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Trails of Understanding: The Earliest Immigrants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research Native American tribes. In this human migration lesson, students determine how tribes lived and established cultures. Students create PowerPoint presentations that feature their findings.
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Putting Toxicogenomics To The Test

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners evaluate the pros and cons of a new approach to food, chemical, and drug testing. They read and discuss the Times article, 'DNA Chip May Help Usher In a New Era of Product Testing.'
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In and Out Function Problems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders solve In and Out function problems. They analyze a chart and discuss the steps to solving the functions, and discuss the patterns and complete the charts. Students then create a book of repeating patterns using magazines,...
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"Smart Choices About Sex"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine peer pressure as it relates to sex. They watch and discuss a video, identify messages and values they receive from different groups, develop a list of their own personal values related to sex, and design a brochure or...
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Lunch Menu Calories tracking project

For Students 5th - 10th
In this lunch menu worksheet, students make a spreadsheet where they count the calories of different food items on the lunch menu, chart their findings, and answer short answer questions. Students answer 5 questions.
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Identification of Career Choices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student examine gender in career choices. In this career lesson, students are given a list of careers and asked to put them in groups of male. female, and neutral. Students also look through magazines and cut out pictures of people in...
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The Cy Young Winner

For Students 10th - 12th
In this math problem solving problem, students complete a chart showing the total points each of 5 pitchers received in the voting for the Cy Young award. The solution to the problem is included on the page.
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Matrix Multiplication

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students identify, analyze, and multiply matrices. They determine if various indicated operations are possible through classroom discussion and practice. Finally, students determine matrix product dimensions through problem-solving...
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Place Value Lessons

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Students can learn about place value using interesting lessons, activities, and games.
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How to Hide in the Ocean

For Teachers K - 8th
Students observe the advantages of camouflage. They design a well camouflaged fish of their own.
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Debating Our Destiny

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students participate in debates related to the history of the United States. In groups, they research their opinion on the purpose of debates and how a debater's posture affect the outcome of the debates. They identify the political...
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Arrays To See Multiplication

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine multiplication. They construct arrays to demonstrate specific multiplication facts. They identify examples and non-examples of arrays. Students use counters to model the commutative property of multiplication.
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Graphing Integers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the math concept of graphing integers. For this graphing integers lesson, 5th graders examine visual examples. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
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Geometric Transformations with Matrices

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
In this math worksheet, learners find the values associated with the geometric transformations. They read the instruction sheet for completing matrices with translations, rotations, reflections, and scaling by adding and multiplying...
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Identification of Career Choices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Take some time to have your pupils identify careers that are not traditional for their gender.
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Problem Solving 1

For Students 4th - 7th
In this online interactive problem solving activity, students examine a diagram and use their problem solving skills in order to respond to 5 questions.
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Writing Applications: Different Types of Writing and Their Characteristics

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders rewrite a story in a different format to understand the effects of the author's style. In this writing style lesson, 12th graders read Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and rewrite the...
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Arrays And Factors

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts of arrays and factors. They use a Hershey bar and divide it into segments in order to simulate the arrays. Then students construct other arrays from the leftover pieces.
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The Miracle Fish: Learning to Design an Experiment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers develop procedures to explore the behavior of fish.  In this scientific experiment lesson students from a hypothesis, write a question, identify different variables and controls in their experiment. 
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Division and Multiplication Fact Families

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students examine 4 pictures and write 2 division sentences and 2 multiplication sentences which go with the pictures.
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Multiplying Decimals

For Students 4th - 5th
In this decimal multiplication learning exercise, students review methods to multiply decimals. Students then practice by putting the decimal point in the correct place for the multiplication problems.
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Linear Equations and Matrices

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students solve systems of equations. In this precalculus lesson plan,students solve linear equations using matrices. They use the Gaussian elimination method to identify the missing variables and simplify the linear equations.
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Fractions in the Kitchen

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use the World Wide Web for research, identify fractions found in everyday life by finding a recipe that uses fractions.
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Breaking Away (Or Not...)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast common reproductive strategies used by benthic invertebrates. They describe the most common reproductive strategies among benthic invertebrates on a seamount, and explain why these strategi