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A World of Favorites

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Investigate young scholars' favorites worldwide by having them create and publish a questionnaire to gather information about students' favorites. They will conduct research about a continent, create three web pages and a chart...
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Hospitality by Design

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research and design a hospitality system. For this hospitality system lesson, students design a system of hospitality using the project guidelines and present their system. Students write a paragraph about their system.
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English/Language Arts Methods Project

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students design a webquest requiring higher order thinking and providing students with opportunities to reflect on their learning. They include an assessment tool to evaluate the process and product.
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Community & Architecture

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate the Bamum people of Cameroon and the use of symbols in African societies. They read a handout, and design a palace using African symbols, presenting and describing their design to the class.
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Making a Class Web Site

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore and discuss how to create a class web site with a background, graphics, clip art and photos. They assess the safety issues putting a web page on the Internet, develop sound interviewing techniques and coordinate...
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Creating a Research Paper

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students orally explain First Line and Hanging Indent. Students write a paragraph describing the MLA document style. Students design a poster showing various line spacings. Students write a song or poem and perform it for their...
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Instruments From Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
How much does the environment affect how and what man creates? Children explore the effect of the environment on primitive man as they research raw materials from a specific location. They use their findings to write a short essay about...
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Chunk it!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Chunking information helps you remember that information longer. A hands-on activity tests this theory by having learners collect and analyze their own data. Following their conclusions, they conduct randomization simulations to...
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Growing Up Online

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders participate in an activity as a web designer.  In this technology instructional activity, 9th graders explore how the choices made by web designers affect how people use a site.  Students analyze effective and...
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South of the Border Down Brooklyn Way

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use the Internet to research the behavior and ecology of feral monk parakeets. They design a monk parakeet behavioral study, then post their results to a Web page.
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Designing Future Houses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils discuss houses of the future and imagine future house designs. They create a floor plan, architectural drawing, and write a short description about their future house.
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Timeline

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students discover how people with disabilities have played a significant role in society throughout history. For this language arts and social studies lesson, students design a timeline that shows the inclusion of people with...
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A Design for a Fireplace

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine a relief sculpture. In this sculpting lesson, students analyze the sculpture "Sketch for a Fireplace Overmantel" by Francesco Franzoni. Young scholars create a three-dimensional sketch for an overmantel using the...
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Kudos by Kiddos

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Pupils explore types of awards for children's books. They design a new award. Students review books and select one to receive the newly designed award. Pupils create a "medal" for the book jacket. They write an explanation of the award.
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A Bison Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a documentary on the treatment of the buffalo. In groups, they create a website using ideas and solutions they developed. They must include graphics or animation and a multi-level webpage. They share their pages...
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"Leaf" It in Your Yard

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students research about the process of composting. Students apply their research by creating a compost pile at school that will be maintained once or twice a month for the remainder of the school year.
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Getting In the Game

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how interactive Web sites support live sports programming, and then design Internet sites that provide interactive support for a favorite television program. They present their mock ups to the class.
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Creating Folk Webs in General Music Class

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders demonstrate the musical and historical context of a given folk song by notating the melody, creating an accompaniment, and displaying it on the web for assessment.
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Refining Search Skills When Developing Student-Based Web Sites

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become familiar with the process of using search engines to locate information on the Internet. They continue the process of developing their own web sites and make one ready for posting on the Internet.
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The Effects of Counseling on The Potential Drop-out

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders analyze information from students who have left school before graduation, and utilize the information as a strategy designated to lower the drop-out rate of the at-risk students. They design a rubric, create a web page, and...
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Engineering

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners examine how Shell uses engineering.  In this engineering principles lesson plan students visit a web-pages, answer questions, and examine the ways that engineers go about exploring different ideas. 
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Creative Inventions

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders develop ideas for an invention and write a persuasive essay explaining why their invention is best. For this invention essay lesson, 9th graders review persuasive essay writing. Students create a graphic web for an original...
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Science and Engineering Conference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scientists present their experimental designs from the previous experiment. The ninth lesson in the series outlines what learners should present, what class discussions should happen, and the solution NASA came up with for the same...
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Wish for the Future

Wish for the Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What would be your class's ideal world 30 years in the future? What about 100 years? Use a series of activities to discuss globalization, sustainability, scientific contributions to society, and the global community of which your...