raptor Poster Project
Students create posters about raptors. They synthesize information they read about raptors and select a raptor. They draw a picture of their raptor and include facts relating to where it lives, characteristics, feeding habits, size, name...
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Make a Dried Bouquet
Students examine how drying flowers was a popular hobby for Colonial women during the Colonial era in America. They read and discuss an instruction sheet, and create dried-flower bouquets that are hung upside down and tied with a string.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art
Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Thiebaud's Cake Math (Intermediate Version)
Using the painting, Cakes by artist Wayne Thiebaud, students will learn and practice math concepts of volume and surface area. Then they will create a bold cake painting, either online or with classroom art materials.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Origami Math
Have you ever tried origami? This Japanese form of paper folding is the basis of this math lesson plan. Students will have an opportunity to integrate their creative side with their math skills.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Geometry Groove [Pdf]
In this lesson, students use movement and the creation of human structures to help them understand angles, plane shapes, and geometric solids.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: m.c.escher: Mathematics and Visual Arts
This cross-curricular middle school unit integrates mathematics and visual art. Through the study of the M.C. Escher?s work, students explore tiling from both a mathematical and artistic point of view. Points for discussion and...
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My Schoolhouse Interactive Learning
Math and reading lessons, with automatic online correction, allow you to set your own pace.