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The Game of Business
Students practice the economic concepts of scarcity and opportunity cost. They imagine creating their own businesses and brainstorm what they need to know in order to determine when the business is profitable.
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Writing: Planning and Organizing
Twelfth graders examine the five step prewriting process used before writing essays. They select a common topic and determine the purpose,and audience for the essay. They list examples in daily life where planning and organizing are...
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This Isn't Your Little Sister's Poetry: Analyzing and Understanding a Variety of Acclaimed Poets
Eleventh graders are introduced to various basic and advanced poetic devices. They read several poems and practice identifying poetic elements. They identify at least two different poems and substantiate why they belong in the canon.
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Class and Health: You Are What You Eat
Students determine a working definition of class in order to determine how social class can affect personal health. They research their own nutritional needs and work to encourage healthy change in their communities.
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B is for Banana
Learners practice and perform the song "B is for Banana" using their knowledge of basic rhythms in 4/4 and student-created rhythm accompaniment based on speech. This excellent lesson is provided by the MENC (National Association for...
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What do You do if You See a Fire?
Pupils discuss what they would do if they saw a neighbor's house on fire and what information they would need to know to tell the 911 operator. They watch as the teacher models how to call 911 and observe that the numbers are called only...
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Simplifying Using "The Order of Operations" Worksheet
In this order of operations worksheet, students solve equations with one variable using order of operations.  Equations contain fractions, exponents, parenthesis, and the four basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and...
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Powers
In this powers worksheet, students multiply and divide expressions containing variables and exponents. They convert numbers from scientific notation to standard notation. This two-page worksheet contains 5 multi-step problems.
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Teaching Arithmetic and Math Concepts to Headstarters
Students discover early number concepts for numbers 1 through 5. In this number concepts instructional activity, students work in stations doing hands-on activities such as sorting colored blocks, stringing beads, and counting sticks....
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It's So Simple
Students use basic materials to create four simple machines. In this introduction to simple machines lesson, students are given four different scenarios that require a simple machine in order to solve. The students use devices such as a...
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Using the Zero Conditional
In this using the zero conditional activity, students interactively make a zero conditional sentence using the words given, for 5 sentences with immediate online feedback.
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Jump Rope Around the World (Target Heart Rate)
Students participate in a game where they get 5 "lives." When they miss with the rope the fifth time, they go to another area in the gym. They continue jumping to keep their heart rates elevated.
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Wooden Starflakes
Students create wooden "Starflakes" for the Holiday season in this excellent lesson plan suitable for the elementary level Art class.  Resource links are provided for introuctory activities involving basic snowflake creations and ideas...
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Oral History and Multiculturalism
Students observe the human or personal side of history by assessing the background to the people in the community who are basically "living" historians. They compare the histories of different ethnic groups to identify areas of patterns...
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Numeracy Assessment
In this math worksheet, students solve the basic problems using math facts that have been previously taught as part of a formal assessment for the 13 questions.
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Composing Your Own Song
In this composing task worksheet, students read 2 pages of information regarding basic composition, backing rhythms, composing the melodies by ear and from the chord, and composing the chorus.  Steps and tips for composing are listed in...
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Sunshine Math- 2
In this math applications instructional activity, students solve 6 varied problems that include estimation, money, basic operations, pictographs and geometry.
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Spring is in the Air: Yes/No Questions
By writing 5 sentences about spring, learners practice creating yes and no questions. The prompts for the questions are difficult to follow. A teacher would have to give students explicit directions.
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Treasure Hunt
Students dribble a ball while moving. In this dribbling instructional activity, students participate in a game in which they dribble from "poly spot" to "poly spot" gathering basic shapes identified as 'treasure".
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Using Many / Much / A Few / A Little
In this word use worksheet, students change the words "a lot" to "many" or "much" in five sentences. Students then change "some" to "a few" or "a little" in five additional sentences.
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Edible Soil
Students model the soils layers using Oreo's. In this lesson students use their favorite food items to create a model of soil layers. A discovery lesson from a youth camp is adapted for classroom modeling and discussion of soil...
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Forces, Loads, Materials, Shapes
Students investigate forces, loads, materials and shapes as they relate to science. In this science lesson plan, students differentiate between the basic definitions required to perform a scientific experiment. They answer questions...
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Free Enterprise--Product Cost
Pupils apply basic math skills in computing a product cost.
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Microwave Cooking
Middle schoolers learn the basic principles of microwave cooking and prepare a dessert in the microwave using correct procedures.