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Preserving the Harvest: Dry it Out!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars explore how people preserved their food in the past. In food preservation lesson, students create different models that enable someone to dry out food, such as a food dehydrator. Young scholars also...
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What's the Earth Worth?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are able to identify natural resources from a shared reading by highlighting, scoring at least a 3 on a 4 point rubic. They describe in journal entries, after reading the book Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping or Curious Geogre Goes...
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World Consumer Rights Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Consumer Rights Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the...
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Social Studies: Global Women and Poverty

For Teachers All
Students conduct research and make comparisons about various global economies. Create graphic organizers to present their research findings and illustrate solutions to problems. Students discuss and debate issues based on what they have...
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Married Math

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a two-week real-life math unit. In pairs, they calculate salaries, taxes, and a budget, plan a vacation, buy insurance, make a will, and design a room. They conduct Internet research to plan the vacation, and...
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Money Smart Choices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make choices regarding money management. In this personal finance lesson plan, students explore budgets, incomes, and expenses as they learn vocabulary regarding personal finance and consider how to create personal...
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Understanding Communism Past and Present

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students can learn about communism by exploring the countries where this political system was established.
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Geography Awareness Week: Practice Mapping Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
You won't get lost, after learning map skills during Geography Awareness Week.
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Rainforest

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine how important the rainforest and its resources are for our everyday survival in the future.
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Skateboards

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine two plants that make skateboards. They practice converting fractions to percents in real life applications.
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How To KidPix II

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice using KidPix to create illustrations. In this visual arts lesson, students define key vocabulary words, such as "palette" and "toolbar" to familiarize themselves with the KidPix program. Students create...
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Budgeting Your Financial Resources (The Mint)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars plan and maintain balanced budgets.
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What is Entrepreneurship?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders describe the entrepreneurial process and how it relates to the economy. They work together in small groups to answer questions and participate in small business groups. They use the internet to gather information as well.
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Stadium Consultants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct research to determine the operating costs and considerations for a Major League Baseball stadium. They act as consultants and formulate recommendations for ticket prices, player salaries, rainy day play and stadium...
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World Habitat Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Habitat Day lesson plan, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...
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Before Brother Fought Brother: People and Places in the North and South

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use census records to research and compare the population and economies in two counties within the same valley (Franklin Country Pennsylvania (North) and Augusta County, Virginia (South) in the pre Civil War era.
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Flambe Elements

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss atoms and electrons as well as atoic structure. They view atomic structure via the computer. Students watch a demonstration in which the teacher demonstrates glass tubing turning yellow in a Bunsen Burner flame....
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Traveling the Silk Road: A Multimedia Approach

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students transfer what they have learned about China into an electronic project. In this collaborative project, students take what they have learned from their textbooks and synthesize the information in order to create an electronic...
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Arsenic Globally

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars, using directed questions, identify five internet resources. They use these resources to identify relevant information by highlighting those sections that address the provided questions. Students present the answers to...
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George Washington & the Classics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers will compare and contrast famous philosophers with George Washington.  For this history lesson, students work in small groups to define Classicism, Legalism, Democracy, Republic and Civility, then read some short...
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Where Did That Come From?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a scavenger hunt. They locate specified items, finding the country origin. Students collect and organize the data, marking each country on a map. After researching the results, 4th graders write an analysis...
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Community Quilt

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use prior knowledge about the community to create a quilt. They use complete sentences to explain their block and also use oral language skills to tell about their caption for their quilt piece.
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Sciences Working Together

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research articles about science technology and society. For this science and technology lesson, students answer questions about an article they chose. They share what they learned with their peers.
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Farms and Food

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover how farmers utilize the land to grow crops and raise animals and read literature to help in the discussion.