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Environment Debate Game

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students participate in a role-play activity to discuss environmental problems on which they have previously conducted research.
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The Gingerbread Man

For Teachers 1st
In this unit students use the traditional tale of the gingerbread man as a context for ordering and comparing lengths. They compare the length of two objects directly, order three or more objects by length and select objects that are...
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Salmon Migration

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students examine how salmon find their way to their home stream during migration.  In this migration lesson students see some of the different migratory challenges that salmon face and see how humans affect the migration by...
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Water Cycle and Ecosystems

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the water cycle. In this investigative lesson, students examine the water cycle process. They will record their observations and discuss marine and freshwater ecosystems.
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NOVEL PARTNERS

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read novels, completing a weekly assignment as they read. They meet weekly with another student to discuss the readings and assignments.
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Describing Another's Physical Features

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students describe famous people to others that do not know who they are. They complete a worksheet with a list of physical attributes. They are to describe a family member to one of their classmates.
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From Caterpillars to Butterflies: Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of the Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and talk about the life cycle of caterpillars. They draw illustrations of the life cycle and compare it with the life cycle of another familiar...
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Business: Making a Budget

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students plan a one-month budget, allowing for unexpected expenses. Using checkbook skills, they pay mock bills. Working in small groups, students watch a teacher-prepared Powerpoint presentation, visit financial Websites, and utilize...
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Stem Cell Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine embryonic cell research and the controversy that surrounds it.  In this stem cell lesson students use a debate model and present and defend their positions. 
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Describing Another's Physical Features

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students practice describing someone using their physical characteristics and others try to select the person they are describing.
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Dia de Los Muertos

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students construct concept maps after reading an article. In this Dia de Los Muertos activity, students read about the celebration in Spanish and create concept maps explaining what they learned. Students share with their peers.
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Giving Things a Name

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students label images seen on an interactive website. In this early writing lesson, students do their best to write the name of the object seen on the screen.
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Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the unique parts of the body of skates and their egg cases.
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Teaching the Toki Kaku Dako

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students complete various readings and decorating, constructing, and flying a kite. They analyze how the parts of a system to together. Students comprehend the concept of area.
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Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates.
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LAND-GRANT COLLEGES

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners will explore the Morrill Acts and how the agricultural system is involved in education through the land-grant colleges.1. Have groups find the addresses of the land-grant universities in their assigned states and write a letter...
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HIV/AIDS Education

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students in an ESL class listen to a song about HIV/AIDs in English. During the song, they write down examples of situations in which a friends did something for them. They work with a partner to create a dialogue that someone can have...
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What is Hamlet Thinking?

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore Hamlet's character. In this Shakespeare lesson, students read the selected lines from Hamlet and write any unusual or difficult phrases. Students highlight the names of characters who speak the lines and underline words...
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Teach Engineering: How Tall Are We?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergartners measure each other's height using large building blocks, then visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure those students. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in age-appropriate bar...