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Teaching Elementary School Social Studies

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore numerous instructional materials that may be used in an elementary social studies classroom. After analyzing each type of material, they discuss and make informed decisions concerning the quality and use of the material....
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Spill And Clean-up Based on Msds Sheets

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students participate in center activities to simulate the clean up of a hazardous substance spill. Based on information given on Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS) they identify and clean up the mystery substance at their station...
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Advanced Matching - Car Parts

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this car parts worksheet, students draw a line from the various car parts to the definitions. There are 14 words to define on this worksheet.
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Byte Math Worksheet

For Students Higher Ed
In this conversion instructional activity, students focus on bytes, kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes. Students complete 23 fill in the blank conversion problems.
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Bits and Bytes

For Students Higher Ed
In this computer programming instructional activity, students focus on bits and bytes. Students label 12 bytes by assigning on and off bits to each graph.
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Web Training: Do You Know How to Use the Internet?

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Young scholars discover how to use the Internet for research. In this technology instructional activity, students access and use the World Wide Web to research. Young scholars are encouraged to critically consider information they find...
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Hey, Get a Job! A Teen Guide for Getting and Keeping a Job

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Learners research the job marketplace and try to find a job for themselves. In this job search lesson, students make a list of possible job sites, read the Child Labor Laws, and complete the application process for a job. Learners create...
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Time Management

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students reflect on their personal time management and take a quiz identifying areas of improvement.  In this time management lesson, students explore a variety of Internet links and articles that offer strategies for improving time...
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Making Concrete and Safety Instructions

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars demonstrate using tools correctly in order to make concrete. In this concrete lesson plan, students brainstorm on how to use waste to make concrete and take a safety exam.
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Comparing Health Insurance Plans

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students compare insurance plans. For this vocational lesson, students research different insurance plans and determine the best plan for their needs.
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Help! I Need Five Minutes to Study

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students learn to use a time grid or a calendar to increase productivity of their studying.  In this studying lesson, students record how they spend their studying time and then adjust as needed.  Students recognize various...
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Consumerism

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars identify image and information ads, define consumer goods and services, explain teen consumer spending impacts.
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Beginning Sewing Projects

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students practice basic sewing techniques constructing a sewing project.
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Phases of First-Year Teaching

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the phenomenon that one fourth of teachers leave the profession within the first three years of teaching. They form small groups to discuss one of five ways for beginning teachers to seek support. Each small group...
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Designing Your Professional Portfolio

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students watch a video about professional portfolios. They brainstorm ways they could use this information to build their own portfolio. Students identify five things they have accomplished in student teaching that could be included in a...
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Making Birthday Calendars for Community Organizations and Businesses

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students create birthday calendars using The Print Shop computer program. They produce and market a product, replicating a work environment.
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Child Care-SLCC FHS 2600 Internet Chapter 9 (Language)

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore, analyze and study how to develop developmental appropriate practice activities for learning experiences/activities/centers. They assess several chapters, work on key vocabulary terms and take several test along the way.
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Vocational: Candy or Medicine?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate methods of differentiating between candy, such as Tic Tacs, and actual pills. When caring for children, they discover the importance of keeping all medications, especially those which look like candy, in a safe...
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How to Organize a Lesson Plan

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students fill out a lesson plan, just like their teacher.  In this how to lesson, students discover the components needed in a lesson plan. Students plan a lesson and share it with the class.
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Salaries

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are engaged in the study of salaries and how they vary according to different occupations. They conduct research using a variety of resources in order to summarize the earnings potential in the human services field.
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Cooking on a Budget

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explain if they like expensive or less expensive brands. They choose and eat a complete meal and evaluate themselves on its cost, nutrition and taste.
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Searching for Dream Homes on the Internet

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Learners navigate the Internet and employ research skills to select their "dream home." They decode the Internet Multiple Listing Services and examine housing costs.
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Magical Four-Patch and Nine-Patch Quilts

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars designa unique quilt with specific blocks using eleven colors. Each student selects fabric colors, creates blocks, and using strip piecing expands the blocks to make a quilt.
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Mariner's Compass Quilts: New Directions

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students follow the steps of creating Mariner's Compass blocks using two different methods, freezer paper templates and paper foundations. Then they draft their own original full size block on freezer paper.