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Science: Exploration Tubs

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop skills of scientific inquiry. They determine which objects float and which sink.
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Generating and Recording Data

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate their ability to collect, organize, and display data. They examine everyday objects that can be turned into a function machine for the lesson. They use colored fish to help them organize their data.
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M&M's Game

For Teachers K
Students connect a number to an appropriate quantity of M&M candies. They identify and use whole numbers.
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Revolutionary Women Portraits: Finding and Viewing New Perspectives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and analyze portraits of Revolutionary-era women. Creating a concept web, they record the actions by women during the war to be made into a chart and timeline. They discuss the cultural and social expectations of women...
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Show and Teach

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write "how to" sequences for tasks so that another person can follow the sequence to perform the action. They write a "show and teach" once a month for evaluation.
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Art: Mirror Of History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students show through art how major human events have changed American Culture. Students write in a journal to keep track of studying that is done during the unit. They also create an oral report.
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Coming to America

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students read one book together about the immigrant experience. Teacher asks students to identify some of the themes around immigration contained in the book (example: prejudice).
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Understanding Self and Others

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners investigate other people's perceptions and interpretations of the world. They write a letter, taking into account another's historical point of view. The students also compare and contrast differing points of view through...
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Are You Being Poisoned by Your Dishes?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore lead poisoning and how it relates to ceramic dishes. They perform an experiment to discover if any of your ceramic ware is leaching lead which might cause lead poisoning.
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Lead Poisoning and Ceramic Dishes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the amount of lead in ceramic plates through an experiment. Students determine if everyday dishware is leaching lead into food. They chart their results and discuss how much lead in ceramic dishware may cause lead...
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Your Participation as a Citizen

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners investigate their right to participate in the governing process of our nation. They look ast the different ways they are able to participate. They define citizenship, and decipher between whether or not citizens should...
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Mitosis

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders describe the stages of mitosis. In this biology lesson, 7th graders explain the importance of cell division. They complete an activity packet at the end of the lesson.
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Multiple Intelligences and Holistic Models

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify different genres of literature and the characteristics which identify each genre. They identify which genres best suit their interests, read a novel and perform a skit from the novel or present original artwork...
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York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Cognitive Maps in Rats and Men

For Students 9th - 10th
A Classic Psychological work by Edward Tolman from 1948. His experiments with rats led to discussion of cognitive maps in man.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in Integrated Class

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Photovoice is a technique that has participants take photos in response to a prompt, reflect on the meaning behind three of their photos, and share the photos to find common themes. It is an ideal strategy for all forms of classrooms,...
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California State University

California State University: Fear and Anxiety

For Students 9th - 10th
This California State University student research paper looks into the reasons that we feel fear and anxiety in our lives. It tackles the biological reasons and different psychological theories.
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Donald Clark

Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article--in text and charts--explains the three learning domains devised by Benjamin Bloom.