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Piece of the Sky: Introduction for Making S'COOL Observations

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students observe and discuss cloud cover. They identify percent of cloud cover, calculate cloud cover by fraction and convert to a percent, and compare their models with the current real sky cloud cover.
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Who Plays What?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders divide in pairs 3 cards with the words possible, impossible and certain on them. Ask questions of the class and get the students to hold up the word that describes the event (for example) Tomorrow it will snow. You have...
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Raptor Poster Project

For Teachers 6th - 12th
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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Geologic Time - When Was Coal Formed?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine geologic periods and determine the major happenings in each. They complete a chart of information about the characteristics of geologic eras. They create timeline that shows the major epochs, periods, and eras.
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Hierarchical Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners practice using the request, response, result method to solve problems. Using one problem as an example, they break it down into multiple problems to be solved one at a time. They identify instances of hierarchical organization...
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Death of the Dinosaur

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider theories of dinosaur extinction. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read an article about dinosaur extinction theories. Students may also complete the suggested activities. The article is not included.
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Investment Plans

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore investment plans. They write the explicit and recursive forms of the sequence of an investment and compare the amount to the continuously compounded interest formula for the same time period, interest and principal....
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Parts of Speech: Active Verbs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use White Fang to help them study active verbs. In this grammar lesson, students define active verbs and find examples in the the novel White Fang. Students then use ProQuest to research a place they'd like to visit. Students...
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Wushu Were Here

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a fan-shaped story screen that explains 4 major points surrounding various facts, myths, expressions, or story elements in Chinese history, culture and/or literature.
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The Enlightenment

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive world history worksheet, students answer 20 fill in the blank questions regarding the Enlightenment. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Point-Slope Form

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the point-slope form of linear equations and graph lines in the point-slope form. After completing the point-slope equation, they identify the slope of a line through a particular point. Students explain the...
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Functioning as a Team

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work as a team to build a freestanding bridge from newspapers and masking tape and analyze the effectiveness of their group. In this teamwork instructional activity, students view and summarize a video on Service Learning...
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The Right to Vote

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discover voting barriers. In this government activity, students explore the history of voting. Students work in small groups to analyze and debate if certain groups of people should have the ability to vote or not.
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Hispanic World - South America Field Trip

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils research a South American Spanish speaking country, analyze and organize the information that they collect and present their findings to the class.
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Design a Track

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate track and field dimensions, measure an actual track, and construct a scale model. The use of a meter stick, dimensional analysis, and the application of the distributive property to variables forms the main focus of...
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Family Law -- Marriage and Divorce

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the many rights involved in family law. In groups, they identify the laws in marriage and divorce in Washington. They discuss the reasons an annulment might be granted and how property is divided. They discover...
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What Would it Cost You Today?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore inflation and the role played by advertising and marketing over the years. For this financial literacy lesson, students complete worksheets, do Internet research, and create an excel spreadsheet comparing prices from...
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Fibonacci Sequences Icebreaker

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils explore Fibonacci sequences. In this math lesson, students identify the relationship between two numbers. Pupils use Fibonacci sequences to create algebraic equations.
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Classroom Singing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers sing a song performing rhythms accurately with a steady beat, pitches accurately with excellent intonation, and a clear, focused tone in this music lesson for the high school Choir class. The lesson includes grading rubric.
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Oil Embargo!

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders generate and analyze data to determine which and how much of two polymers best absorb oils, formulate procedure to accurately determine how many times its own weight particular polymer can absorb, and develop understanding...
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Symbols from History: Mesopotamia Today

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify the various symbols different nations use to represent themselves. As a class, they discuss the recent events in Iraq and identify the needs of its people. They use print resources to research various...
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Unearthing Ancient Greece

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students locate and analyze clues about ancient Greek life. In this ancient Greece lesson, students look at art, architecture, and artifacts to determine what was important to the Greeks and discover details about their culture. Students...
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Standard Linear Form

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify and describe the x-intercept as the place where the line crosses the x-axis as it applies to football. They create their own differentiations to reinforce the distinction between the x-intercept and the...
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Oral History

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars explore cultural diversity, the difficulties of immigration, and lost cultures. They study historical events such as the Holocaust.

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