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Polite Listeners and Traffic Rules
Students consider the necessity of rules. In this citizenship activity, students consider the reasons for rules and they complete traffic light activities.
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Favorite Foods
Students draw a picture. In this favorite foods lesson, students list the foods they like to eat and form each like into a complete sentence. Students cut the word in the sentences apart and then arrange them in the correct order with a...
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Student Exploration: H-R Diagram
In this space worksheet, students use an internet program to explore space and then answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 28 short answer questions.
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All About Graphs
Learners practice organizing data by creating graphs. In this statistics instructional activity, students survey the class about favorite colors and create a bar graph using the data. Learners complete a test based on pet and...
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March of the Dividing Ant
Learners inspect divisibility rules. In this divisibility rules lesson, students study the relationship between factorization and the divisibility rules for 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10. Learners read One Hundred Hungry Ants and A Remainder of...
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Favorite Days
Students collect and organize data about themselves. In this data analysis lesson, students discuss their favorite calendar dates and explore ways to display the data.
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Weather "Whys" Lesson 2 Seasons
Students explore seasons. In this cross curriculum weather and seasons lesson, students identify characteristics of the four seasons and sequence related pictures. Students listen to poems and stories about trees in different...
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The Solution to Pollution is Dilution
Students consider what happens to herbicides or insecticides that are used in agricultural practices, especially herbicides that are used to control noxious weeds. They become acquaint with a chemical assessment method known as...
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Genetics with a Smile
In this genetics learning exercise, students are given two coins that they mark with a "F" and a "M" to represent parents. They flip the coins to determine the genotype and phenotype of the offspring for twelve traits. They also use the...
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I. M. Pei and the Geometry of the NGA
Students compare design elements in neoclassical and modern architecture. They review knowledge of triangles and quadrilaterals and design a geometric pattern using Pei's polygons They create a city plan using a variety of lines and...
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M&M Math
Students use M&M candies to discover relationships among fractions, decimals, and percent.
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M & M Lab
Students investigate how selection occurs in a random population. The concept is that selection affects evolution.They demonstrate how selection occurs and will analyze shifts in the populations. They design their conclusions with M...
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Visual Arts- Planetary Travel Brochure
Learners research the planets and create a "travel brochure." In this space science instructional activity, students read the book Magic School Bus: Lost in Space and identify various properties of each planet. Learners create a brochure...
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Diversity Stereotyping
Students discuss the concept of stereotyping and using "diversity beans" process an activity that allows them to examine the negative aspects of strereotyping through candy.
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Role Models
Students consider what makes a role model. In this positive qualities lesson, students read and discuss several books that have characters describing themselves in a positive manner. Students illustrate a self portrait, remembering to...
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Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables
Students will discuss the benefits of eating healthy. In this healthy diet lesson, students will discuss the importance of eating fresh fruit and vegetables when pregnant or breastfeeding and how to identify healthy fruits and...
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Contributions
Second graders examine the contributions of the First Nations. In this contributions instructional activity, 2nd graders discover the origin of popcorn. Students read about popcorn and how popcorn can be used in many ways. Students write...
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Place Values and Patterns, What is the Value?
First graders discover the significance of a number's place value by interactively engaging patterns and two-digit place values. In this mathematics lesson, 1st graders complete a 10 by 10 grid to create a number puzzle.
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Genetics Basics
In this basics of genetics worksheet, students review the concepts of genetic inheritance by writing the alleles for genetic traits inherited in offspring. They identify dominant and recessive traits given allele pairs, answer five...
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The Noble Gases
Students identify the different elements that belong to the Noble Gas family. For this chemistry lesson, students design a neon sign. They research how they are made and share their work with the class.
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Inventing Insects
Students explore the world of insects and discover what it might be like to live like one. They create an insect with physical characteristics and demonstrate how it moves. Students also compare and contrast insects to spiders and how...
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Alcohol and Marijuana "Gateway Drugs"
Ninth graders use the internet to research the effects of alcohol and marijuana. They present strategies for resisting peer pressure.
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Taster or Non-Taster?
Learners conduct a simple experiment to determine if a trait has been passed from a family member to them.
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Storytellers: Pearl Jam, Lesson 1
Young scholars examine the meaning of genre, and specifically investigate the musical genre of grunge. They view and discuss photos, watch the video, "VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam," answer discussion questions, and paraphrase the lyrics...