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"Eggs-perimenting" Fun

For Teachers K - 8th
Students dissolve salt into water, place an egg into a glass of salt water, observe and record observations, make a scientific hypothesis, summarize what they studied from this hands-on experiment. They share their ideas and findings...
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Eudora Welty Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use the Internet as a research tool. they read, comprehend, identify, evaluate, and select the correct answers to contextual questions.They write a rough draft, edit/revise, and a final draft summarizing the information located.
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Outlining Essays (Grades 3-6)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students brainstorm story idea in preparation of writing an expressive essay. They study how to outline essays to assist them in writing an expressive essay. Each students conclusion should summarize their main idea and restate their...
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Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are taken to a shady location and they seat in a large circle. They are given three questions each. Students research and answer the three questions. They summarize the circulatory and respiratory system and relate how they...
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Safety in the Biology laboratory

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review safety in the biology laboratory. They summarize the rules and safety procedures by completing several activities such as practice questions, taking notes andbecoming familiar with the location of safety equipment.
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The Golden Rule of Reciprocity

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore The Golden Rule of Reciprocity from various religions. In this religious beliefs lesson plan, students examine various religious quotes and summarize the idea of The Golden Rule in a sentence.
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Map Studies

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars study maps and use web based activities to develop their mapping skills. In this mapping skills lesson, students use the internet to define cartography they make a list of information regarding a typical road map and...
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I Hate English!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars listen to stories and examine Chinese culture. They summarize a message and retell it to the class.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

For Teachers K
Students comprehend written text by teaching them how to think about the events in a story as they read. They make storyboards of their own. They need to make sure they put the events on the storyboard in the proper order.
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Our Universe: Designed or Evolved?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students brainstorm and write arguments for Evolution and Intelligent Design. They research the history of each of these ideas. They also examine the controversy of teaching one or both ideas in schools.
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore their culture in comparison to Japanese culture by reading the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. They identify islands of Japan, create a Venn diagram comparing Japanese culture to American culture, and...
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Literature Circle Preparation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this literature circle preparation worksheet, learners draw a picture of something important in the story, summarize what they read, answer a teachers question, and write two new words they learned. Students answer a total of...
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The Rainbow Fish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are read the book "The Rainbow Fish" and summarize each page. They discuss actions they should be displaying to others. They critique the book and role-play being friends to end the lesson.
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The Lure and Lore of Weight Lifting

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the importance of physical activity and positive reasons for weight training. They analyze and discuss a famous ad, read and summarize an article, and identify the benefits of resistance training.
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Reading: Text Reconstruction

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read a paragraph and reconstruct it based on the instructions from the teacher. After summarizing the article, students discuss the process in a large group setting.
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Child Survival Stories: Hope To Cope

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm a list of the various scenerios going on their family life at home. In groups, they read about different perspectives on survival and identify ones they could use in their own lives. They share their own experiences...
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Homologous Shoes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the concept of homology by observing their shoes and those of their classmates. They summarize the observations of everyone's shoes relating it to chromosomes in cells. They share their observations with the class.
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Discovering the Middle East (Past & Present)

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students, after being assigned a specific Middle Eastern Country, research various aspects/statistics as well as historical information on their country. They combine their acquired information in an oral presentation and written report....
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The Tell Tale Students

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice summarizing text by retelling what they have read. They read selected, leveled passages and use enthusiastic and createive ways to members of their group. Students complete a journal entry documenting their experience...
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Conflict Resolution and Peace

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore conflict resolution principles. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students discuss several quotations regarding the promotion of peace. This lesson provides follow-up activities regarding the topic as well.
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Backyard Bacteria

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students experiment with different bacterias that they found and make predictions of their growth.  In this investigative activity students use petri dishes to grow their bacteria then summarize what has happened. 
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Oceans in Glass: The Great White Shark Experiment

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars use the Internet to study great white sharks and answer questions.  In this ocean lesson students create and produce a website that summarizes the information they obtained in their research. 
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Inside Hamlet

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students examine how tone and inflection shape the character of Hamlet. In this Shakespeare lesson, students summarize what they know of Hamlet and complete a read around. Students discuss the inflection patterns and tone in the reading...
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Foundations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the history of literature in America by looking at the types of genres first read in the United States. They look at the foundations of how the original colonists had the intention of transmitting religious and moral...