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Trash...it really piles up!
Young scholars investigate a contemporary "midden" by analyzing trash collected from various sources and determining life-style choices people make. They see that reducing the amount of waste we generate is helpful to the the environment.
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Commonalities and Differences from Africa to Cleveland as Evidence Through the Gullah Community Connection
Students explore Afro-American history. They identify the commonality between African, Carolinian and Cleveland Black culture. Students explore the water cycle, oceanography, hydrology and bio-geochemical processes. They discuss the...
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Writing Block Buster
Students interact and strive for personal-best keyboarding speed in a competitive setting. Then they, using a common text copy and computer station, the first student takes a seat and keys the first line in the twenty-seconds clocked by...
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Teaching in the Shared Way of Ghandi and Montessori
In this differentiated lesson, learners incorporate different subjects using the Ghandi and Montessori methods instead of the traditional method used in regular schools. In math they investigate shapes, colors and sizes. In writing they...
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Giving Back
Students research the start of the March of Dimes and discuss the benefits of their actions when contributing to a charity. Students continue the lesson plan by calculating how much money would have been collected in a week, month, and...