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Where Am I? Determining Relative Location

For Teachers K
Students use position words to describe where their teacher is sitting and read a story that makes use of position words. In this spatial lesson, students make a stick puppet and play Simon Says focusing on using position words in the...
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Vectors

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils use both magnitude and direction to locate a place. They use locating techniques to make a temperature field of their classroom.
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Creating and Analyzing Graphs of Tropospheric Ozone

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create and analyze graphs using archived atmospheric data to compare the ozone levels of selected regions around the world.
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Wealth in Transition: From Sail to Loom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Salem's transition from a merchant to industrial economy. Using a report by investors, they examine the process and debates that occured when wanting to build a textile mill in Salem. They discuss the challenges...
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Representing Our Nation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils use pennies to illustrate how our states are represented in Congress. This lesson is to be implemented during a unit covering the branches of United States government.
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The Archaeology of Cactus Ruin

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students simulate archaeologists by excavating a paper site. In groups, they use a sampling strategy to determine information about the people who lived at the site.
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Fair Trade: Chocolate Can Be Good For You

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the process of chocolate production. They read stories from boys in Ghana and Brazil who work on cocoa plantations. They illustrate the principles of fair trade.
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Oceanography

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the topography of the ocean floor. They determine its ever changing nature as they examine currents and trade winds. They write paragraph describing how the winds might affect land formations after the discussion of...
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SC Populations Along Major Interstates

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine the population among the interstates in South Carolina. Using the internet, they identify the counties and roads and compare it with their own drawing.
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Community Bus Tour

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders take a bus tour to discover different businesses, schools, and other buildings located in the community. They then learn about the different types of technology that is used in the community.
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Ocean Floor

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify ocean floor features. For this earth science lesson, students predict the object inside a close box to make them realize the difficulties scientists faced then. They label the different zones of the ocean floor after...
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Three Dimensional Geology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use rocks and fossils to interpret the geology of an area. They use prior knowledge and make recommendations about where to build a subdivision based on the rocks.
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Geography and Archeology of the River People

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders work together in groups to read a handout and answer questions about the geography and archeology of a group of native peoples. As a class, they discuss their opinions and answers and the importance of using artifacts to...
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Earthquake Introduction

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students investigate basic principles and properties of earthquakes, including vocabulary, causes, and types of faults. They examine history of seismic activity in their home state, and complete "Locating Patterns of Distribution" lab.
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Hachimaki/Shibori Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to the technique of Arashi Shibori and its history. In groups, they discover how to perform this process and examine how to do hachimaki. To end the lesson plan, they make their own hachimaki to wear and...
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Seeing Sound and Sonar

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students grasp how underwater animals can "see" using sound waves. They practice making inferences, and build a conceptual understanding of sonar radar.
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Going Places

For Teachers 1st
First graders study directional words such as North, South, East, West, up and down.
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Investigation 6 - Collecting Weather Data

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collect data for two weeks. They start seeing patterns and make predictions. They can predict what the weather be like the next day and for the next few days. They see if their predictions were correct from the previous day.
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MAGNETISM

For Teachers K
Students infer that there are forces we cannot see that act upon objects, experiment with magnets to show a push and/or pull force, and participate in a magnet game.
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ExplorA-Pond: 1st Grade Addition

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the shoreline of a local or virtual pond and count the number of bushes and trees present in the area they are assigned. They then, as a class, add the numbers of bushes and trees together to determine the total...
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Hatching Chicks to Agriculture - Where does the feed come from?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the types of grain that goes into feed for chickens. They study other grain crops grown in Kansas and the foods that are made from them.
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Linkages Between Surface Temperature And Tropospheric Ozone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students organize and analyze data regarding changes in tropospheric ozone and then hypothesize about the consequences of these changes.
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Oceanography

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify saltwater and freshwater habitats and the resources found in them. They compare and contrast the two habitats and discuss their findings. They discover the resources bodies of water can provide.
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The New Californians

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the groups of immigrants who came to California. They trace the route they possibly took to American on a world map. They discuss the reasons why they left their homeland and what challenges they faced once they arrived.

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