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World Trade Center Design Proposals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore architectural design.  In this critical thinking and architecture lesson, students view a number of websites providing proposals for design plans of a new World Trade Center.  Young scholars choose and evaluate...
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Where Is Rome?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover Ancient Rome through maps and worksheets.  In this world history lesson, 3rd graders locate Rome on a world map and identify the scope of the Roman Empire.  Students label an entire map of Italy after printing one...
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Splendid China: Chinese Folktales

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate Chinese culture by reading their folk tales.  In this creative writing lesson, students practice identifying the different elements in a folk tale and examine the related vocabulary.  Students organize thoughts for a...
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Famous Landmarks

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate countries by identifying their national landmarks.  For this World Geography lesson, students utilize the Internet to research a historic landmark in a foreign country and complete a landmark survey worksheet....
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Marine Archaeology

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine marine archaeology. In this archaeological data lesson plan, students see how archaeologists use data to make inferences about shipwrecks. Students read data and make their own inferences, write about marine life and...
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Design a Reef!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore coral reef ecosystems.  In this ecosystems science lesson plan, students research coral reef ecosystems to determine the major functions the participating organisms must perform.  Middle schoolers construct a...
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Musical Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate music appreciation by completing worksheets. In this musical arts lesson, students complete worksheets in which they identify different musical instruments, the sounds they make and the family of instruments they...
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Get Dramatic: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explain reducing, recycling and reusing. For this science/ arts lesson, students create a commercial and display a backdrop made out of recycled goods. Additionally, students write written responses to writing prompts. 
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Sound Waves

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore sound. In this "sound" science lesson, students define sound and explain how sound travels. Students experiment with paper cups and string to conclude how sound travels. Students research a chosen aspect of sound with a...
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The Roman Record

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Using Google Earth, Google Docs, and other Google Tools, collaborative groups of seventh graders research and then create and share online newspapers reporting on the early development, geographical features, political issues, and family...
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Traveling the Planets!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research the planets and create brochures to share their information.  In this planets lesson, 4th graders navigate the Internet to gather information for a brochure about an imaginary trip to their planet. Students...
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Insect Models

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars construct an insect model. In this "insects" science and art instructional activity, students complete a KWL chart about 'insects," then view several interactive websites to become familiar with insect traits. Young...
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Slush Rush

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars navigate software to help students understand the benefits of computer models.  In this computer models lesson, young scholars use computer inquiry tools to record simulated events and how they affect objects such as...
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World Geography: Climate Change Round Table

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to explain the suspected causes of relatively recent climate changes, specifically the observed global warming. They discuss how unusual or extreme global warming disrupts the balance of the earth's geo-spheres.
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Web-search And PowerPoint Presentations-The Cell

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a PowerPoint presentation using information that they have compiled from their web search and rubric web sites, text and other applicable references. They work in pairs to complete these searches and projects.
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What About Us? Women in the Civil War

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research the role of women in the Civil War. For this Civil War unit, students research the role women played during the war. This unit includes eight different activities including vocabulary, writing prompts and a literature...
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River Reflections

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create podcasts and video public service announcements. In this environmental advocacy lesson, 6th graders study the local watershed and become advocates for their local environment. In the process, they create podcasts and...
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Magical Moments Around the World

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students write magical moments about human compassion and enter the examples on a global, multilingual website. In this global communication lesson, students create their own message about human compassion. Students then enter their...
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What Are Elements?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate elements by by defining scientific terms.  In this Periodic Table of Elements instructional activity, students utilize a glass of water, and powdered fruit drink to perform a lab activity demonstrating properties of...
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Building Bridges for Young Learners - Self

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore self analysis by investigating other cultures. For this personal characteristics lesson, students utilize the Internet to read about a child from Niger, and many other students around the globe. Students compare their...
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Translations, Reflections, and Rotations

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders have been introduced to the concepts of translation, reflection, and rotation, and have practiced translating, reflecting, and rotating two-dimensional objects on the coordinate plane.
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Who Is Eating Healthy?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders list the six food groups of the food pyramid and give an example for each. They discuss each food group and determine which food goes in each group. They examine the suggested daily servings for each food group and view a...
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Nature And Nurture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop an understanding of the role both nature and nurture play in determining an individual's traits. Using a website, students answer questions about nature and nurture in order to solve the riddle, What do you call a smart...
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Nazi Germany Through An Examination of the Holocaust

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and present their ideas through multi-media about events of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany.

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