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Be Screen Free for a Week

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Challenge yourself to completely close all of your electronic screens for seven straight days!
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Estimate Study Hours

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
How many hours should learners devote to studying outside of class? Learners use this worksheet to not only practice estimation, but also develop a valuable study skill for their future academic careers.
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Lactose Intolerance: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Around the world, about 2/3 of adult humans are lactose intolerant. Scholars work in small groups to discuss a few statements about lactose intolerance. Then, they watch a video on the topic and readdress each statement. Whole-class...
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Crime and Young People

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read the story, "Police in Schools". They view a list of common offences committed by young people and identify the victims of these offences and consider how the offence would affect those people.
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Listen To Me

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore speaking and listening skills.
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How To Be a Friend

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate skills for relating to others.
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Would I Want Me For a Friend?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the process of making and keeping friends. They identify and discuss the characteristics of a good friend, and complete a handout in small groups.
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All About Me

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how everyone is different and have a certain way in which they learn best.
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Dramatic Dilemmas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, and develop skits that deal with projecting possible long-term impacts of decisions, and taking risks.
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Knowing Self- Self-Esteem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
As a group, young scholars read a book about self-esteem. They answer questions as a class about having high self-esteem and discuss it.
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NickNews: Winners and Losers

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students view the excerpt from NickNews entitled, "Winners and Losers." In groups, they categorize a variety of words and images relating to weight, healthy eating, and healthy lifestyle. They discuss adopting positive eating habits,...
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Why Juveniles Commit Crimes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the reasons why juveniles commit crimes. As a class, they watch movies showing juveniles committing crims and discuss the impact on societies. They take a field trip to adult and juvenile courts and compare their...
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Civil War Trading Cards

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research important figures in the American Civil War. In this research skills lesson, students create trading cards about selected key figures in the war that list details about the figures and their accomplishments.
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Saying No

For Students Pre-K - 5th
In this saying no instructional activity, students read a list of steps about saying no and remaining "cool" and complete a set of discussion questions based on a referenced video program. Suggestions for related activities and writing...
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Healthy Food Choices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, working in groups, role play skits highlighting healthy eating habits and physical activities.
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Recognizing Propaganda - Unreliable Testimony

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate how product endorsements can be a form of propaganda. They analyze various shampoo ads, discuss celebrity endorsements and unreliable testimony, and create a written non-propaganda ad for or against a celebrity...
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Censorship in America

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students follow resource links to study the history of art censorship in the US. They study the work of the FCC and the Hip-Hop 4 Peace campaign.
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I Am . . .

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read Eloise Greenfield's novella, 'Sister'. They write their personal responses quickly, foregoing concern about usage, spelling, and punctuation at this point. They write about their day, or may write about any...
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Development of a Nutritional Snack

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop a new line of nutritional snacks. They work in teams to submit a proposal for a snack that not only tastes good, but is nutritional as well. Their end-product consists of four parts: background information,...
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The Nutritional Content of Food

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are given three unknown samples and must perform two chemical tests in order to determine if the samples contains protein and/or starch. Students work with corrosive or toxic reagents.
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Cannabis and Young People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify, analyze and characterize smoking and young people. They try to consider why young people take drugs to begin with. In addition, they point out the effects and risks of cannabis smoking with young people. They also...
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Treating Substance Abuse Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an open discussion on the legal, social, and health consequences associated with substance abuse. Working in pairs, students discuss the effects of substance abuse and brainstorm possible solutions. Independently,...
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Great Books: Kafka's Metamorphosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the central image of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and use a strong symbol in a piece of writing. For this Metamorphosis lesson, students focus on the central image of the novel in a class discussion. Students create a...
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the American sport and history of baseball. In this baseball lesson, students complete three levels of units to learn about baseball.

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