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Students Directed Learning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a lesson which facilitates their learning about the history of the American presidency. They create their own lessons based on C-SPAN's American Presidents Timeline poster.
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Know Your Presidents

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research and are able to identify the presidents placing them in chronological order.
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Food Model Mobiles

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create mobiles that represent a day's intake or other criterion, such as healthy snacks, Milk Group foods, breakfast foods, etc.
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All Caught Up!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the difficulty involved in trying to isolate a target species by fisherman. They discuss this issue and its problems as a class. They examine how bycatching affects their lives.
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The Civil War Soldier's Experience

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils examine the social experiences of the soldiers on the battlefield. Using various viewpoints, they compare their daily life experiences and motives for fighting for the Confederate, Union and African-American soldiers. They discuss...
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Exploring the History of Canyon De Chelly

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students develop a clear understanding of the history of Canyon De Chelly and how this history influences current day events. People groups are studied and students create a time line of settlers arrival to the region.
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Organization of Fairfax County Government

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the various components of the Fairfax County government in Virginia. In groups, they describe the purpose of the Board of Supervisors and County Executive. They identify three constitutional officers and their...
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Putting on Mass: Just how do Trees grow?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers articulate an explanation of photosynthesis. They identify problems they have with comprehension of how a plant gains mass. Students describe a historical experiment.
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The Jewish Holocaust

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research the causes and events of the Jewish holocaust during World War II. They view a video and PowerPoint presentation and take notes, participate in a class discussion about the term "genocide," and take a quiz.
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The New York Draft

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate the draft that originated in New York during the time of the Civil War. They examine the primary resource of a newspaper article from the time in order to gather information. The students check the grammar of the paper...
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WHAT'S IT LIKE?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students design and produce an informational brochure on a specific disease (see attached list). They make copies and distribute to other students for a short presentation to class.
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Lesson: Peaches

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables. They discover how to choose and store peaches and use recipes to prepare peaches. They explore the history of peaches and discuss the benefits of eating peaches.
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Particulate Observation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine samples of common dust from their homes and school under a microscope. Students describe their samples including the location from where they were collected, and compare their samples to make hypotheses about their...
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The Coldest Continent

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to conduct research on the continent of Antarctica. As a class, they review the continent's climate and the reasons behind the cold temperatures. After reading an article, they draw a picture of what they...
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On the Homefront: Indiana Family Letters

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze primary source material from the Civil War. They describe the war as it was perceived by those on the homefront in Johnson County, Indiana. Students describe how Hoosiers responded to the draft. They write a document...
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Mineral Munch

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the sodium content in foods they eat. After observing a table setting, 2nd graders then identify items made from rock. They taste low sodium crackers and compare them to regular crackers. Students discuss the...
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Lights, Camera, Action!

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Young scholars participate in an alternative reading assessment using a video camera and script. In this alternative reading lesson, students work as a group to perform their reading story. young scholars memorize their lines and film...
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Adolescence: Springboard to Lifelong Bone Health

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils discuss bone health. For this health lesson, students talk about foods and activities that can foster strong bones. Pupils explore ways to defeat obstacles to bone health.