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Give Me a Tall Ship

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders develop an understanding of floating, sinking, density, and buoyancy and apply it to the design of testing of ships.
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Indians of the Pacific Northwest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students organize acquired information and make inferences as to the kind of habitat and its probable location. They identify and replicate art forms characteristic of the Pacific Northwest coast involving the use of ovoids and "u forms".
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Comparing Physical Activity Choices

For Teachers 4th - 7th
A physical activity log will help your elementary students keep track of their activities. Your class will calculate the average number of physicaly active minutes per day. They compare with other students and then estimate the relative...
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Plot the Oysters' Peril!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Use comic strips to teach sequencing in narrative poetry. As homework, each class member selects a comic strip with 4-8 frames, cuts the frames apart, places the pieces in an envelope, and brings the envelope to class. Class members swap...
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Investing for the Future

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders perform basic calculations for saving and investment strategies. they simulate the investment of $1,000 in the stock market and savings account. they determine which pays the greater dividend.
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Reading Primary Source Documents: Comparing Sources

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students analyze and compare various primary source documents. They formulate historical questions based on the documents.
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Horatio's Ratios

For Teachers 6th - 8th
View a PBS video entitled Horatio's Drive and explore Horatio's Ratios. Collaborative learners form groups to use Mapquest to determine distances covered. They generate the mathematical averages, ratios, and rates in order to calculate...
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Japan

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the similarities and differences between Japan and the United States. They develop a KWL chart, locate Japan and the U.S. on a globe, conduct Internet research on life in Japan, conduct an interview, and create...
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Fresh Water and land of Kiribati and Hawaii (Molokai)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the islands of Hawaii. Using this information, they organize it and create a map or graph that represents the data. As a class, they discuss how the watersheds on the islands are different and how people react to...
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Theobroma - Food of the Gods

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students discuss the history of cacao and its use in the production of chocolate. They analyze actual cacao pods and record their observations. Finally they create a five minute contour drawing of the cacao pod and seeds.
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The Scientific Method

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the steps involved in the scientific method. They apply the scientific method to their science fair projects.
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Migration Waves

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine how migration waves impacted Native American history. They listen to a lecture and take notes, read and discuss handouts in small groups, and create a group table that illustrates the differences and similarities between...
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Searching for Meanings Beneath the Surface of the Poem

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze poetry. In this cultural perspectives lesson plan, students read the poem "Soccer Until Dusk" by Mark Brazaitis. Students analyze the poem and consider the cultural perspective it reveals.
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What is Good Use of Time?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars analyze the best uses of time in other cultures. In this time use lesson plan, students read the poem 'Soccer Into Dusk' and 'The Meaning of Time' as analysis of time usage in other culttures. Young scholars complete a...
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Don Quixote

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The ideas present for analyzing Don Q are tried and true, and the beginner to the novel will find the information helpful. The most productive activity on this resource would be the mind map (link available) that gives readers and...
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Fairy Tales

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Class groups examine fairy tales from a feminist and a Marxist perspective, identifying how these tales present gender roles and class/power systems. The groups then script and perform their own tale that uses one of these lenses.
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.9

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
With a nice description of what the standard means, an idea for a class activity, and a quiz with answers, this resource should deepen your (and your pupils') understanding of the targeted Common Core standard. The provided activity is...
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Comparing Sea Horses and Knights

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners investigate sea horses and knights. In this marine biology instructional activity, students read the book How to Hide an Octopus and discuss the purpose of camoflage. Learners research knights and sea horses and record...
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Wales: An Interdisciplinary Unit

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice basic map and geographic skills as they compare Oregon to Wales. Students color map of Wales and Oregon using color codes to distinguish between land, water, and bordering nations or states, listen to stories and...
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"What is an American?"

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders ponder about what it means to be an "American." They discuss the impact of an author's word choice and sentence structure on text. They identify some major themes and development of the Letters... Compose paragraphs and...
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Asexual versus Sexual Reproduction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore reproduction. They research organisms and groups of organisms to determine whether they reproduce sexually or asexually. In addition, they determine the organism's habitat.
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Insect Models

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners construct an insect model. In this "insects" science and art lesson, students complete a KWL chart about 'insects," then view several interactive websites to become familiar with insect traits. Learners construct an insect model...
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The Republic; Roman History, Democracy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the ways in which current American system of government both resembles and differs from the system of government in Rome form about 510 to 264 B.C.
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Wetland/Estuary Structure and Functions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students plant wetland plants in aquatic soil and regular soil. They test the effect fertilizers have on each and record the chemicals found in run-off water collected from each soil sample.

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