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A Village of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal

For Teachers K - 12th
Examine the process of making Indian patua-style narrative scrolls. Look closely at the images in the scrolls and have your young artists create an original patua painting. Using ink and watercolors, the class can illustrate their...
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Effects of the Sun on Our Planet (Grades 9-12)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Earth's magnetosphere and observe the effects of the sun's energy on it. They discover the difference between true north and magnetic north. They also explore how solar cells convert solar energy to electricity.
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Spreading the Word

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the use of propaganda in the war against terrorism, focusing specifically on the attacks in Afghanistan, exploring the distinction between ideas spread to benefit a cause and those spread to damage an opposing cause.
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The Order of Things on a Coordinate Grid

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are able to identify ordered pairs on coordinate plane, and graph points on a coordinate plane. They are able to write an ordered pair for each of the points on a graph, and create a design or picture using ordered pairs.
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Getting the Message Across

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover the emergence of e-mail as a popular communication tool and explore its impact on society. They consider the advantages and disadvantages of different types of communication tools in various creative contexts.
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Hearing The Warning Bells

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Explore hearing loss and ways in which technology can help the hearing impaired by experiencing a simulation of hearing impairment and by researching in order to present related topics. Learners will also investigate and evaluate dangers...
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Digesting the News

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the editorial concepts, site designs and business models of online news digests. They propose detailed plans for Web sites that demonstrate their own areas of expertise.
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Storming the Web

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the importance of weather prediction and the Internet's role in changing the way weather is reported. By participating in an Internet scavenger hunt, students appreciate the role weather prediction through the Internet...
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More Power to You

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and develop a documentary that explores multiple energy sources and draws conclusions about their uses.
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Finding Political Answers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the 2006 midterm elections. They read an article about exit polls. They create a scavenger hunt using articles of the New York Times. They write a paper about the importance of midterm elections.
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Digestible Computers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the pros and cons of 'embedded computing' in the field of medicine. They invent and describe a computer that would be embedded in an individual to improve their education or school and write essays critiquing their...
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Create a Greener Place- Adventures in Podcasting

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a podcast. In this environment lesson, students learn what a podcast is and why it is used. Students make a podcast about making the world a greener place.
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Ultra-simple Electric Generator

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students read this article to discover the secret to making a generator. They understand that there has been lots of projects for making a simple electric motor, but not for a generator.
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Vital Signs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the nursing profession! Written for a career exploration unit, this lesson plan gives participants a chance to observe and learn about the skills that a nurse would need. They measure vital signs with appropriate medical...
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Electromagnetic Wave Spectrum

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine electromagnetic wave spectrum. In this science activity, 5th graders discuss the aspects of the electromagnetic wave spectrum and complete a worksheet identifying the parts of the spectrum.
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The Roaring Twenties

For Teachers 8th - 11th
For this Roaring Twenties Era worksheet, students review a chapter as they identify 5 vocabulary terms or individuals quotes, eliminate 4 false statements, and identify 2 themes from the era of great change in the United States.
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Coup-Operation in Pakistan

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, using a New York Times Article as a springboard for discussion, investigate the 1999 military coup in Pakistan. They generate further questions and research their answers.
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Putting on a Show

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students list and research "cutting edge" technology, then develop a Consumer Electronics Trade Show by designing posters, and developing speeches to promote products.
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Decades of Drama

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils explore, examine and study August Wilson's 10-play series where each play focuses on a particular decade. They discuss each play in depth and then speculate on the possible plots for an eleventh play set in the 21st century.
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Block the Shock Jock or Not?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine their own experiences with racist and sexist speech by deciding whether or not they agree or disagree with statements related to this subject. They explore the limits of public speech by reading about the controversy...
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Word Picture - Communicating Visually

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how words and visual images are used to influence people. They choose a word to illustrate using both lettering and visual images. They present their work and it is critiqued by a peer review.
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Code Breaking

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore symbolism and examine various types of codes, including those used in the Civil War, which use/d mathematical symbols and language. They create and break various codes.
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Materials and Process: Plastics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the development of plastics in the twentieth century. In this plastics lesson plan, students complete image based discussion activities for the pictures and methods of polymers. Students create an object timeline...
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Microwave Cooking

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn the basic principles of microwave cooking and prepare a dessert in the microwave using correct procedures.