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The Cheeto Walk

For Teachers K
Students walk around numbered tiles on the floor as music plays. When the music stops, a number is drawn and if they are on that number they win reward (Cheetos or other snack.)
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Conflict Resolution

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils demonstrate conflict resolution skills. In this character education lesson, students read the book Oh, Bother! Someone's Fighting! and sing a song which models a conflict resolution strategy.
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Reconciliation

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners develop an awareness of issues involved in Reconciliation. They use two different stimuli to approach this theme. Students write definitions/interpretations of Reconciliation.
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Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Interesting! Have your high schoolers watch this 13-minute clip from the documentay, "Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?" It examines the fear we have as a culture about death and whether or not the media increases those fears. The focus...
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THE TRIANGLE INEQUALITY IN ANIMATION

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students open up the script to generate the sketch. They examine the viewing of the animation of a triangle. Students incorporate writing skills across the curriculum within this lesson.
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Storytelling in the Classroom

For Teachers K - 2nd
What makes story telling special? Young readers demonstrate how to tell a story to others. Kindergarteners, first graders, and second graders read biographies of "Building Blocks" characters and tell a story about a character to their...
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Quilts Galore

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore patterns. They observe a video, "Math Monsters." Students determine the next item in a sequence. Students read books about patterns. They discuss patterns in quilts. Students visit a specified web site and design...
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Facilitators Workshop

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Young scholars experience leading and facilitating in a group setting and to observe what roles they play in a group. They apply tools tools for observation and action to help them to be a more effective leaders and facilitators.
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Rhythm Stars

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen, clap, compose and identify various rhythms.  In this rhythm lesson, students practice rhythm with rhythm cards.  Students become familiar with stick notation. Students glue Popsicle sticks to illustrate rhythms.
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Wonder Wheels

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discover ways that they all are alkie as well as different from each other. They write down three ways that students who cannot walk might be able to move around. Young scholars complete a graphic organizer to analyze...
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My Secret War: Lesson 8

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore American history by viewing videos on the Internet. In this Japanese internment lesson, 5th graders discuss the politics that took place between America and Japan during WWII and why it was necessary to incarcerate...
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Survey Says...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine Iraqi polls concerning the quality of life in their country. After exploring methodologies of taking polls and surveys, the compare and contrast the findings of two surveys. Students develop research questions,...
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Sounds Like Science- Bottle Organ

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students investigate the relationship between pitches and notes. In this musical pitches and notes lesson, students use different sized bottles, water, and sugar to demonstrate different sounds. Students create musical notes.
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Spider Webs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create spider webs. In this spider webs lesson, students research various types of spider webs then write a report about  a spider of their choice.  Students also make their own web similar to an orb spider. 
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Creative Dance Assessment

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars express their knowledge of the vocabulary of creative dance by creating and performing a group dance.
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I Like Me

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book "I Like Me" and then design a collage showcasing different things they like about themselves. They write in journals to reflect on this lesson.
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Over and Under

For Teachers K
Students play a game of passing the ball over their heads, between their legs and shout out letters of the alphabet each time the ball reaches the end of the line.
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Developing the Concept: Patterns

For Teachers K
Students understand what a pattern is and how to make a pattern. In this pattern instructional activity, students use cubes to create various patterns. Students recognize the pattern created.
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Dem Dry Bones Take Form

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discover human anatomy by dancing with a song in class.  In this human body lesson, students listen to the song "Dem Dry Bones"  and identify the different parts of a paper human skeleton.  Young scholars...
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Triangles with Collinear Circumcenters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the circumcenter of a triangle. In this geometry lesson, students construct a perpendicular bisector using a straight edge and a compass. They differentiate between triangles and collinear points.
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Math Jeopardy

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students play a game to practice concepts and principles that can be adapted to any subject.
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Alphabet Recognition Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play game to identify letters in the alphabet.
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Math Jeopardy

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners, in teams, play Math Jeopardy against each other as a way to reinforce their skills.
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Community Map

For Teachers K
Students examine the relationship they have with the community and the location of the community in relationship to other communities. They practice using a map of their community and photographs to recongize the area.