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Monologues

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students describe themselves and their home location in a monologue. In this monologue lesson, students write a description of their local area and read to the teacher. Students share their monologues with the class.
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Rules, Advice, and Course Review

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners write about advice and rules when on a boat.  In this conversation and vocabulary lesson, students write about various themes studied during the English course and reflect on what they have learned.
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Verb Practice

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this verb worksheet, students read a definition and examples of verbs, then fill in blanks in simple sentences with verbs.
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OLYMPIC SHADOW BOXES

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students acquaint themselves with little-used library resources/reference materials and create shadow boxes to be displayed in the Media Center based on the research they've done regarding the Winter Olympics.
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Free Standing Structure

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners demonstrate basic construction skills by building a free standing structure, using predetermined materials. They compute cost of structure by using multiplication skills or calculator.
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Critical Thinking Strategies

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore critical thinking strategies. For this critical thinking lesson, students evaluate multiple choice answers. Students note similarities between incorrect answers and discover how to compare and contrast incorrect and...
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The Drinking Bird

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how toys often illustrate fundamental physical principles. The toy drinking bird is an example. The challenge for you in the lab is to discover why the drinking bird functions.
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A Statistical Study on the Letters of the Alphabet

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners use a book or magazine to research the use of letters. They complete a worksheet and compare their results.
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One Person's Garbage, Another Person's . . .?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list many, different and unusual items that could be constructed out of refuse and found objects.
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Justice

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider the role of justice in the formation of the United States and in the operation of today's criminal justice system. They investigate symbols associated with justice and references to justice in the Constitution.
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Data Gathering: Vietnam

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the Vietnam Era by interviewing people and writing a questionnaire to gather data on the attitudes, feeling, and experiences of the interviewee during this era.
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Who's in the Bag?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils express personal characteristics with items from home. They introduce themselves to one another.
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Probability: the Study of Chance

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students experiment to determine if a game is fair, collect data, interpret data, display data, and state and apply the rule for probability. Students use a simple game for this experiment.
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Probes, Exploration & Application

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils explore how a surface can be described without seeing it.
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Seeing Sound and Sonar

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students grasp how underwater animals can "see" using sound waves. They practice making inferences, and build a conceptual understanding of sonar radar.
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MAKE A STATEMENT!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design and make their own bumper sticker with an environmental statement.
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Enigmas

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research various "mysterious" elements of literature, math, science, technology and life itself.
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Negotiating Treaties

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders recognize the interaction between early settlers and indigenous people in the U.S. They recognize the impact of the Indian Removal Act on displaced Natives in the early West and the impact on Native attitudes today.
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The Dictionary Game

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students play The Dictionary Game--also called Balderdash as a way to learn new vocabulary words.
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Inventions, Puppets, and Commercials

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, invent a product to sell, create a commercial for it using a stick puppet they make.
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Funny Money

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners are rewarded for attendance. In this school-wide rewards lesson, students earn "dollars" for attendance and being in class on time. Learners use those dollars to bid on everyday items of their choice.
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Town Growth and Immigration

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders describe how Michigan has changed and stayed the same over time. They explain reasons why people settled/settle in Michigan, then explain the role of geography on the settlement of Michigan.
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Survivor Game

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners discover competition and trickery by participating in a class game. They participate in a role-playing game called "Survivor" in which students utilize critical thinking skills to identify who is the "Bad Guy." Students win the...
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A Midsummer Night's Quote: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
Normally, these Fun Trivia quizzes are not very beneficial. However, this quote identification worksheet may be useful to test familiarity with the characters in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.