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What Are the Ethical Considerations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the socioeconomic and environmental issues associated with radon. They examine the laws that exist in New Jersey that pertain to real estate. They work in groups to design new legislation that addresses associated...
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Visualizing a Human Gene with Its Introns & Exons

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the entire DNA base sequence of the human adenosine deaminase gene after it is printed out from the source disk provided. The enormous length of a single gene as well as the immense difference in length between intron...
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Money Skills (Using Coins)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students pretend to purchase items at their class store using coins. At the store, they are to state the amount of the item they want to buy by reading the label. They give the cashier the correct amount of coins and are given a mark on...
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Exploring the Food and Dining Patterns of Cameroon: Dining Patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the cultural differences in the dining patterns of Cameroon and the United States. Identifying food items in their own lives, they explore differences within the United States. They brainstorm about what they already...
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Trading in a Marketplace

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a trade simulation in a marketplace. In the simulation, they role play the role of producer and consumer of goods and apply the concepts of supply and demand. In groups, they discover how an environment can affect the...
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Skyscraper Capers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss skyscrapers and listen as the teacher introduces the project. They use the Internet to perform research on one skyscraper. Students use information they gather to create a brochure of their building . They create an...
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An Apple A Day

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a graph that showcases their pick for favorite kind of apple. Students are given samples of a variety of apples to determine their favorite in a taste test. They a create a tally chart of favorite kinds apples and use a...
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History, Literature, Art: Connections

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders read either The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner, The Crucible, or Hiroshima, and examine connection between art and literature by relating particular works of art to their readings, relying on both visual and written...
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Understanding the Purpose of Provincial Government

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students examine a mixed bag of objects and discuss their relevance to "government." They discuss the three branches of Provincial Government and the purpose of each.
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An Introduction to Fetel Tissue Transplantation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore fetal tissue transplantation. They research basic factual information and justify their opinions. They write a paper discussing their position. Students consider the consequences and values associated with their...
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The Genetic Basis of Neurological Disorders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe some aspects of known genetic defects on the human neurological condition. They participate in a variety of exercises including drawings, games, and analogies.
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Toilets and Neurons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the concept of action potential and its effects on voltage-gated channels. Students compare and contrast a flushing toilet to an action. They examine its effects on the population of voltage-gated channels.
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Mandatory Sentencing

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils review mandatory sentencing and brainstorm opinions based on Measure 11. They work in groups, hear case study then determine significan facts, the correct charge and the sentencing for the case. They discuss actual outcomes of...
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Plotting Plates

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate plate tectonics and their correlation with natural phenomena like earthquakes and volcanoes. They use the internet to see real-time data about earthquakes and volcanoes. Students plot latitude and longitude points on...
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Diversity Under the Roof of the World

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students learn about Nepals many cultures, religions, and landscape. They compare a Nepal student to an American student and relate location, place, and culture of American and Nepals. They discuss reasons why they think there is such...
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Electrons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover that there are many facets to the electron in chemistry such as electron cloud. They view movies an animations of electrons. Students visit links pertaining to electrons.
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Introduction to WorldWatcher: Coloring Temperature Maps

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students are introduced to the software program WorldWatcher. In groups, they discover the temperature variations throughout the world and color a map according to the temperatures. They also practice using visualization to communicate...
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The Movement of Ideas

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders read and analyze the literary elements of Alphonse Daudet's "The Last Lesson" and Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. They compare the two works and write an essay describing the reasons they feel the authors...
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An Investigation Into Our Community

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine maps of Palmer, Massachusetts and practice giving directions. As a class, they discuss how it changed from a farming community to more industrial. To end the activity, they take pictures of the community to show how it...
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World War II Alien Enemy Control Program

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students review the history and language of the Alien Enemies Act and related laws as well as the Constitutional challenges it presents. They also review the World War II Alien Enemy Control Program and the Alien Enemy Hearing Board...
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Science: The Purloined Letter

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils examine Edgar Allan Poe's "the Purloined Letter" from the perspective of a profiler. To sharpen search procedures, they examine the text and make lists of items and places in the house that were searched. Then students discuss how...
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Carpool

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe general and personal space. They scatter in general space and students with hoops are cars, those with pinnies are police officers. Everyone else is a pedestrian. If tagged, the pedestrian must complete five jumping...
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Phonics Reading Practice

For Teachers 1st
In this phonics practice worksheet, 1st graders read the passage and practice identifying the vowel sounds o-e, and oa. Students then draw a picture about the story in the box.
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Classification: Dichotomous Key

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explain the classification process of organisms. In this biology lesson, students practice writing the names of organisms scientifically. They answer the dichotomous key and discuss answers as a class.

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