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Creative Homework Assignments Can Motivate Students

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Teachers can make homework more meaningful by giving students interesting and motivating assignments.
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Rock On!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make models of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks out of different types of candy and cookies.
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Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explain the challenge to find and cook during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They practice frying techniques. They recognize the appearance and consistency of cooked fish.
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Family Life Cycle - Children's Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the changing nutritional needs across the life cycle. They create and prepare a variety of healthy foods for children that provide adequate nutrients for optimum growth and development. They identify guidelines in...
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Healthy Eating

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore how they can make healthy food choices and assess how "eating healthy" requires knowledge and planning ahead. They review and discuss The Edible Pyramid as well before they complete this project online. Each student maps...
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Mummies Unwrapped

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate various methods of mummification practiced in cultures around the world and present their findings in 'televised' news reports.
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A Comparison of Polymeric Liquids with Newtonian Liquids

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students concretely illustrate and define a macromolecule, observe the unique behavior of polymers and relate to their knowledge of molecules, and use the scientific process to determine the difference between Newtonian and non-Newtonian...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in a variety of math and language arts activities based on chocolate.
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Measuring Up on the Mayflower

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a meter tape to compare the length of the Mayflower to a basketball court and make homemade butter for crackers. Afterward, all students sit inside the makeshift Mayflower's dimensions and enjoy their Pilgrim butter.
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The Kindness Company

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students organize themselves into a simulated company complete with applications, interviews and training. They identify a community need they can fulfill related to cooking or sewing and work to make and deliver the designated product.
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Inside the Cranium: Neuropsychiatric Disorders

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars analyze different regions of the brain which are responsible for different aspects of cognition, awareness and regulating the body's process.
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The Native American Indian Women Quest

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research background information on the role of Native American women. They then participate in a four station center which enables the students to view pictures, investigate new vocabulary, and research Native American recipies.
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Documents of Diversity

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the cultural diversity in their own families. They examine the cultural profile and historical development of their own community through developing a walking tour, in booklet or web-based form.
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Here Comes Winter!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate winter behaviors in animals. They describe winter and write about the characteristics of the season by drawing and labeling a winter picture. Students then conduct research on a chosen animal and create a chart. ...
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Rock Candy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe and demonstrate the physical change of dissolving sugar in water and evaporating the water to examine the physical change that has occurred. They discuss physical changes and solutions, and make rock candy,...
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The Whole Trut about Whole Grain Breads

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students comprehend the nutrition benefits whole grain breads. They explore how to overcome the common barriers to eating whole grain bread. Students investigate how to choose and store whole grain breads. They comprehend the...
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Rain Forest Food Chains

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this rain forest worksheet students choose an animal and research how it survives. Students answer 3 questions. Students then draw a chart that shows the food chain of this animal.
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The Unitary Method

For Students 7th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students are given a proportion statement. They use this ratio to solve related questions. Students compute the amount of food needed for one person and then for 500 people. Students convert between Euros, Pounds,...
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Study Buddies: Multiplying Whole Numbers And Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Budding math buddies work together to multiply fractions by whole numbers. All of the problems involve real-life applications, making this an extension of simply practicing the skills. Knowledge will be multiplied by completing this...
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Mole Relations

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the mole using raisins, sunflower seeds and M&Ms candy. In this mole relations lesson plan, 10th graders create trail mix packets using the food items given to them using "dozen" as the units. Students write...
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International Festival: Greece

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students celebrate the culture of Greece. In this multicultural lesson, students participate in several activities which examine the culture of Greece. Students study the Greek alphabet, identify the country on a world map, and make...
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Online Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in an online scavenger hunt to answer questions posed by the teacher.  In this Internet search instructional activity, students are given specific questions and they have to use the Internet to locate the...
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Christmas Countdown

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a paper chain link out of the red, green and white strips of paper. In this art lesson, students staple or tape the rings. Students also staple a square on each link with the numbers 1-24 written on the squares. Students...
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Mixed Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students rewrite and solve problems using mixed numbers. In this algebra lesson, students solve fractions using mixed numbers by addition and subtraction. They relate the use of mixed numbers to real life.

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