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Designing Families
Students design a tee shirt that depicts some aspect of their family history.
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Life Cycle of Butterflies
Students identify ways plants and animals make changes related to the seasons, specifically focusing on the life cycle of butterflies.
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Shape Witch
Student make a witch using geometric shapes. Students practice the skills of cutting and pasting two or more shapes together. Students name triangle, rectangle, square and circle and match to corresponding shape.
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FUNdraising Goal
Young scholars decide how much money is needed to help a family in their community. They develop a way to raise funds and follow through with the project. They identify private sources of funds in their community.
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Heritage: Going Into Business
Fourth graders plan a transport business to run between Independence, Missouri and Salt Lake City, Utah between 1850-1860. They make and display a poster advertising their freight line. It should show a picture of the vehicle and...
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America's Civil Rights Movement, Activity Six
Students explore non-violence and investigate the difference between passive and active voice.
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Buildings, Buildings Everywhere
Learners gain awareness of shapes in architecture by creating a painting of their school and writing a reflective summary of their study of architecture.
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Fun With Graphs
First graders read about making graphs and lean how to make graphs using "The Graph Club" software.
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Survival Story
Students discuss the pros and cons of being deserted on an uninhabited island. Then they write their own survival stories and complete a story jacket.
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Color My World
Fourth graders write poems using color to describe their feelings and environment. After viewing a sample student poem imbedded in this plan, 4th graders utilize The Student Writing Center educational software program to type their poem.
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All Aboard!
Sixth graders plan a road trip to a city in the US. They include railroad saftey messages as they write about the trip.
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A Journey Through France
Fourth graders examine France and its culture. They create a passport, convert collars to francs, listen to French music, research Impressionism and Monet, and compare/contrast the French version of Cinderella.
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Media Scrapbook
Students analyze the fundamental issues relating to Canadian parliamentary democracy through the exploration of media and public opinion. A scrapbook is created containing summaries of the work performed.
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Personal/Social Development
Students use real life situations to use their problem-solving skills. They, in groups, explore why rules are a part of life.
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Descriptive Essay
Pupils review previously written essays, draw pictures of shapes, and write descriptive essays.
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Who's Better? Who's Best?
Students practice their reading and speaking skills by expressing their opinions of characters.
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Saving History in Small Pieces
Students examine pictures of cultural mosaics. They sketch a design of the mosaic they are to cretae. They create a cultural mosaic that shows a small part of Utah's history.
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Let's Draw!
Students practice their drawing skills using a variety of stories as sources for their inspiration. Crayons and pencils are utilized to model different line widths, textures, and shapes.
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Body and Media Introduction
Students discuss body image as a group. They discover how the media affects how one sees their body. They analyze different media messages about this topic.
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The African American Experience: A Research Quilt
Students research the contributions of African American leaders of the 1900's, They design and construct a quilt square showing the achievements of that individual.
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Peak Performance
Students design and build a car that is capable of traveling across the floor quickly, and also up a steep ramp.
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LEGO Balance
Students design and build a balance using LEGO, string, and a set of standard metric weights.
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Build a Sturdy Wall
Students read a version of "The Three Little Pigs" and then work in small groups to design a wall. They use Legos to build the wall and subject their design to a strength test.
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Nevada Postcard Project
Young scholars, as a class, design a postcard of their school or city with a specific picture and blurb on the back. They work in groups to design a postcard of Nevada. They follow specific directions for their postcards and then their...