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Our Animal Friends

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use the internet to find information pertaining to the benefits of pets. They list their results on a database. They find and record data on the percent of households that own pets as well as the top six species of pets. Once...
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The Numbers Tell the Story

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students demonstrate how to gather and interpret statistical data. In this data analysis lesson plan, students search for statistics on the health effects of smoking and place the information into charts. Students create these charts...
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Job Distribution After 1945

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students research job distribution in the U.S. after 1945. They study a spreadsheet of employment data and identify changes in the distribution of jobs in America since World War II. They create pie charts reflecting the data of jobs...
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Providing a Helping Hand

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson plan, students create charts that display how corporate sponsorships benefit communities.
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Data Collection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a journal exercise that relates to pets. They collect information from each other in order to practice making and interpreting bar graphs. They Continue building different kinds of graphs with the group.
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Fairness in Taxes: Progressive Taxes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers define and give an example of a progressive tax. They explain how a progressive tax takes a larger share of income from high-income groups than from low-income groups. They examine taxation in other countries.
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Hunger in the World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Consider various aspects of world hunger in this writing lesson. After taking a pre-test, middle and high schoolers play a map game, analyze and discuss world statistics, and write a report on an assigned country. The lesson can apply to...
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"Deals on Wheels!" Car Loan Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Help your class members learn how to use their income wisely with a comprehensive lesson plan on calculating monthly car payments. Using basic math skills and online calculators, your learners will determine the total amount to be...
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We the People: A Study in American Voter Turnout: US Government

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine and compare voter turnout in US Elections. They write a letter to a favorite candidate or representative suggesting ways to increase voter turnout.
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Paying for Crime

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in activties examining ratios and proportions. They use graphs to interpret data showing the government's budget for prisons. They present what they have learned to the class.
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How I Became Me

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine their own identities and read about the experiences of adopted Chinese daughters celebrating the Jewish rite of passage, the bat mitzvah. They write personal poems or speeches illustrating how their identities...
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Properties of the Ocean: Change

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students research and create a visual presentation on the seasonal salinity of the Earth's oceans. They apply the research in a simulation of a lab disaster in which they must relabel ocean samples.
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Memorial Day: Graphing Our History of Sacrifice

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine the significance of Memorial Day. They analyze data, conduct Internet research, create a graph using an online graphing tool, and take a quiz.
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How Has Math Evolved?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders pick a topic or person to research related to the history of mathematics. They brainstorm and create a concept map, using the multimedia software inspiration, about what they are researching and want to examine. They then...
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Using Excel To Teach Probability And Graphing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students engage in the use of technology to investigate the mathematical concepts of probability and graphing. They use the skills of predicting an outcome to come up with reasonable possibilities. Students also practice using a...
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Statistics for Graphing

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use the Internet to access a variety of websites that present statistics and information for use in graphing. They represent sports statistics, geographical measurements, temperatures and more.
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Positive Future Fair Project

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders view the film "Pay It Forward" and discuss what kind of public campaign is needed to move people to positive action. They consider different ways of presenting information (graphs, visual displays, etc.) as tools for...
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Australia's Religious Diversity

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students identify major world religions and forms of spirituality and recognise the religious diversity of communities in Australia. They brainstorm for the definition of religion. Students brainstorm to come up with a list of religions.
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Publishing Autobiographies 2

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify the 5th step of the writing process and apply the process to student autobiographies. While in the computer lab, they continue to type their autobiographies, and create covers for their autobiographies.
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Poverty & Disease: What is the Link?

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students consider how to reduce poverty and fight disease around the world. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, students participate in activities regarding global poverty, fighting disease, and connections between poverty and disease.
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The Ultimate Sacrifice

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the concept of sacrifice during wartime. In this World War II instructional activity, students explore the Allied and Axis Powers that existed during the war. Students discover sacrifices that were made by both powers...
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Planet Protectors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore ways to protect the earth.  In this environmental issues and technology lesson plan, students investigate the water quality in their community and compare their findings to the water quality in other geographic areas. ...
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At Home on the Range

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore rangeland uses in Utah. In this Utah rangeland lesson, 8th graders read background information on the purposes of rangeland. Students work in groups to create their own ranges using peat. Students discover grazing...
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Giants Stalk the High Street

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students explore consumerism in Great Britain. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to determine how shopping habits have changed in Britain throughout the years. They also evaluate changes in market shares of...

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