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Kitchen Confidence: Spring-Cleaning

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify common kitchen contaminants that can cause food borne illness. They choose the proper equipment and use the appropriate methods to thoroughly clean the kitchen. Students discuss why it is important to maintain a clean...
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Dietary Fiber Introduction

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners identify fiber from foods, its sources and function in the body. They also the importance of fiber in the diet and good food sources that one can eat. Finally, students discuss water and its importance with eating fiber and...
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The Quest for Independence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how settlers created and cooked over open fires.  In this home economics lesson, students will learn how to make a safe, open fire and will cook a meal over it.
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Eating for Your Future

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm ways to live healthy. In this health science lesson, students recipes that are healthy and appealing. They compile all recipes and develop a class cookbook.
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Characteristics of Energy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders view a video and create a KWL to identify energy sources. In this energy sources activity, 4th graders explore the meaning of energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, thermal energy, radiant energy, and electrical energy....
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Water Works

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars create a "water web" to illustrate the interdependence among water users and producers. They distinguish between direct and indirect uses of water; illustrate the interconnectedness of water users in a community; and...
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Native Americans of the Chesapeake Bay: Using Primary vs. Secondary Sources

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Discover the rich Native American culture that existed at the time of early European exploration into the Chesapeake region through analysis of several primary and secondary sources.
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Green Learning

Build Your Own Solar Oven

For Teachers 6th - 12th
This is not exactly a lesson plan, but rather a six-page document detailing how to build a solar oven. A bit of background information, materials list, diagrams and photos, and clearly-written procedures are all included. There are no...
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Why Do Some Things Float?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students recognize that density determines whether objects sink or float.  In this sink or float instructional activity, students experiment with plastic in three liquids. students drop their objects into the liquids and observe and...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Kitchen Clean-up

For Teachers 4th - 12th
If you make a meal, you must clean up the mess. Foster a sense of independence while having learners practice a skill they can use in the workplace. Teens with visual impairments practice cleaning, organizing, stacking, and sorting a...
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Home Living / Daily Living: Shopping List 2

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
I've done this exercise with my special needs learners more times than I can count. They practice getting ready to shop at the grocery store by identifying items on their shopping list. They match grocery items to the proper department...
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National Museum of the American Indian

The A:Shiwi (Zuni) People: A Study in Environment, Adaptation, and Agricultural Practices

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Discover the connection of native peoples to their natural world, including cultural and agricultural practices, by studying the Zuni people of the American Southwest. This lesson includes examining a poster's photographs, reading...
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Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

Pardon Me, Your Modifier is Dangling

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Lost! (or misplaced) a modifier. Last seen dangling at the end of a sentence! Reward offered! To underscore the humor, class members are each given a sample sentence to illustrate (A woman passed by, leading a Springer Spaniel, in a...
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Home Living / Daily Living: Shopping List

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Talk with your pupils about the importance of staying focused at the grocery store. Your special education class will discuss how to create and use a shopping list. They will make a shopping list and pretend to use it in a role-play...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Grocery Shopping

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Grab those reusable bags, it's time to go shopping! Intended to foster independent living skills in learners with visual impairments, the lesson covers several topics related to grocery shopping. They start by planning a meal, reading...
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Geography Experience: Low Vision

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The world is a big and beautiful place; but how do you begin to understand it when you have low vision? Here is a great set of ideas focused on transforming any small room into a sensory paradise, themed to incite understanding about...
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Water is one of the most precious resources on the earth. Explore water conservation, the importance of natural resources, and how water is used throughout the globe. Two complete activities along with discussion questions are used to...
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Water from the Well

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
How much water does it take to brush your teeth? How about to wash your clothes? Perform an experiment that measures water usage in everyday tasks and compares them to the days before indoor plumbing, specifically the California...
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Vermilionville

Mardi Gras Elementary

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
You don't have to visit Vermilionville to experience the Cajun traditions of Mardi Gras. After examining pictures and hearing stories about these colorful traditions, learners create their own Courir de Mardi Gras masks.
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Cornbread Addition

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after being given a box of cornbread mix, follow the directions to make the cornbread. They utilize measuring cups to mix all the ingredients together and incorporate adding simple fractions while mixing up the cornbread.
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What is Cultural Evolution?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students comprehend what is meant by Cultural Evolution and that it primarily applies at Human Evolution, but that there are examples in higher mammals such as a killer whales, dolphins and great apes of particular groups by exploring...
Interactive
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Participial Adjectives 2 -ed/-ing

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this participial adjectives worksheet, students choose the correct way to complete the sentences with adjectives either ending in -ed or -ing. Students complete 16 sentences.
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Characteristics of Energy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore Earth science by completing energy worksheets in class. In this energy forms activity, students identify and define a list of energy vocabulary terms and a K-W-L chart. Learners view a matter video clip in class and...
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Tortillas vs. Tortillas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare/contrast Mexican and Spanish tortillas. They conduct Internet research, read recipes, list ingredients for recipes, and correct grammatical errors in a particular recipe.

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