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Movie Music

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover film making by participating in a music performance.  In this performance arts lesson, students perform music and physical acting to convey an already written script for their peers.  Students collaborate with...
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Cutting Expenses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore budgeting. In this finance and math lesson, students brainstorm ways in which households could save money. Young scholars view websites that give cost reducing ideas. Students complete an expense comparison chart...
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It Just Keeps Going and Going...

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore patterns, identify patterns, and complete a variety of patterns. They view and discuss an online video and identify the different patterns from the film, then using a hundreds grid create an original pattern using their...
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Aboriginal Statistics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze statistics of Native Americans by creating graphs.  In this data analysis lesson, 4th graders define different statistical terms and practice finding those statistics from groups of numerical information about...
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Crossroads Blues

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
The crossroads, and the decisions made and entities met there, are a common theme in literature, pushing readers to examine the choices and encounters that shape life experience. The theme has also been explored in blues music, most...
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Shadow Ball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners view a film about baseball and calculate the time required for a variety of operations that take place in baseball. They use the calculations to stage a credible game of Shadow Ball and reflect on the challenges for arranging...
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The Proof Is in the Picture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers select a geometric figure and find an example of the figure in their surroundings. They photograph the figure and write a proof to accompany it. They match photos to proofs.