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Racists Actions Toward the Native Americans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Thomas Jefferson and his attitude toward Native Americans. They study maps from European colonization and the westward movement that pushed the Native Americans further west. Students analyze primary source writings of...
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Teaching Strategies and Laboratory

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students reflect on a new concept by having the teacher prompt them with a specific question. They use their science handbook to look up keywords within the topic question asked. Students use this only as a rerence to gain knowledge on...
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Observing and Classifying Rocks

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine various types of rocks and record their properties. They collect rocks at home and bring them to school where they are mixed and distributed to groups of students. After writing their observations on...
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Interconnections Between Private and Civic Life -- Focus on the County

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the connections between their lives and the government. In groups, they examine the roles that governments have in different societies throughout the world. They role-play the roles of County members in providing...
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Weights and Measures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers master the gathering, averaging and graphing of data. They practice conversion to metric measures. They gain fluency in the use of technology tools for math operations.
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Talking Tubes

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars study the theory that sound travels through a variety of instruments. They explore all the channels of the ear and its various purposes. Students test objects to see which ones were vibrating to make sound heard.
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State Report Card

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders evaluate their own state on how well the government protects their citizens from specific health issues. In groups, they list the environmental health concerns regarding water, air, toxic waste and radiation. They...
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When Is a Pest an Insect?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners view the importance of insects as pollinators. They are now posed with the problem--those insects are nice--but insects are pests right? Students explore their description of pests and pesticides.
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Insect Biodiversity

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe the process of transect sampling using insect nets, to get a chance to compare the presence of different species and populations in various vegetational areas. They study the different specimens caught and compare their...
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Stronger Hurricanes

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore hurricanes, the factors that contribute to them, and the role warmer sea surface temperatures may have on them. They perform experiments to observe energy transfer. Students explore the possible causes and effects of...
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Graphing a Healthy Lifestyle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders record the amount of time they spend sleeping, attending school, watching T.V., exercising and doing homework. At the end of the week they graph all of their information and discuss how sleep impacts their learning....
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Street Law: Paternity in Washington

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to the topic of paternity under street law enforcements. As a class, they discover the many stakeholders when asking about paternity under Washington law. They examine how the court has the best interest of the...
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Magnetic Attraction

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a hypothesis on what objects will attract to magnets. In this magnets lesson plan, 2nd graders use a computer program to create a hypothesis as to what will attract or unattract magnets. For an extension, they test...
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Physical Differences

For Teachers Pre-K
Students recognize that everyone is different. In this physical differences lesson, students participate in three activities highlighting differences among people. In activity one, students discover differently "abled" dolls and...
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Light Up the Deep Sea

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students simulate bioluminescence in the marine environment. For this marine science lesson, students investigate how animals in the deep ocean communicate with each other. They explain the function of bioluminescence among marine...
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Focusing Event to Electricity

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explain how electrical charges behave. For this electricity lesson, 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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Modelling Ocean Currents

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners construct a replica of the Atlantic ocean given certain parameters. In this earth science lesson plan, students draw their own map of ocean currents. They answer questions related to the activity.
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Investigation of Hooke's Law Lab

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners determine the spring constant by conducting an investigation. In this physics instructional activity, students collect data and create a graph of force vs. displacement. They compare the results of two different methods to find...

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