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Cranes, Crosswalks, and Big Gulps

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students watch a video and answer questions based on wildlife jobs. In this wildlife lesson plan, students learn that biologists don't just play with animals but that there is a lot of study involved.
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Tuesday Tours: Communication

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore communication skills. In this career traits instructional activity, students are introduced to Eric Berne's Transactional Analysis Model of Communication. Students discuss the impact of verbal and nonverbal communication...
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Gandhi's Autobiography and the Study of Memoir

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the life of Gandhi using his autobiography and memoir. In this Gandhi exploration instructional activity, 7th graders analyze Gandhi's literary voice by reading his autobiography. Students identify literary...
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Ancient Greece Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore ancient Greece. In this ancient civilizations activity, students use their Big 6 research skills to complete a Web-Quest about famous people of ancient Greece. Students use their findings to create PowerPoint...
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Who Eats Whom in the Open Ocean?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners examine how organisms interact with one another in the ocean. In this science activity, students discuss predators and prey in the ocean. Learners discuss food webs and how organisms interact with each other.
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Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the components of a balanced diet and practice making healthy diet choices. They discuss health-enhancing choices. Students investigate the food pyramid and how to use it to make educated menu decisions. They...
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The 3 Bees

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars review what the three bees are: respect, responsibility and safety. Individually, they use the internet to complete a webquest to examine how to be respectful to others and be responsible for their actions. To end the...
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Birds of Wisconsin

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the job done by ornithologists. They role play identifying the characteristics that make a bird a bird. They discuss what makes each bird species unique. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's most common and rare...
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Saturday Fun Machine

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine and discuss what they like to do in their leisure time. They identify various activities, compare them to other students' activities, and draw a picture of their favorite things to do on a Saturday.
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More About Me

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore what they like to do, their interests, and their aptitudes.
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We're All O.K.

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze how people are different.
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Pledge of Excellence

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss their prior knowledge of The Golden Rule and compare it to their school's Pledge of Excellence. They discuss the five parts to the pledge and discuss how to be a caring friend, how to do their personal best, how to...
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Autobiography: Storytelling

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate using computers to write an autobiography over an extended period of time. They use the Kidpix computer software to practice the writing process. As an extension to the instructional activity students can take...
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Take Five

For Teachers K - 5th
Students transition from one activity to the other in a quiet and sequential manner. students should have a clear understanding of what the freeze/stop/halt signal means.
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Dolphin Brains

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students listen to an interview with Lori Marino regarding the development of dolphin brains and read a summarizing text. They conduct further research and participate in class discussion.
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Whodunit?

For Teachers 1st
First graders choose a community member, show how to resolve a conflict, and trade writing with a classmate. They match symbols that might represent the community members they have chosen.
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Who's Listening?

For Teachers K
Students identify nonverbal signs of attention, and demonstrate skills for interacting with others.
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Helping Occupations

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss careers that help students and write these in their handout.
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I Need Money...I Need a Job

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discover how to use a phone book and the want ads to find a job, how to fill out a job application, and how to write/type a resume. They participate in a mock job interview.
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Estuarine Habitats

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the important habitats, flora, fauna, and physical factors of coastal habitats. They compare the aquatic habitats to terrestrial habitats by researching and completing tables with the information.
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Sodium Bentonite Swelling Index

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the effects of sodium bentonite being combined with water. They discuss the reasons why this chemical is used in landfills. They measure the swelling index of sodium bentonite clay.
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Team Players

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine a school to career website. They collect and collate data about careers from their own data collection. They determine which skills and abilities ensure successful teamwork. They research two careers that they come...
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A My Name Is Alice

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders brainstorm and research to find information that fits with their assigned letter. They decide with their group which items to be used in their book page. Students participate in the illustration of the group page.
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Health and Home Economics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders conduct research on a topic of choice. They discuss the topics of copyrighting, plagiarism, and biblipgraphic format issues, conduct research using a variety of materials and resources, and create a poster, travel...

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