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Equations Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders play "What's my Rule" beginning with simple equations and working towards harder problems as student's gain confidence. They evaluate the equations by graphing them. Students identify the slope and y intercepts of the...
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Elements of A Story

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read stories and identify the six elements of a story. As a group activity, they illustrate random examples of Frankinstein stories, identify the element illustrated, and post the picture in the appropriate station in the...
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State Change

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the physical change of matter. As a class, they discuss their favorite super hero and determine if the hero undergoes a physical or chemical change. Students examine the change of state and phase change. In groups,...
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Superheroes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore a range of interesting and useful vocabulary. They study a popular, non-textbook topic and exercise their imaginations to express themselves. They create a superhero for game. They design their own (including a...
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The Living Museum: George Washington, the Slave Owner

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders bring early America to life. In this George Washington lesson, 8th graders listen to a lecture about the first president, explore the relationships he had with his slaves, and research the backgrounds of some of his...
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Levels of Organization

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm a list of all the functions organisms carry out and how they carry them out. In groups, they are given the smallest and highest level of organization in organisms and are to fill in the missing spaces. To end the...
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Aquatic Ecosystems

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders record information on aquatic ecosystems and create a labeled diagram of an ecosystem of their choice. They can choose from an ocean zone, estuary, river, lakes, or beaches. The student has to explain their biome of choice.
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Excretory System

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners discuss what happens to the trash in their home. They talk about what would happen if they didn't remove the trash. Students relate their home trash to the excretory system of their bodies. They label a diagram of the urinary...
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Types of Galaxies

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders take a quiz to review the different objects in space. As a class, they define terms related to galaxies. In groups, they make a model of the Milky Way galaxy using materials provided to them by their teacher. To end the...
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Meiosis

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review the main stages of mitosis. They view an overhead comparing the process of mitosis to meiosis. Students use pre-cut pictures of each stage of meiosis and create cards for use in creating a flip book. Students name ways...
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Review of Adding and Subtracting Integers

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review adding and subtracting of integers. The class makes a number line from -10 to 10 and practice adding and subtracting by "acting out" the math problems. Students play a card game using the number cards from a regular...
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Language Arts: Creative Writing Devices

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review sound and rhythm devices and apply them to their own writing exercises. Next, they interpret the poem, "Where I'm From," as an example of a personal narrative. Using their understanding of poetic devices, they...
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Literature: Poetic Devices Review

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine poems by Shel Silverstein and identify literary elements in them. The exercise is part of an examination review about poetic elements. The review concludes with students writing nature poems displaying the devices...
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Skeletal, Skin, and Muscular Systems

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explain the functions of various body systems. Using a concept map, 8th graders identify and explain the fuctions of the skeletal, skin, and muscular systems of the body. After completing their concept map, students...
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Let's go shopping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work in groups to write a skit in the target language (in this case, English) in which they are on a shopping trip. The teacher plays the part of the clerk. Students practice the vocabulary required, and perform their...
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Fish, Fish: Teaching K Students About Things That Live in the Sea

For Teachers K
Students participate in activities designed to help them connect the words to the animals they are studying. Octopus is reinforced through playing a game, "Octopus Tag." Students play a cooperation game of passing bean bags from student...
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Body Organization and Organ Systems

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders begin the activity by building a house of cards. They discuss ways that building a house of cards is similar to the way the body is built: different systems work together to help the whole body work together. Students...
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Superstitions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the various superstitions they encounter in our culture. Working in groups, they create a vocabulary list of words related to superstitions. Working in teams, they play Pictionary in order to aid in the create of...
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That/Which/Who Game

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders play a game to practice speaking the target language (English). They are divided into teams. One student from each team sits at the front of the room. One student reads a clue (in English)-there team receives one point for...
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Crystal Blue Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine historic posters, jewelry, quilts and buttons that were created to protest or call attention to a political issue. After evaluating how these items were used to communicate a political message, students create an item...
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Old Kids From The Bloc

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study about wide scale construction and development in Moscow and its impact on cultural and historic preservation. They research the political, social, economic, and cultural changes in the former Eastern Bloc and create a...
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Newspaper Time

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a newspaper article as a part of their exam review for the Revolutionary War. Using information gathered over the course of the unit, 8th graders create their own newspaper reflecting the facts and ideas of the...
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A Crisis of Greek Proportions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students evaluate a short article on the economic situation in Greece.  In this ESL lesson, students read an article as a class, then complete several activities that reinforce their reading, including a vocabulary assignment, a class...
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Using the Newspaper to Teach Division and Time Conversion

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars use classified ads to select a career. In this math lesson plan, students convert the listed salary to an hourly, yearly, weekly and monthly rate. Young scholars explain the process they used to find the various rates.

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