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Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Ilunga's Harvest Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Foster curiosity and awareness of the impact cultures have on people and how it affects both those within the culture as well as those outside of the culture through this lesson plan.
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Other

Conflict Resolution Activities and Lesson Plans for Kids K 5

For Teachers K - 1st
This compilation contains several lessons that will help students learn fair methods to resolve conflicts. Other lessons will help students engage in a cooperative task.
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PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Credit Quandaries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Credit cards are not free money." Just how do credit cards work? This site provides a instructional activity in which students investigate the lure of credit card companies, the pitfalls of credit debt, and the impact of credit debt on...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Metric and Time Review and Quiz

For Teachers 6th Standards
The students will be reviewing the metric system in a cooperative group activity and then using the review and applying it to an assessment.
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PE Central

Pe Central: 3 5 Pe Lessons Ideas: Team Bowling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through "team bowling," students not only practice their cooperative learning skills but also practice rolling and catching. At this website, learn how to plan team bowling as a gym-class activity. Included are ideas for varying the...
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Tinker Toy Diagrams

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson students work together in small groups to diagram sentences using Tinker Toys for the lines.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Science Experiment: Carrot Tops

For Teachers 6th - 8th
"Can a plant grow from just the top of a carrot?" Students will engage in this lesson plan to find out.
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Other

Morningside Center: Active Listening

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
In this lesson, students practice active listening by paraphrasing what they hear. Students will practice listening to one another and repeating what they heard. Various listening activities are included in this lesson.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using an Almanac

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will work in groups to learn appropriate uses of an almanac and how to find information in it efficiently and effectively. Each group will be responsible for explaining the steps taken to complete the task. This lesson plan is...
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Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: Debating u.s. Drone Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive learning module from which students use multi-media resources, including video, graphic organizers and primary source material, to explore U.S. policy and the use of drones. Cooperative and independent learning features.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: The Air Out There

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Cooperative learning activity in which students will create a windmill and a weather vane. Students will find the direction of wind and the speed relative to the spinning windmill. Great for K-2.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: The Universe, an Introduction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Start with the questions all students ask: How big is the universe, how far away are the planets and stars, how did they form and when, how do they move and why? Build on their natural curiosity. The Smithsonian, in cooperation with...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Reflections of a Star

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This simple lesson allows students to work cooperatively in determining the angular diameter of the Sun.