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Real Estate Project

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Learners develop their dream house complete with a real estate ad. They examine actual real estate ads on the internet to compare their house.
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Don't Bet The House On It!

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Great real-world math application! Have the class compare and contrast their estimated home price and income data with actual data. In groups, they participate in simulations to discover how the housing market and mortgages operate....
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Mi casa es su casa

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Assume the role of a real estate agent and give your prospective buyers a tour of the home you're selling! High schoolers will love putting together a presentation to showcase their home. After completing the PowerPoint presentation,...
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Solar Site Assessment

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Apply the mantra of real estate to solar panels: location, location, location. Learners use a Solar Pathfinder to conduct site assessments for possible spots on school grounds to place a solar module. They find the amount of insolation...
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Once Upon A Time...

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss elements of fairy tales, examine selected piece of Robert Harris' art, and compose fairy tales based on what they see and imagine. Students then view homes in Harris' artwork collection, create home in which they would...
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Setting Up Shop

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate what goes in to starting a retail store. In this business economics lesson, 7th graders brainstorm products they would like to sell and use magazines, newspapers and real estate listings to bring their store...
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Antonio Gaud¿¿: El Misterio

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the architecture of Antonio Gaudi. Using the Internet, they research his life and summarize the information. They create a real estate advertisement in Spanish. Using new vocabulary, they use descriptive adjectives and...
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Home is the Place

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply the concepts of computation, area/perimeter; maximum/minimum; percentage; statistics; and scale drawings to a real world situation. They plan their dream home within a given set of constraints such as budget and zoning.
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House Keys: The Architectural Features of Victorian Homes and Buildings

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students analyze Victorian architectural patterns wit regard to materials, doorways, windows, towers, bays, roofs, and decoration. Students discern varying architectural traits by studying Victorian era pictures and drawings and using a...
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City, County, Community

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore issues and situations that make for a city and its local environments. In this local government lesson, students design maps, define issues and create brochures that illustrate their understandings of these concepts and...
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Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome Unit Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make two T charts, one for Sparta and one for Athens, showing pros and cons for living in either city-state. They use the physical information from the map and the cultural captions given for Athens and Sparts to come to their...
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Lesson: An Exploration of Places and Spaces Part II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How does your location alter or impede your movement? An interesting question posed by two artists, who work to show the restrictions of people in various landscapes. Learners analyze both exhibitions, discuss location and movement, then...
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Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte

For Teachers 7th
Discuss the balance, color, emotion, and context of the painting Paris Street; Rainy Day by Caillebotte. After a deep discussion, let creativity run free in your class as learners create a dimensional piece that reflects a life change...
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Vacancy: Habitats Available!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders pick a native animal and write a classified housing ad to match the animal's habitat requirements, paste it on posterboard and then try to match each habitat with the animal it represents.
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Crayon Resist

For Teachers K - 6th
Kids usually love crayon resist projects. It is so fascinating for them to see how the dark paint accentuates and resists the waxy crayon. Here are instructions for executing a crayon resist project of your own. Tip: Make the project fit...
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Fill a Jar

For Teachers K - 6th
Sometimes short lesson outlines are enough to give you a great idea. Young writers draw any object inside an image of a jar, that doesn't belong in a jar. They can draw a tree, truck, or dinosaur. Tip: Have kids write a short story...
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Accounting Monopoly

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars use Monopoly to review the accounting cycle. They create their own transactions while playing Monopoly. Students produce the financial statements that will match the transactions of the game.
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The Apprentice: A Study of Business and Technical Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore business practices by creating a portfolio in class. In this business writing lesson, students identify the causes for a businesses success and failure before deciding on a business they would like to create. Students...
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Lewis and clark...and Jodie, Freddi, and Samantha

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students practice descriptive language when one student describes an object to another student who cannot see it. They guess what the object is and relate the experience to that of the Lewis and Clark expeditionary journals.
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Understanding Geography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars create a map of their own neighborhood to show the relationships between the geography of the neighborhood and its economy and culture. They view and discuss an introductory video on how geographers study an area then go...
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Understanding: Geography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore their neighborhoods. In this geography lesson, students make a map of their neighborhood. They must include a key, natural terrain, buildings and streets. They also write a descriptive paragraph about their neighborhood.
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Toad Adobe

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the importance of toads and the need for toad habitats in the environment. In this animal habitats instructional activity, students create an adobe habitat for toads by using a clay pot. Students paint their pots and...
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Housing: Types of Shelters

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students experiment with the construction of shelters and the various types of architectural designs.  In this shelters lesson, students draw the building they live in.  Students compare and contrast buildings made today and made 150...
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Reading-Author's Purpose

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students review what author's purpose is by understanding that authors either persuade, inform, describe, or entertain with their story. In this language arts lesson, students bring in junk mail and in small groups discuss what the each...

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