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Alex: The Skeletal System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson is designed to teach children about the skeletal system. Children will learn about the different bones that make up the body and be able to identify those bones. Students will have the opportunity to navigate the Internet to...
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Alex: Let's Write a Cinquain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson plan, third grade students will navigate the Internet to learn about cinquains. They will use their new knowledge to create their own cinquains while learning important word processing skills.
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Alex: A Penguin Tale or Tail?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This interdisciplinary approach to science, language arts and technology will guide students into a study of real information about penguins and their habitat. They will learn to identify homophones and share what they learn using...
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Alex: Using an Almanac

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will work in groups to learn appropriate uses of an almanac and how to find information in it efficiently and effectively. Each group will be responsible for explaining the steps taken to complete the task. This lesson is best...
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Alex: My Book of Seasons

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this technology based instructional activity, students produce a book of the four seasons that relates to their everyday life. They learn many facts about seasons by navigating the Internet.
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Alex: Where Am I?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson teaches one of the geography themes called location. Students will learn about absolute location and relative location as they search the globe. This lesson plan is made possible through the ALEX and the U.S. National Park...
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Alex: Comparative Economic Systems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work in cooperative learning groups to examine the similarities and differences in capitalism, socialism, and communism. They will do research to meet specific requirements of elements that must be included in a...
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Alex: Synonym/antonym Bingo

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students will learn to identify synonyms and antonyms by playing a bingo game.
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Alex: How Do Citizens Make Government Work?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This five-session unit will provide hands-on opportunities for learners to explore local, state and national governments. In the process, students will use technology and print media to learn about the leaders of each level of government...
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Alex: Celebrating the Chinese New Year

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this lesson, students will learn about the Chinese New Year celebration, including customs, symbols and their meanings, and roles of adults and children. Following the lesson, students will compare the celebrations in United...
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Alex: Freezing Things: States of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The class will go back over the Power Point presentation on chemical and physical properties. The teacher will then conduct numerous liquid nitrogen demos. This lesson is used early in the Chemistry course. The students love it. This...
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Alex: Just Breezy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, middle schoolers will learn about sea breezes and land breezes. They will complete demonstrations and work in groups as they investigate how air is affected by the surfaces below it. This lesson plan was created as a...
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Alex: P Hun With Acids and Bases!!! (A P H Lesson)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, the students will learn the characteristics of acids and bases including the associated pH values. The students will conduct a hands-on activity that shows color indicators for different pH values. This lesson plan...
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Alex: Showing the Difference Between Erosion and Weathering

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In the lesson, the young scholars will be learning about weathering and erosion. They will see examples of weathering and erosion and the difference between the two. They will be performing experiments that show weathering and erosion....
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Alex: Word Families: Ig and Ip

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This technology-based lesson will help students develop their phonemic awareness by teaching students to hear the sounds in the -ig and -ip word families. It also leads students to apply what they have learned.
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Alex: Research Project: American Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help students of all backgrounds learn to work together in groups to complete a research paper assignment. This is a collaborative based lesson plan that challenges students to work together to complete the...
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Alex: Interactive Reading Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students are motivated to read and learn how to discuss literature by discussing books they are reading via e-mail.
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Alex: Hop on Pop and Non Standard Measurement

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson is a hands-on, cross-curricular lesson for exploring non-standard measurement. It utilizes children's literature, manipulatives, opportunities for writing, and small group collaborative learning. Students will meaningfully...
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Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this introductory instructional activity to money management for teens, students will use everyday math skills to comparison shop a variety of products. Students will learn several ways to save money, including using store discounts,...
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Alex: Wax Crayon Mosaics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Through this lesson plan, students will learn how to use crayons to make three-dimensional mosaic designs.
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Alex: "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will have the opportunity to learn names of many parts of the human body and how they help the body function healthy. Students will put a skeleton together to create a full human body.This lesson plan was created as a result of...
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Alex: My Very Own Puppy!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The students will participate in a read-a-loud with the teacher by reading the book "Biscuit." The students will learn about taking care of a puppy. Students will also create text to self comparisons by using sentence starters to...
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Alex: Peeking at Pumpkins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
As part of a unit about pumpkins, students will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin. Student understanding will be aided by the use of the flannel board, individual booklets, and Kid Pix software.
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Alex: Clifford's Class Trip by Norman Bridwell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
During this instructional activity learners learn new vocabulary words through an enjoyable children's book. Students use knowledge of the new words to create a slideshow and original story.