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Staying Safe on The Internet

For Students 3rd - 5th
Watson the Walrus takes scholars through an interactive workbook all about internet safety. Safety tips, a maze, crossword puzzle, quiz, and coloring page make up six pages that encourage smart choices while surfing the web. 
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Ozone Layer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a CNNfyi.com article in order to identify causes of ozone depletion. They compare and contrast the effects of chlorofluorocarbons and bromine on the ozone. They develop a plan to prevent future destruction of the ozone.
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Write Right!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
After watching part of a Club Write Kids video and discussing the editing process, each group of learners writes a letter to a favorite author. They ask for a copy of a page of manuscript that has gone through the editing process. Prior...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Build Your Own Robot Arm

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Engineers team up to design and construct an 18-inch-long robotic arm that can successfully pick up a paper cup. Each group is given the exact same set of materials, but it is up to them to decide what to use and how to use it. It is a...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

A Century of Plastics

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
After reading about polymer materials, engineer trainees examine how plastics have been integrated into everyday products. In groups, they compile a list of products made entirely without plastics and then, as a closing activity, try to...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Adaptive Device Design

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
After reading about how engineering has made adaptive devices possible for people with disabilities, pupils work in groups to discuss different devices to determine whether or not they are adaptive. They also disassemble a pair of...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Cracking the Code

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Some interesting reading on the history of barcodes opens this technology lesson plan. Readers find out how engineers contribute, and then they gather into groups to discuss possible improvements to our current UPC barcode system. Know...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Give Me a Brake

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Learners explore the concept of how brakes can stop or slow mechanical motion. They examine the operation of a bicycle brake and use low cost materials to devise a simple braking system. Finally, they work as a team to suggest...
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Ending the War, 1783

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate how successful they were in obtaining their goals in the Revolutionary War. The peace feelers of 1775 are examined and the reasons for the British rejection of them explored. the main provisions of the Treaty of...
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The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the working conditions during the Age of Industrialization. They research how workers reacted to the conditions and discuss the results of labor movement.
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How "Grand" and "Allied" Was the Grand Alliance?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learn more about the Grand Alliance with a scaffolded lesson plan that includes four activities. Class members use primary sources to complete a map exercise, understand the goals and objectives of each individual nation, and participate...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Ending the War, 1783

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The various peace proposals, made by both sides, to end the Revolutionary War come under scrutiny in this final lesson of a three-part series on the war. Class members read primary source documents and compare them with military...
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Proofreading: Lesson 4

For Teachers 8th
Examine the key strategies to proofreading a piece of writing for errors in sentence structure, usage, mechanics and spelling. Eighth graders practice putting into correct passage commonly confused words (too, two, to) when writing to a...
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The Argument

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
After brainstorming, middle schoolers write an expository essay for a writing project. They focus on supporting points, organization, and writing conventions to develop a well-integrated paper. In addition, they revise, proofread and...
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Personal Power Figures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create African Personal Power Figure boxes describing how they view themselves and discuss what personal traits are important to the preservation and improvement of a civilization.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Heart of the Matter

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Hands-on experience with valves and water flow supports young researchers' understanding of valve operation. Attached resources for learners are text-dense; I'd break up the text into smaller pieces for groups to read and present...
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Dos Caras

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Use Sabine R. Ulibarri's stories to conduct three different activities focused on learner interaction. In the first two, classmates will assume a character and conduct a role-play building conflict resolution skills. In the final...
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Building Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Whether working with pupils in their primary language or language learners, the exercises included in this resource will encourage your pupils to build more complex sentences. Using color-coded cards of nouns, adjectives, verbs, and...
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Functions - Intro and Inverses

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Define the terms domain, range, function, vertical limit test, and linear function notation with your class. They can then, graph several equations applying the vertical line test to determine which are and which are not functions, write...
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Social Studies: The Book of Exodus

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Intended for a Christian audience, bible study, or home-school setting, this lesson has learners analyzing the significance of the ten commandments in today's world. They consider the commandments themselves, discuss their historical and...
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What is Deforestation?

For Students 9th - 12th
An overview of deforestation is the focus of this resource, which present the reader with a list of facts. Ten comprehension questions follow; learners can write their answers on a separate piece of paper. Have your environmental...
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Fun Fonix: G Endings

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Write it. Read it. Find it. That's the name of the game here! Elementary learners trace basic words, say them aloud, and find the matching picture. All words on this worksheet end with the letter g. 
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Fun Fonix: sh

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Young learners will build confidence with this illustrated worksheet. For each question, they determine whether the word starts or ends with sh. An example given is the word fish. Does it begin or end with the sh sound? 
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Paired Conjunctions

For Students 5th - 6th
Learners identify parallel parts of sentences, meaning of sentences, and determine positive, negative, and choice conjunctions. Conjunction identification is the main focus of this language arts worksheet.

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