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Collisions and Momentum: Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy by bouncing assorted balls on different surfaces and calculating the momentum for each ball. They give examples of collisions and momentum in sports and understand that...
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Time Travel Writing Assignment using "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the consequences of time travel through the analysis of the short story "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury. They watch a PowerPoint presentation, conduct Internet research on endangered ecosystems, and create a...
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The Family: Louisiana Family Folklore

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students determine that all families create and pass on folklore. They research stories of their own names and draw parallels between their own and others' naming traditions. They infer characteristics of their communities' history...
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Creating a Website on Explorers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and research famous European explorers using a variety of sources. They compare and contrast the explorers drawing conlusions about the importance of each explorer. They design a web page on one explorer of their choice.
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Me Oh Maya

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare basketball to Mayan ring-ball. They write a newspaper article that may have been published during Mayan times.
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Peter The Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete an interdisciplinary unit chronicling the life cycle and movement patterns of the butterfly. Through language arts, mathematics, and science activities, students identify various types of butterflies and document the...
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What Is It? Tommy Tastes

For Teachers K
Students complete multi-curricular to learn about senses and sensory words. In this sensory words lesson, students discuss the five senses and the anatomy of a tongue. Students complete a food tasting activity and find descriptive words...
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Making Cultural Connections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore cultures through storytelling. They read African folktales. Students discuss characteristics of folktales. They research and write a folktale that includes an animal. Additional cross curriculum activities are included.
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New Year Celebrations Around the Globe

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils view art images of Norman Rockwell's family traditions and celebrations. They search the internet for information, and complete reflective and creative writing and sketch assignments. Students recognize and name emotions shown in...
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Travel to the Polar Lands

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders receive an "Expedition Ticket" to travel through the Polar Regions- the Arctic and the Antarctic. They research polar bears and make drawings that are to scale.
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The Taxpayer's Responsibilities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore system of voluntary compliance, and describe taxpayers' responsibilities related to filing a tax return.
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Faces of the Family

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students and teachers share their individual concept of families to begin the lesson. As they read different pieces of literature, they keep a journal of the activities and problems each main character gets into. To end the lesson,...
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Indegenous Cultures Magazine in Publisher

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use Publisher to create their own magazine. In this online magazine instructional activity, 4th graders follow the instructions to create a magazine using text, pictures, and colors within the Publisher system.
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Gingerbread Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Young scholars also make art projects, dramatize...
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The lesson: Walter Tull

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore the accomplishments of Walter Tull. In this role models instructional activity, students track the news about celebrities for a week. Students compare the news about he celebrities to the achievements of Walter Tull,...
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I Think I Forgot Something!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students examine human health by reading a children's book in class. In this breakfast lesson, students identify the importance of starting the day with a good, nutritious meal. Students read the book I Think I Forgot Something and...
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Amusing Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify how animals adapt characteristics to help them survive or reproduce. For this animal lesson, students draw pictures of their animal and adaptation.
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Sea Turtles: An Issue Investigation

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore sea turtles and the issues relating to them as endangered species. They research sea turtles on the Internet and find reasons why the turtles are endangered. They identify potential issues to be considered when...
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CEENBot Soccer

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research the history and uses of the different elements in the periodic table. In this chemistry activity, students explain the significance of an element's valence electrons. They create a multimedia presentation of an element...

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