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Nitrogen in Feed

For Students 9th - 12th
Knowing what farmers are feeding livestock is just smart business. A WebQuest lesson helps learners build an understanding of the relationship between amino acids, nitrogen, and protein. With interactive instruction,...
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National Constitution Center

Town Hall Wall: Coming to America

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Everyone seems to have an opinion on the status and rights of illegal immigrants. Help secondary learners research each perspective and arrive at their own conclusions with a collaborative exercise. As they read an informative passage...
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1984

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
An eBook edition of 1984 is now available for classroom use. George Orwell's famous dystopian novel is downloadable for free for individual computers, tablets, or phones.
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Types of Sentences

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and write different types of sentences. In this sentences lesson plan, 4th graders use pictures and animation to write declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
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The Real Deal on the Digestive System

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the digestive system. They observe a short video on the digestive system. Using a Smart Board, 6th graders identify the parts of the digestive system and describe the process. They examine how digestion is dependent...
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Peer Editing and Proofreading

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners present their editorials to a small group and peer edit and proofread the papers.  In this peer editing and proofreading lesson, students watch as the instructor models a peer editing on the Smart Board.  Learners work...
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Coins: Names and Value

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read the story Benny's Pennies and play a matching game where they match the coin to it's value. In this coins lesson plan, students use the SMART Board to view coins.
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What are Onomatopoeias?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify and define onomatopoeias using a SMART Notebook embedded with the magic eraser, magic mirror and magic glasses. For the final product, Students create either a comic strip with examples of onomatopoeias.
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Art Smart

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the expression of art that is popular in modern times. They read articles from the New York Times and write reflectively about the featured art exhibits. Students use the newspaper to...
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Bright Ideas for Bringing up Smart Savers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of saving money. In this saving money lesson, students read an article about saving money. Students discuss ways to save money and what makes it difficult to save money. Students compare prices of products.
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The Real Cost of College

For Teachers 7th - 8th
How do people pay for college? Learners explore the concept of paying for college, they discuss possible ways to pay for college, research the cost of colleges, room and board, and other college living expenses.
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Rainforest Introduction

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore world geography by completing a KWL chart. In this rainforest research lesson, 1st graders read a fictional story discussing a boy who lives in the rainforest. Students analyze the story, identify the plot and...
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Mississippi’s Electricity: From Generation to Consumption

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover how electricity is produced. For this physics lesson, 8th graders infer about the future of Mississippi's energy industry. They participate in a Smart Board interactive activity at the end of the lesson.
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Learning Made Fun Using Technology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars access internet websites to research cross curriculum material. They also open a file or click on an icon to open a website that has been saved to the desktop. They utilize websites which use smart boards or other...
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FACS:Nanotechnology and "Smart" Textiles (IT)

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students obtain an understanding of the term "nanotechnology" and how nanotechnology products be used.
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Spending Smarts

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the benefits and costs to consider when making a spending decision. They investigate the concept of credit, and use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve real-life math problems. They also...
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FACS:Nanotechnology and "Smart" Textiles (IT)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and define nanotechnology and how nanotechnology products are being used in the development of new textiles for different industries. They demonstrate basic flaws found in the clothing industry today: shrink, fade,...
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Missouri Department of Elementary

Acting Out Respect and Compromise

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Puppets showcase the importance of being a good friend. Following a discussion about positive character traits, scholars create a paper-bag puppet and role-play scenarios with a peer. 
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Hastings Prince Edward Public Health

My Life—My Mental Health

For Students 6th - 8th
Between peer pressure, an onslaught of hormones, and brand new responsibilities, the teenage years can be emotionally volatile. Equip young adults with coping mechanisms and a safe place to discuss their feelings with a guided lesson...
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Missouri Department of Elementary

Character Clovers

For Teachers 1st Standards
Build a classroom community with a instructional activity that uses character clovers to examine scholars' roles. Following a whole-class discussion, participants list four roles they play and accompany it with the character traits that...
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Missouri Department of Elementary

The Many Roles I Play in My Community

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Small groups brainstorm their roles in the community. Then, individually, complete a community roles web worksheet. Peers share their completed product and extend the conversation to include the feelings and character traits that go...
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Faces, Places, and Traces of Wisconsin

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders view a teacher-created PowerPoint presentation. They read and conduct research, taking notes as they go. Students build a storyboard of their projected slide show. They create a PowerPoint show based on their storyboard....
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Transmission of Disease

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students provide names of viral diseases that they would possibly like to be infected with today; listing them on the Smart Board. They then come to an agreement about what virus to use and use beakers of fluids to simulate how viruses...
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Appliances with Minds of Their Own

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how everyday appliances might soon possess the capacity "to think" as a result of recent technological advances. A display of their knowledge of this new technology by creating a poster design of a "smart" machine.

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