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Electricity 4

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a timeline of the most important dates and events involved in the history of electricity. Each student researches one scientist and designs and illustrates a piece of a poster board for the timeline.
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Turn on Inventiveness

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice visualization through a fantasy trip and test their powers of observation by blindly identifying their own potatoes.
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Third Grade Writing Lesson #2/Science Project

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders invent a gadget using one or more simple machines. They write a detailed description of that gadget.
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Ben Franklin Half Dollar

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners research contributions to American culture and technological progress through Benjamin Franklin's quotes and inventions. They also analyze research in order to design a coin honoring Ben Franklin's contributions.
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Introduction to Inventions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct an invention to the best of their creative ability using the teacher provided resources. They identify four scientific processes during the experiment and log them on the teacher prepared ditto.
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Lewis and Clark: The Language of Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars 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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Nebraska's Profile of Character

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders conduct Internet research on George W. Norris and identify his accomplishments. They analyze their research information, list George W. Norris's character traits, and create a flipbook.
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Creatures from Planet X: Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are given a description of some fascinating animals from "Planet X". They follow the descriptions given to illustrate one of these animals paying careful attention to introduced vocabulary such as 'appendages', 'receptors', and...
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Facts, Feats and Folklore: Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students review and discuss a variety of sayings, folklore and superstitions about spiders. They discuss this information and choose either an interesting fact or appealing foklore tradition to illustrate.
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Baga Drum

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine a Baga Drum in order to explore the history of the Baga people of West Africa. In this art history lesson, students recognize figures used in Baga Drum design that represent aspects of Baga culture. They also design and...
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Lesson Plans for Genre Dance Around the Maypole

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the art of Pieter Brueghel and complete related art activities. In this art analysis lesson plan, students read a biography of Pieter Brueghel and complete a photo montage activity. Students also complete an aesthetics...
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Focusing Event to Electricity

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explain how electrical charges behave. In this electricity activity, students determine how far away lightning is when it strikes. They research how fabric softener reduces static electricity and share their findings in class.

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