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Follow Spring's Journey North Recording Highlights of the Season

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students scan headlines on the Journey North News Updates each day to track the changes that spring brings as it comes to different areas of the United States.
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Wildlife Habitat

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain what a habitat is and describe its four elements. They see how an area's habitat suitability varies with different species of wildlife. They name factors that affect habitat suitability.
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An Attitude of Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine ways in which businesses change and what it takes to make the changes and keep ahead of the competition.
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Just The Fax

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners discover how a fax machine works including: how a light sensor works, how light is reflected and how signals move across telephone lines. A "bingo" type game is played where students simulate the work of a fax machine to create...
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Geography Review

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders name the continent, country, state, and community in which they live. They locate Maryland and Baltimore on a map of the United States.
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Science - Lesson 42 - Astronomy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate the position of the Earth, Moon, and Sun in a solar and lunar eclipse. They list uses for manmade satellites and write a description of how a satellite would be use.
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President Who?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, through a question and answer game format, learn facts about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
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Homer T. Cat, Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read a poem about a cat. Students discuss how cats behave and examine Homer's life in his environment.
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SLIME!

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students learn the effects of friction and examine how certain lubricants can only be used with certain materials.
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RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners explore friction and use objects such as coins and marbles to study the concept.
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BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN BE

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explain the effects of gender bias.
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The Graffiti Model 1

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders work together in groups to practice their communication skills. They answer different questions based on what group they are in and communicate the information to different groups. They discuss the activity to end the...
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The English Settle America

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare immigration today with that of the colonial period. They locate colonies on a map and describe reasons their families immigrated to the United States.
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Decatur House

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Pupils investigate the life of Stephen Decatur, how he acquired his wealth and his influence to become a hero in his own time. The practice of dueling in the early 19th century America is examined.
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History of the Net

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners examine the history and the development of the net from its defense creation in 1969 to Vice President Gore's Information Superhighway in the ninety's. this lesson was originally written for librarians who have had little or no...
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Taoism

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils identify and interpret Taoism. Students gain knowledge of various eastern philosophies. Pupils transfer knowledge gained using the higher order thinking skills for analysis. Students identify the key figure in Taoism. Pupils...
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Global Review/World Leaders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are given a world leader to research a week before participating in a class game. Using the internet, they discover their major contribution to history and the time period and location in which they lived. They present their...
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Gridding a Site

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make observations of effigy mounds and record them in a notebook. In groups, they must determine the scale of measurement and create their own grid to scale part of the Effigy Mounds National Monument. They also practice using...
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Decision-Making Scenerios

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders review what they have gathered on the Gold Rush and how the Native Americans lived in the Plains. Using a worksheet, they choose one scenerio they would have liked to be a part of and write their opionions about it...
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Self Reliance

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students thinking is stimulated and has them reflect on looking after themselves and to not always rely on others for your needs. A story is read to them or they read it and reflect on the it. They put on a play in a small group and...
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What Is A Raptor?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the special characteristics of raptors and discover what separates them from other birds. Students look at different photographs from the Internet or magazines of several different birds and identify the raptors based on...
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Introduction to Creative Thinking and Dr. de Bono's Thinking Methods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students become more familiar with the setting of the lesson. They know who Dr. de Bono is and what he invented. Students know the lessons ground rules. They have sparked their creativity to be stimulated.
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The Regions In Which I Live

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners investigate different regions. Beginning with the idea that a neighborhood is a region, students explore maps to discover that towns, states, and countries can also be considered regions. Learners create a book, with...
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All Our Relations: A Learning Experience

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners participate in a group activity in which they each represent various components of a story about culture, collective human rights, and indigenous rights. As the story is read they create a life-size story web with yarn. Then...

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