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It All Adds Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm reasons for politicians to expand recycling programs and find statistics to support recycling programs. They design posters, displaying a compelling statistic about recycling, to convince students at their school to...
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Brain Brands

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the advent of neuromarketing as a means to assess the effects of certain brands on the brain activity of prospective buyers. They design their own experiments that test the power of certain brands on a sample population.
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How Does Sound Travel As Waves?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in a number of activities designed to increase their understanding of how sound is generated and how it travels.
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Haring All Over

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students view a web site showing various artworks by Keith Haring. They discuss pattern and design through line and color. Then they create an original artwork using color, shape, line, and pattern.
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Great Questions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research and create questions about a famous person. They create questions in a game format, create a computer generated brochure, and develop rubrics for their finished projects.
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Student Created Murals

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students, over the course of an acedemic quarter, paint a mural on a wall in their school. They decide on a theme, measure wall space, design images, decide on the amount of paint they need, designate teams, schedules, etc.
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Estuaries, Estuarine Habitats, and Adaptations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct research on estuaries. They design and construct an estuary, describe the physical characteristics of an estuary, and create a diagram illustrating an estuarine food web.
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House Floor Plans

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the mathematical concept of area. They are given a certain square footage and asked to draw the initial floorplan for a house. Students use computers to create the plan. To finish the drawing it must include the...
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Learning about the World of Color, Object and Shape Patterns

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice identifying and creating patterns by using unifix cubes.  In this visual design lesson, 1st graders investigate reoccurring patterns using colors and shapes and extend what is being made with their unifix...
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Visual Literacy

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students focus on visual literacy in this lesson which can be incorporated to any previous lesson. Using images, they identify the visual elements and design in them and examining the various patterns present. In groups, they discover...
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Balloon Ball Bounce

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the rebound of balls. In this energy conversion lesson, students explore the physics behind the rebound of various types of sports balls. Through the experimental design process using balloons, students investigate and...
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Engaging English: Create Alliteration Wall-Hangings to Excite Young Learners

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the concept of alliteration. In this sound devices lesson, students use educational software to create alliterative phrases that are accompanied by appropriate clip art, design tools, and graphics.
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Heirlooms

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students design a quilt square to reflect their special memory. In this family heirlooms lesson, students read The Patchwork Quilt and discuss the importance of family involvement in creating a family heirloom. Students write and publish...
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Pattern Value Portraits with Light

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use the elements of art and principles of design to explore value. In this color value lesson, students use the portrait of a a face to help them understand color value, tints, shades and tones.
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The Robot Explorer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design a robotic vehicle to explore underwater caves. In this robot technology lesson, students brainstorm, research, and report about a robotic vehicle design capable of sensing objects and taking appropriate actions to avoid...
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Consistent Circles

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners create a design of a circle. In this geometry lesson plan, students identify the measure of the diameter and radius of a circle. They graph and analyze their collected data and write equations based on direct variation.
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Moment of Inertia Contest

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students design a wheel that can go down the ramp with the smallest moment of inertia. In this technology lesson, students construct their model using a computer program. They calculate the moment of inertia of their finished product.
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Exploring the Beach

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the beach. In this marine habitat lesson, students inspect sand grains, design beach profiles, classify marine life, and examine natural beach habitats. Students use spreadsheets to record data from their activities at a...
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Gold Mine

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate gold. In this gold panning lesson, students demonstrate the process of mining through an experiment using two boxes of sand. Students design a safe way to mine gold.
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Applying for a Job

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars apply for a job and create a resume. In this applying for a job lesson, students write a resume for themselves.  Resume is designed for real world application.
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Adjective Word Art

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars describe fathers using Word Art. In this adjectives lesson, students discuss the attributes of their fathers and then design adjective collages that feature the adjectives that describe good fathers.
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Electric Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore energy by completing an electricity worksheet. In this conductors instructional activity, students define the energy related vocabulary terms circuit, electronics, conductor and semi-conductor before examining computer...
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Probability: Playing With Fire

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars problem solve to find the probability of each tree in a small forest to catch fire. In this probability lesson plan, students use the computer to complete this application.
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Let's Go Consumer Shopping

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders rotate through various centers designed to practice consumer math skills. They complete a task card at stations simulating consumer transactions that would take place at toy store, grocery store, restaurant or school store.

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