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The Value of Education

For Teachers 5th Standards
The real value of education is highlighted in more than one way on a worksheet designed to not only add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, but also to address the correlation between higher pay with accomplishing...
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Introduction to Traditional Oral Narratives

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students are introduced to the idea of traditional oral narratives and divide them into genres. They explore the genres of context, motifs and variants. Each student finds oral narratives in their own lives and practice retelling them in...
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Rivers... for Kids

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate U.S. geography by exploring it's bodies of water. In this river formation lesson, students identify the reasons rivers are needed in our country by reading assigned text. Students examine a diagram which explains how...
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The Meth Epidemic: "The Most Dangerous Drug In America"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the historical development of meth use and the impact that it has on individual users and their communities. The problems in treating meth addiction are also explored in this lesson.
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3R Activity (Reading-Relating-Responding)

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students read for detail. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read a passage and share their thoughts with a small group. Students reflect upon the passage and develop an oral summary of the text.
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Solving Word Problems with Fish

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Send your class fishing...for the right answers! Small groups collaborate to create math word problems based on the fish in their classroom aquarium or on the aquarium itself. After all groups determine the answer for their ownproblem,...
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An Era of Innovation

For Teachers K - 12th
Research milestones from the past century. Transportation milestones have changed society, the economy, communication, and travel. Pupils research these changes in order to create a transportation exhibit showing the enhancements in...
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Mesoamerican Cultures

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students compare and contrast the Mayan and Aztec cultures. In this Mesoamerican cultures lesson, students visit classroom stations that feature the landmarks, popular foods, and gods of the 2 cultures. Students discuss their favorite...
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Pre History through Modern Day Timeline

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the historical sequence of cultures throughout history. They demonstrate the ability to organize events in chronological order and demonstrate how time is measured and annotated.
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Dino History

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create a timeline of the times dinosaurs lived.  In this  dinosaur timeline lesson, students research the various periods when dinosaurs lived. Students work in groups to research the dinosaurs of a specific time period....
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Native American Three Sisters Gardens

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate companion planting. In this  communtiy gardening instructional activity students explore the tradition of the Native American Three Sisters gardening approach. Students act as botanists, anthropologists, folklorists,...
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Science and Technology Timeline

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students develop a time line of discoveries that have occurred in their lifetime. For this time line lesson plan, students research scientifically or technologically related events of interest to them, write a brief description on a 4x6"...
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Countries of Africa

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate the different countries of Africa. In this African geography lesson, students choose an African country to investigate and construct the country's flag. Young scholars use a map of Africa to color in their...
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How Are Rocks Formed?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students identify types of rocks. In this geology lesson, students view animated graphics to identify how sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks are formed. Students take a rock quiz to show how different rocks are formed.
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Frog Friendly Habitat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a frog friendly habitat. In this animal habitat lesson, students study what animals need to survive and then create a frog habitat from a shoe box. Students write a report about frogs and present their habitats to the class.
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Technology at Work

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete a research project.  In this technology lesson plan, students discuss the term technology and when technology began.  Students work in groups to brainstorm a list of the top ten technological advances in history. ...
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Driving Through History

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create and perform a skit.  In this automobile history instructional activity, students work in groups to research the development of the automobile during different periods of history.  Students create a timeline and perform a...
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Adjective? What's an Adjective?

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Mount a variety of pictures (fantasy, rustic, portraits, action) on large sheets of paper and post them around the classroom. Groups rotate from poster to poster, adding adjectives to describe each of the pictures. Writers use these word...
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Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students identify the three layers of the earth: core, mantle and crust. They demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of convergent and divergent motions of the earth and an understanding of plate tectonics.
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Detectives of the Past: Dr. Archaeology Travels Back in Time

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video and complete a webquest to gain a better understanding of the historical significance of the first known civilization, Mesopotamia.
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Writing - The Persuasive Essay

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars, in groups, work together to develop a five-paragraph essay that defends the group's viewpoint on an assigned topic. Each student in the group writes one paragraph.
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Making Connections, Linking Population and the Environment

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars find out that all habitats have a carrying capacity. They explore how the world's human population has grown markedly in the 20th century, and that humans impact environmental health. Students investigate that people can...
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Geograophy of Mexico And Central America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a chart comparing the terrain, climate, economy, environmental issues and natural disasters for Mexico and the Central American countries. They view and discuss a video on the region then compile research on the internet.
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Exploring the Library

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils explore ways to use the library as a resource for accessing research material. Working individually, they participate in a teacher created library scavenger hunt to aid in locating fiction and nonfiction material as well as...

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