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Technical Writing
High schoolers discuss technical writing and its importance in the work place and review the definition of technical writing They evaluate technical writing examples and look for characteristics of effective technical writing. They...
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Exploring the Variety of World Markets
Learners examine the various types of world markets and analyze the differences between developed and developing countries. They watch a PowerPoint presentation and take notes, participate in a role-play that demonstrates supply and...
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Economics
High schoolers review economic trends from the past 30 years. They compare and contrast GDP and GNP. They identify other social indicators of economic progress as well.
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Eating a Low-fat Nutritious Lunch
Students describe healthy and delicious lunch foods to replace junk foods. They make and eat lunch foods.
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Eating a Nutritious Lunch
High schoolers identify the types of foods and snacks they eat for their lunch. In groups, they identify healthy foods along with unhealthy foods. They design a new lunch menu using only healthy food and identifying which food group they...
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Mars Fraction Hunt
Students gain practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions, and paying attention to detail. They divide a word into appropriate fractional parts and use equivalent fractions to correctly divide words.
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All in Heaven
Students determines that God calls all of us to be saints. They assess that though God wants us all in heaven, He has a unique "map" for each of us. They observe that saints were normal people just like us. They choose to follow God's...
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Spreadsheet Graphs
Students create graphs using information from spreadsheets. They select a topic from the following choices: website use, digital cameras, spreadsheets, calculators or educational software. They tally the class results and create an...
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Using My Money Wisely
Students discuss the costs and benefits of spending and saving their money. They identify a decision-making process to money decisions. They also examine their opportunity costs.
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Food For Heart Challenge
Students use a variety of locomotor motions to obtain different pictures of foods for thieir teams. They must decide if the food is always healthy.
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Computer Terminology
Middle schoolers review the history of computer technology and how much it has changed over time. In groups, they examine the different looks of technology from the past to today and are introduced to computer terminology. ...
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Halloween Carnival
Students, in order to participate in the carnival, dress out and participate in a Fitness Activity for the day, e.g., 2 minute jog, warm-up by stretching, etc.
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Plotting Amish Farmland
Second graders listen to the book, Down Buttermilk Lane by Barbara Mitchell. They discover how to read a grid and then together as a class, plot 2 squares, one yellow and one green. Then they plot the remaining squares independently and...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Lesson Plan Non Standard Measuring
This is a short, fun lesson plan with a literature connection, "Miss Nelson is Missing". It uses candy bars as non-standard units for measuring objects in the classroom.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Lesson Plan Non Standard Measuring
This is a short, fun lesson plan with a literature connection, "Miss Nelson is Missing". It uses candy bars as non-standard units for measuring objects in the classroom.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: A Simple Chocolate Bar
This site is provided for by the American Forum for Global Education. Using a candy bar as a theme, students will explore their common link to other "systems on a global scale." Mutual dependence is a key concept taught in this lesson....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Understanding Fractions
In this lesson the children will demonstrate parts of a whole using a candy bar (or fruit), and piece of paper. The activities are used as instructional plans to help students better understand shapes and parts of a shape up to a whole....