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Odyssey 2050

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view and respond to The Odyssey 2050 film. In this climate change lesson plan, students view the film and discuss ways to take action to stop global warming. Students complete several activities prior, during, and concluding the...
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Venn Diagram and Shape Sorting Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use Venn diagrams to represent classifications of shapes and to use counting arguments to find the number of objects in a given set.
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Placement and Organization of Employment Ads

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students locate the classified section within a newspaper, find the employment ads, and examine how the employment ads are categorized and arranged. Lastly, they locate ads for specific jobs.
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Fractals and the Chaos Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of fractals. In this fractals lesson, students play the "Chaos Game" via an applet. Students place dots on the screen to recognize that they have created Sierpinski's Triangle.
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Meet Danitra Brown Lesson on Friendship

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover the qualities of friends. In this character education lesson, students read the poem "Coke-bottle Brown" by Nikki Grimes. Students then discuss the Golden Rule and how it applies to friendships. 
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Tolerating Diversity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the meanings of tolerance and intolerance and participate in a "town hall meeting". They analyze quotations about tolerance and connect them to their personal experiences.
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The Chinese New Year

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read and discuss articles about the Chinese New Year.
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Withdrawing Money From The BAnk

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the various options for withdrawing money from the bank. Students recognize the importance of keeping accurate bank records and personal banking information secure. This lesson is intended for learners acquiring English.
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American Revolution (And What if There Had Not Been One?)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create scenes that might have existed if the American Revolution had not taken place. They use information they have gathered to plan, produce, and present a variety of products from the perspective of a British citizen in...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLANS--Maintaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students analyze payroll deductions from their pay stubs to view a variety of government services and company benefits. After defining the vocabulary words on the board, they associate those words to certain sections on their pay stubs.
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Finding Remainders in Pascal's Triangle

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use clock arithmetic to find remainders. In this patterns in math lesson, students explore the relationship between clock arithmetic and remainders using a computer applet. Students also identify patterns in Pascal's triangle...
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Introduction to Fractals: Geometric Fractals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of fractals. In this fractals lesson, students discuss Sierpinski's Triangle using an applet. Students discuss the patterns involved with fractals. Students discuss the area of Sierpinski's triangle as the...
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Probability and Sports

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the concept of probability in sports. In this probability in sports lesson, students research a sport that they enjoy. Students find probability information related to their sport. Students share their findings with the...
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Introduction to Linear Functions

For Teachers All
Students are introduced to the basic ideas needed for understanding linear functions.
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More Complicated Functions: Introduction to Linear Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of linear functions. In this linear functions instructional activity, students translate linear functions from tables to graphs to equations. Learners use an applet to write a function rule for a linear...
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A Thanksgiving Feast

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students compare a Thanksgiving feast of today to the Thanksgiving feast of 1621. They analyze information to write a Rebus story about a Thanksgiving feast of today of the Thanksgiving feast of 1621. Pupils describe a typical...
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Making Math Meaningful in March Madness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the statistics of March Madness, the college basketball tournament. They watch videotaped basketball games to collect data for further analysis using Word and Excel. They analyze the data in a variety of activities...
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Area Explorations

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of area. In this area lesson, students find the area of irregular shapes with right angles. Learners break down each irregular shape into multiple regular shapes in order to find the area. Students...
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Weather Words

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders gather together as a class and share any facts or words about the science unit "Weather Elements". They listen to the story/poem, "Listen to the Rain" and recall any weather related words from the story.
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ESOL Alphabet Recognition

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students recognize, state, read and write the alphabet (upper and lower cases) and numbers. They identify the letters, pronounce their name with the letters out of sequence and in sequence.
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How Does No Smoking Day Work to Help Smokers to Quit?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore how to help smokers quit on No Smoking Day. They create a mind map addressing the issues including what No Smoking Day is, what does the charity do, what help is available, and what the No Smoking Day achieves. After...
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Spell Check - Live!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars create vocabulary words and a variety of spelling exercises, using the H.I.P Pocket Change website.
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Adopt Ivan

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars brainstorm and discuss what students need to grow up healthy and happy. They read about families and situations where young scholars are not in healthy and happy situations, and the importance of adoption.
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ESOL Shape identification

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students review vocabulary shape cards. They match oral words of shapes with flash cards then they make and label their own set of shape flash cards and then review with a classmate.