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CLIMATE AND WEATHER UNIT

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners locate on-line weather source, gathers and interprets weather data, work collaboratively on-line with other schools to collect weather data, and write about the cause of temperature inconsistencies in various locations.
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Writing and Editing a Research Report

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students research report on their severe weather pattern for presentation to the class.
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Introduction to Severe Weather Patterns

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners review basic weather concepts and terminology, and explore weather modeling tools.
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Internet Research

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students research and gather information on immigration, synthesizing the data they find.
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Class Vacation Book

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students, utilizing technology and its avenues, create, produce and publish a variety of works. They generate a bubble map to brainstorm words that describe a specific vacation spot as well as create a pattern book with graphics about...
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The Giving Tree

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this The Giving Tree worksheet, students read the story The Giving Tree and identify words with pictures, fill in missing words, write correct numbers, and answer short answer questions. Students complete 4 activities.
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Teaching Kids About Healthy Foods: Snacks Alternatives

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students inspect human health by participating in a class game. In this nutrition lesson, students examine an interactive food pyramid and discuss the healthy alternatives to their typical diets. Students complete a flash card activity...
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Food Labels Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners analyze nutrition by completing an interactive activity with classmates. In this food choice lesson, students discuss the importance foods have on our daily lives by keeping us healthy and giving us energy. Learners examine food...
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Google Earth

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Google Earth activity, students access the Google Earth website and find the latitude, longitude, and elevation for their house and school. Then they do the same for a variety of world locations. This activity has 10 fill in the...
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It's About Time: Olympics, Winter Sports, Math, Media, Time Zones

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars use the Internet to determine broadcast times for the Winter Olympic Games snowboarding competitions. In determining these times, they need to consider time zones throughout the world.
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Fraction King Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the concept of fractions. In this fractions king lesson, students review math vocabulary and discover the equivalent forms of fractions as decimals and percents.
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When Am I Ever Going to Use this?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems using equations and properties of integers. In this algebra activity, students solve problems using ratio and proportion and graph their answers on a coordinate plane. They solve word problems using geometry.
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Chef Solus Cooking Academy Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars evaluate human health by participating in an interactive activity. In this food choice lesson, students discuss the decisions they make each day in order to stay healthy with the food they eat. Young scholars utilize the...
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Micro-organisms

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn what a micro-organism is. In this micro-organism lesson, students understand that micro-organisms may be too small to see. Students learn microorganisms could be bacteria, fungi, something beneficial or a harmful microbe....
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Discussion of Adaptation

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars discuss ways in which dinosaurs adapted to their environments. They apply the same logic to an analysis of human habitat, survival needs, and survival need fulfillment to explain how people have adapted to their environment.
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Invertebrate Study

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study invertebrates, more specifically flatworms, in this technology-based instructional activity which features www.nettrekker.com and word processing skills. The instructional activity concludes with each student create an...
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Thank You, Grandparents!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students share important moments with their grandparents. Individually, they write one paragraph thanking them for being in their lives or for a specific event they have been involved in. They also identify ways they act like their...
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Mesearch: A Reason for Research

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners complete a research activity about themselves. They access an article on brainstorming and identifying personality traits. Students brainstorm about their personality traits and view a related PowerPoint. Learners create their...
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Choose Your Defense: Spines, Vomit and Camouflage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate defensive mechanisms of insects and organisms.  In this biology lesson, students draw imaginary caterpillars as well as imaginary parasites that will harm the caterpillar.  Young scholars utilize the...
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Technology Makes It Easier

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify different technological devices that make their lives and jobs easier. Instructors demonstrate how to use various devices and allow students to practice using them. This lesson is intended for high schoolers...
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Visiting a Website

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study technology terms and practice working with webpages about Dav Pilkey.
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Mmm Mmm Good!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'm'. Through instruction and modeling they complete a variety of fun and hands-on activities as they explore the sound the letter makes, how to make the sound with their mouths, how the letter is written, etc.
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Model Organisms: The Genes We Share

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this genetics worksheet, learners access a website to learn about how human genes mutate to cause heritable disorders such as Huntington disease. Students use the information on this website to complete 12 short answer questions.
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Oral Histories

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students conduct oral histories of family members to explore their cultural and ethnic heritage after developing a set of research questions.