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Fitness Analysis
Students study how to monitor their personal status of their body composition. They study how to monitor and adjust activity levels to meet personal fitness needs and demonstrate objectives 1 and 2 by using the software provided by Furtex.
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Foods II Introductory Review Practical Test
Students have a lab experience preparing a recipe demonstrating the techniques learned from Foods I. They identify and explain the appropriate use and care of basic kitchen equipment. They apply the skills and techniques of proper...
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Grieving/Death
Students discuss the stages of grieving and reactions to death. They list the steps of the grieving process and how to develop a positive adjustment to loss. They study The 'Rape Myths' key (from the Sexual Violations lesson) as part...
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Light
Fifth graders sit in their seats with the lights on and then the teacher turns off the lights. After their eyes have adjusted, they vote on what colors of construction paper are being held up. The lights are then turned back on and...
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Introduction to Field Mapping with a Compass and Pace
Students practice using compass and calibrate their own pace, take field measurements of pre-set course with compass and pace, convert measurements into map, using angles and vectors, and make composite class map by adjusting different...
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Solar Kit Lesson #13 Solarize a Toy
Students work in teams they select a low-power toy, game, or electrical deive to "solarize," or convert to solar power. They determine the operating voltage of their chosen device and design a solar array to provide this level of...
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Going to Extremes: High Anxiety
Students examine the dangers of mountain climbing. After watching a video, they discuss the role of a German research team going into the Alps to predict who is going to adjust to the change in oxygen levels. They discover the...
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Our Own City
Students will construct their own functioning city. Each day students will add to the city requiring adjustments and planning. They solve problems caused by increase in human settlement such as stacking houses creating apartments so that...
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Confronting Two Challenges-One Physical, One Intellectual
Students examine how the author confronted the challenges of a new language and a new culture. They examine how the author's penchant for running featured in his adjustment to the culture of Fuling and in his learning of the Chinese...
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On Being Hindu...and American
Students explore the concept of acculturation. In this cultural diversity lesson, students examine how second generation Hindu-Americans have adjusted to life in the United States.
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Balancing Act
In this chemistry worksheet, students determine the number of atoms in each element and select one that is not equal on both sides of the equation. Then they add a coefficient in front of the formula with that element and adjust their...
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Attitude Adjustment
Students identify and track the number of times they complain in a twenty-four hour period. They examine their own habits and predict the outcomes of their own performance on this activity and identify people, things, and "other" that...
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Economic Problems and Adjustments
This packet does not contain problems for students to solve, however it provides a complete description of the allocation of resources in a competitive market. One could send this resource home as an assigned reading or have students...
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Monkey Math School Sunshine
Hang out at the beach and listen to some relaxing tunes, all while developing basic math skills. An endless source of fun and learning for young children!
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Controlling Flight: Rudders, Ailerons, and Elevators
Fifth graders create paper gliders and check for flight distance and time. In this flight lesson, 5th graders create a paper glider from the attached worksheet and adjust the rudder, aileron, and elevator. They see how these adjustments...
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Why do People Migrate?
Second graders examine the reasons for human migration. For this human migration lesson, 2nd graders make lists of reasons why people migrate. Students view pictures of people who have migrated and discuss why. Then the students watch a...
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Measuring Techniques - Level II
Identify appropriate abbreviations, food-measurement terminology, techniques, equivalents, calculate recipe-size adjustments, and demonstrate proper measuring techniques. Identify abbreviations Compute equivalents Identify measuring...
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Kitchen Math - Levels I & II
Identify appropriate abbreviations, food-measurement terminology, techniques, equivalents, and calculate recipe-size adjustments and demonstrate proper measuring techniques. Identify abbreviations Compute equivalents Identify measuring...
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You're the Expert Now
Students evaluate information about mental illness for accuracy and relevance as they examine brochures developed in the lesson by their classmates. Data about mental illness is revisited and adjusted for additional information obtained...
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Identity: A Path to Self-Esteem
Sixth graders participate in a brainstorming activity in which they identify the types of decisions they make everyday. Individually, they complete a worksheet on making decisions effectively. After reading a poem, they identify the...
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Money Management Intelligence
Students follow directions to help a client with his/her budget. After selecting their client, they download confidential data and listen to the challenge presented on the website. They adjust the budgets as needed. Then, they click play...
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Three Bears Paper Dolls
In this arts and literacy worksheet, 2nd graders cut out and then glue together three colorful patterns to create bear paper dolls. Students follow written directions to adjust the leg sizes for papa, mama and baby bear.
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Roller Coaster Physics
Young scholars design a roller coaster that allows a marble to run the course as fast as possible. Students create an experimental roller coaster taking into account the steepness of the hills and the sharpness of the turns. Young...
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Perception and the Brain
Students experience how the brain adapts over time to changes in what they perceive. In this human perception lesson, students wear special prism goggles that initially disorient the user. Over time, the student is able to adjust to the...