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Take Only Photos and Leave Only Bubbles: Learn About American History from a Sunken Spanish Galleon

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students simulate the research process of investigating a shipwreck. In small groups, they conduct Internet research, and develop and write a proposal for excavation of the archaeological site.
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Meso-America

For Teachers 5th
Students will identify and locate Central and South America and their countries and features, as well as Meso-American civilizations. Students will compare civilizations and discuss voyages of relevant explorers.
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Galileo Galilei Questions for Study

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Galileo's contributions to science. 
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Rocket Transportation

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students use problem solving skills to lift a load using a balloon rocket. They construct a rocket out of a balloon and use it to carry a paper clip payload.
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Forces in the Sport of Luging

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners discuss force, gravity, and friction as well as examples of each based on what they viewed during a Discovery video. They examine first hand the effect of forces by building their own luge track, making predictions, and testing...
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The Disappearing Honeybees: Tracking Honeybee Decline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice graphing and other math skills to track number of honeybee colonies present in United States since 1978, discuss major crops that are dependent on insect pollinators, and examine reasons for decline of United States...
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Mozart: Piano Sonata in B-Flat

For Students 6th - 7th
In this music worksheet, students read about a sonata. Students also answer twenty questions about Mozart's Piano Sonata in B-flat.
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Beginning with Bosch

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students become familiar with surrealism through the artwork of Hieronymus Bosch. In this Bosch lesson, students explore symmetry and surrealism. Students create step by drawings on the computer in the style of Hieronymus Bosch. Students...
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Charleston Architectural Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Student learn about the historical significance and local history of Charlestown SC. Learners begin with lectures, notes, coloring books and culminate with historical building visits.
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Introduction to the Reformation

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the Protestant Reformation. In this global history lesson, 9th graders examine the provided primary sources that enable students to create posters and presentations that reveal how Catholicism, Lutheranism,...
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The Reformation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners reflect on the specific details surrounding the Reformation.  In this World History lesson plan, students watch the film "Luther," then apply what they learned in their discussion on the Reformation with the film to...
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Reformation Lesson: Worship and Belief

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students explore the characteristics of different religions and religious beliefs.  In this World History instructional activity, students research the history of the Reformed, Catholics and Lutherans, then complete several...
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New Year's Etymology and Writing Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the history and etymology of New Year's Day. They listen to a teacher-led lecture about the background of New Year's Day, design an image of Janus, and write a story in the first person telling what Janus might say...
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Winter Art Lesson Plans And Adventures

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
See the season as an opportunity for unique creative experiences with winter art lesson plans!
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How to Incorporate April Fool's Day into Your Teaching

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Celebrate the merriment of April Fool's Day without the mischievousness.
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Busting More Myths Using the Scientific Method

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Use the Mythbusters model to jazz up your scientific method lessons!
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Nim: A Game Played All Over the World

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a European subtraction game. In this subtraction lesson, students use pebbles to demonstrate different subtraction strategies. The students use a deduction strategy to be the first one left with no pebbles.
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Native Americans of the Chesapeake Bay: Using Primary vs. Secondary Sources

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Discover the rich Native American culture that existed at the time of early European exploration into the Chesapeake region through analysis of several primary and secondary sources.
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From Curiosity Cabinet to Museum Collection

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners study binomial nomenclature and museum-based research. They create a curiosity box, label the objects in their curiosity box , develop a classification scheme for the objects, and create a database of all objects collected by...
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Starch

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the basics of starch and how it is used in food. In this photosynthesis lesson students experiment with variables that affect starch production in photosynthesis.
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Magic Squares for Cyrano de Bergerac Act II

For Students 8th - 9th
There is some tricky vocabulary in Act II of Cyrano de Bergerac! Front-load these words with this magic squares activity. Sixteen new words are listed, along with their definitions. Kids must match each word to its definition,...
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Uses of Minerals

For Students 7th - 8th
In this minerals worksheet, students read an excerpt about gold and then respond to the questions that follow. They explain how the weight of gold affected the history of some western states and why gold is expensive.
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Samurai Armor Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils create origami. In this visual arts lesson plan, students design and create origami samurai helmets that feature Japanese patterns and textures in the style of those worn by samurai.
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Methods of Mystery

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students utilize the scientific method to discover the age of an item.  For this historical dating lesson, students compare and contrast a 400 year old cabinet to one made within a few years by using carbon dating.  Students...

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