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Real Estate Project
Students develop their dream house complete with a real estate ad. They examine actual real estate ads on the internet to compare their house.
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Chart Trivia
Learners practice addition and subtraction problems and answer questions using greater than and less than. They chart information to create a graph on the computer.
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What's Up with Waste?
Fifth graders design a brochure that identifies types of solid waste that are often improperly disposed, explains the effects of this disposal and proposes a solution to the problem. The read humorous books, define vocabulary words and...
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Measurement Web
Student discuss their prior knowledge of the concept of measurement with class. Then, making a graphic organizer students use educational software to create a web which is then printed off for each student.
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Good or Bad Fire?
Students discover that fire is useful but it can be also dangerous. They observe a good and bad picture to which they determine if it's an example of a good or bad fire; giving reasons for their answers and recording their comments...
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Counting Book
Students brainstorm theme for counting book, work in pairs to create book using Kid Pix that shows numbers one through ten, make correct number of pictures or stamps to correspond to numerals on pages, and print out pages to be bound...
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Human Rights
Students explore the importance of laws and the need to speak up against wrong doing and how to bring change in society and in the law. They discuss the needs and concerns of others. Students explore the concept of bias and prejudice....
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Deterction and Escape Board Game
Second graders develop a fire safety plan using a board game. Using a set of consequence cards, 2nd graders discuss the importance of staying away from fire. They use their experience with the board game to develop a fire safety escape...
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John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Rhythm and Art
This curriculum unit from the Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge program presents an introduction to the concept of visual rhythm and explores the intersection of visual and auditory rhythm. The unit is divided into six lessons focusing on...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 6: If Stones Could Speak
Sixth graders will explore history and will learn that archaeologists, like detectives, work to piece together the past through investigation. Archaeological research provides us with stories of human history that help us understand the...
Code.org
Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: Creating Art With Code
Solidify students' knowledge on sequencing by introducing new blocks and goals. In this case, students learn more about pixels and angles using the new blocks, while still practicing their sequencing skills. Also, students will be able...
Smithsonian Institution
Freer | Sackler Galleries: Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion
The Smithsonian offers an expansion on an exhibition on the Hindu act of Puja. The accompanying teachers' guide allows educators to expand on Hindu art and draw it into their curriculum.
Yale University
Yale: The Illusion of the Renaissance
A curriculum unit on perspective, detailing the differences between medieval and Renaissance art. This is designed as a studio art course for 8th grade through high school, and contains some good information and activities. Illustrations...
The National Gallery (UK)
National Gallery, London: Ite: 'The Origin of the Milky Way'
See an example of how one teacher used this painting by Tintoretto to inspire her students to write and draw.