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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create an "animated" water cycle wheel that illustrates where water comes from and where it goes.
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Lesson 6: Native Americans in the West

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students recall their knowledge of Native American people who lived in the West and reflect on how their perspectives differed from pioneers and argonauts of the 19th century.
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Science

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study light and shadow, participate in mirror activities, and build a periscope.
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SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA NO.3

For Teachers K
Students listen to a recording of Suite for Orchestra No. 3 by J. S. Bach, review and recognize basic musical instruments by sight, and begin to recognize sounds of some instruments.
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Ataturk

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the achievements, and the personality and character of the man who is called "father of the Turks." Student groups hold a debate, which centers on whether or not Ataturk's reforms were necessary.
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Collecting Electromagnetic Radiation

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students using different experiments and activities explore electromagnetic radiation and the effect on the Earth.
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Talking About Teasing and Bullying

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover how it feels to be bullied and teased. They work together in pairs to write about experiences and use drawings to show their feelings.
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A Guided Journey Into the Past

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use guided imagery to discover and judge an alternative way to enjoy artifacts without removing them from archaeological sites.
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Flight Home

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students experiment to investigate the role in fixed-wing flight. They watch as air and water flow around surfaces to examine the dynamics of airflow around an aircraft wing.
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Grizzly Habitat

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners find areas on playground where they would live if they were a grizzly bear, share their reasons for their choice, talk about habitat areas, and choose their sites again, based upon new information.
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Dorothea Dix: Reform in Massachusetts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the life and reform efforts of Dorothea Dix on behalf of people with disabilities. They discover how her efforts resulted in the passage of legislation. They also examine the care people with disabilities receive.
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Garden Guard

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students design and create scarecrows. They write descriptively about the scarecrow for a classroom scarecrow show.
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"The Story of Miss Li" by Po Hsing-chien

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore a classic, well-regarded tale of traditional Chinese literature and gain a rudimentary understanding of Confucius values.
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Creative Writing and Analysis

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students read and analyze poems by Li Po and Wang Wei. They answer discussion questions, identify the elements of the poems, examine and discuss Chinese landscape paintings, write an original poem, and write a comparison/contrast essay.
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Making Music and Playing the Blues

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research how musical instruments have changed over time. They discover how math is used in music. They describe musical instruments from photographs as well.
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Liberia and the U.S.: Historic Ties and Policy Decisions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and analyze factors affecting U.S. foreign policy toward Liberia. They role-play various groups during 1900 who were concerned with the relationship between United States and Liberia as a "colony"
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Horses

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students discuss the importance of the horse as a "beast of burden" animal in Japanese culture and create a legend, myth or tall tale set in Japan with a horse as the central character.
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Research as a Historian, as an Artist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work together to research one area of history that is of an interest to them. Using primary sources, they examine photographs and disuss what they already know about the topic. They present their images and information...
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Changing Landscape at the Fort Vancouver Reserve

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the international background and consequences of The Louisiana Purchase, The War of 1812, and The Monroe Doctrine. The instructional activity helps to improve critical thinking skills about American History.
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Inventors and Innovators

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the scientific enterprise and the contributions of diverse people. They explore some of the more practical applications of the scientific enterprise. Students describe how the cast cooler works, and discuss how inventor...
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Making Sense of Unusual Findings

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students work on the development of observation skills and seeing how they can be used in different contexts. The lesson is good for helping the beginner and novice, along with encouraging and reminding the expert observer of right...
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Shadow Chasing

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe and measure their shadows. They go outside at three hour increments during the course of a day. Each time students measure and record the length of their shadows. Students read books about shadows and discuss why...
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Observation and Discovery

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners explore the basic skills guiding sound scientific invvestigation and methodology. They are introduced to a powerful scientific tool-the microscope. Students review the parts of the microscope. They discuss the inventor of the...
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Cabeza de Vaca Meets the Coahuiltecans

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students examine the difference between primary and secondary sources by examining the journal of Cabeza de Vaca and creating a poster about the Coahuitecan Indian groups. They portray a scene of the groups in 16th Century south Texas.

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