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Cartoons for the Classroom: Al Gore Heats up a Debate

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Genetically Engineered Food: Altering the Blueprint

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the genetic engineering of food.  In this health lesson students explain how DNA technology can be used to produce food. 
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Science Current Events Lessons

For Teachers 5th - 8th
You can use current events to increase student understanding of both science concepts and language arts skills.
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World Tuberculosis Day

For Students 5th - 8th
March 24th is annually recognized as World Tuberculosis Day. In this World Tuberculosis Day worksheet, students complete activities such as word scramble, numbering passages, scrambled sentences, think=pair-share, and peer interviewing....
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Intro to Biology Chapters 1 & 2 Practice Test

For Students 9th - 12th
Don't be fooled by the title - this biology quiz could serve as an AP biology or college-level biology quiz. Some of the molecules represented may be difficult to identify without seeing the textbook from which this is based. It could...
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The Hijacker - How a Virus Spreads

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students view a video that presents how viruses attack the body and how the body's immune system responds. They simulate the spread of an infectious disease and establish the identity of the original carrier.
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The Trail of Tears; Its Grief and Loss

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the removal of Native Americans along the Trail of Tears. In groups, they examine the political factors that caused this removal and its effect on society. To end the lesson, they discuss various ways to...
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Every Teenager's Choice

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners focus on developing emotional maturity that aid them in making intelligent and appropriate decisions regarding their own sexual behavior.
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Outbreak!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils investigate their knowledge about HIV/AIDS and read an online article about treatments that have been prolonging lives of sufferers. They create media campaigns to promote HIV/AIDS awareness.
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HIV/AIDS and Contemporary Population Dynamics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe the spread and occurrence of HIV/AIDS at multiple scales. They explain global and regional variations in the occurrence of HIV/AIDS and the spread of HIV/AIDS in the United States
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What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Condoms During Sex

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Learners in an ESL classroom share any personal experiences they have had with people infected with the virus. In groups, they identify the advantages and disadvantages of using condoms during intercourse. They present their arguments...
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Immunity From Diseases

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this immunity worksheet, students review vocabulary associated with how the body defends itself from diseases. This worksheet has 12 matching questions.
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Qualitative Analysis of the S-I-R Model

For Students Higher Ed
In this qualitative analysis worksheet, students explore the S-I-R model of determining given values of a function. They determine the maximum, minimum values and the slope. students write a rate equation for given information. This...
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Advanced Critical Reading - Columbian Exchange

For Students 6th - 10th
For this critical reading worksheet, students read a short passage about the Columbian Exchange and then answer questions based on the reading. Students answer questions by making inferences, determining author's point of view and use...
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Fertile Minds

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars explore the cultural phenomenon of older mothers. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to learn about reproduction, IVF, and cultural changes that have prompted some women to give birth later in...
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A Shot in the Dark?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students ask and answer their own questions about smallpox and the smallpox vaccine. They create outlines for an informative CD-ROM that could be distributed to health care professionals.
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Students Exploring Cyberspace (SECs) Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils study AIDS and other current topics in a multinational, interdisciplinary fashion. They communicate with students from other countries throughout e-mail to find out how AIDS impacts other societies.
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A Statistical Study by Adolescent Students on Relevant Issues

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars use statistics to study attributes of a local center for pregnant teenagers. They apply mean, median, mode and a correlation study between two variables.
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The Timucua

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify characteristics of the Timucua Indian Tribe and explain how this tribe lived differently from the neighboring Calusa tribe. They create a triarama of a Timucua Indian village.
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Store to Table: Food Safety (Senior, other)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore their role as food preparation specialists in the prevention of foodborne illness.
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MADAME C. J. WALKER

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders recognize the achievements of Madame C. J. Walker and select one long term and one short term goal and describe the steps necessary to achieve those goals.
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The Final Word

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research biographies of Americans who advanced science. They create an obituary for the person to share what information they have gathered. They discuss the importance of the obituary as the "final word" of a person to...
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Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a plan for lifelong health by setting personal health goals.
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"Love & Diane" Lesson Plan: Expectations About Parenting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers watch video clips of "Love & Diane," then discuss media messages and student expectations.

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