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Happy Faces

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students demonstrate empathy. In this character education lesson, students read the book Alexander and the Horrible No Good Very Bad Day and discuss examples of bad days they have experienced. Students are given happy face cut-outs to...
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Chain Letters and Pyramid Schemes

For Students 9th - 12th
For this statistics lesson, high schoolers analyze chain letters and draw conclusions of the outrageous amount of letters that would be mailed out if people really followed through. This is more of a thought provoking worksheet than...
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Technology at Work 2

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discover the positive and negative effects of technology. In this technology lesson, students give examples of technology advances from the past few years. Students get into groups and debate whether a particular item has hurt...
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First Day in Grapes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read about a boy's first day in a new school. In this self-esteem lesson, students discuss the problems Chico has in his new school and how he faces them with courage and bravery. Students discuss people who migrate from other...
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Wampum

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore different ways of trading to get what they want. In this algebra lesson, students explore goods, money, services and exchange. They compare the use of money to the use of potlach.
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Words That Mean the Same

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this language arts worksheet, students read ten sentences with a word in bold highlight. Using the provided word bank, students replace the bold word with a synonym. Spellings are standard for the UK.
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Hector's World

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover how they can protect a computer from a virus. For this computer awareness lesson, students discover that strong passwords can protect computer files. Students  watch a video regarding technology in their world...
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Halves, Thirds, and Quarters - Exploring Fractions

For Students Pre-K - 4th Standards
Fractions can be difficult to understand. In this introduction to fractions worksheet, students determine meaning, identify terms, and problem solve fractions. Fraction fiends solve eight problems. An excellent resource!
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Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry. New York: Dell 1990

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners recognize courage and heroism of Danish and Swedish people and all others who resisted the Nazis, realize that everyone has the capacity to do good as well as evil, and analyze reasons and motivations that caused certain people...
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Quality of life for kids

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the meaning of quality of life. Also, the need to prioritize means that government spending decisions are political, with winners and losers. Discussion platforms are on the six dimensions to a child's well-being:...
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How Long Until Dirt

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the difference between composting and wasting food. They problem-solve what to do about leftovers after lunches so good food doesn't go to waste.They study food storage techniques that are environmentally friendly...
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Growing With Others, Kids on the Grow!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in an after school program that promotes accepting differences, self-motivation, teamwork, leadership roles, personal safety and self-responsibility, family unity and recognizing the characteristics of good...
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Islam - Ramadan, What is Ramadan?

For Students 7th - 9th
In this Ramadan worksheet, learners fill in the blank of a four paragraph text that illustrates their knowledge on the holy month. There is a word bank provided.
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Decisions, Decisions

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students open their own financial management consulting firm, which offers a variety of financial advice. They prepare a financial plan for a simulated client.
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Pedestrian Safety for Students

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate pedestrian safety. In this pedestrian safety lesson, students take pictures of intersections and crossing sites. They access Internet sites and the teacher writes to experts to find out safety information. They spoke...
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Self-acceptance

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students assess the importance of acceptance of self and others via the development of self-worth and the looking for the good in others not the bad. They explore the task of looking at the world through the eyes of others. In addition,...
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Dunking Duckies - Endless Expansion And Contraction

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use inquiry to explore how their dunking duckie bobs up and down. In this states of matter lesson, the teacher guides the class towards discovering how the dunking duckies continue to bob up and down for days without being touched.
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Promoting Safe Driving/Choices on Prom Night

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore ways to promote safe driving on prom night. In this driver education lesson, students interview people about driving on prom night. Young scholars design a poster with their researched quotes and discuss the topic...
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Properties of the Ocean

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a problem-solving activity, that includes Internet research, about how energies such as currents, waves, tides, etc. affect the ocean.
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Respect, Cooperation

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the Rainbow Fish and sing the song We Are Crayons and list. In this respect and cooperation lesson, 1st graders answer questions about things that make them special. Students write something that makes them...
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Conscientious Catalyst

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars access prior knowledge to list careers working with the environment. In this environmental careers lesson, students create a want ad for environmental jobs. Young scholars complete job applications for specific...
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Building Sensitivity and Awareness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize the needs, disabilities and attitudes of seniors. In this sensitivity awareness lesson, students work with residents of a senior citizen residence and build a relationship with a senior. Students simulate the...
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Captain Lewis and his Medicine Bag

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore medical practices of the early 1800's that were used on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. For this lesson, learners compare and contrast medical practices, create a list of medical needs for a modern trip and analyze...
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Treatments for Characters' Problems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research treatments for problems associated with specific characters.  In this online research lesson plan, students use kid-friendly search engines to find information that will help a character from Charlie and the...