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Oklahoma Bar Association

Into Which Caste Have You Been Cast?: India's Caste System

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What was it like to fit into a certain class with no choice in the matter? Learners experience the caste system in a role-play activity, work individually on handouts to enhance their learning, and participate in an evaluation activity...
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Project Maths

Outcomes of Coin Tosses

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Flip a coin: heads, use the resource; tails, use the resource. The fourth of six installments of the Statistics & Probability unit looks at coin tosses and probability. The class conducts an experiment and sees that the outcomes of...
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University of Minnesota

Caeno-WHAT??

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Can you feel that? Can you smell that? Since pupils can't ask worms about their sense of smell and touch, they design and complete an experiment to answer these questions. Individuals expose nematodes to different stimuli using their...
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American Battlefield Trust

Civil War Civilian Experience

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Imagine what would it have been like to watch a dramatic battle of the Civil War in your own backyard. Young scholars ponder this scenario while looking at firsthand accounts from the Battle of Franklin, along with modern photos of the...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Scrooge as He is Revealed during the Ghostly Experiences

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Readers learn how to use both direct and indirect characterization clues provided by Charles Dickens to understand the complexity of Ebenezer Scrooge's character. Scholars collect evidence of comments Scrooge hears, how he responds to...
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Curated OER

Acting from Inside a Memory

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students work in pairs to out act and then retell a story.  For this personal experience lesson, students act out an event in their life and their partner retells the story. Students discuss sequence of events and dialogue. Students...
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Curated OER

The Filing Cabinet - Lesson 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore and define what is meant by Supervised Agricultural Experience is and list five benefits of having it. They identify five categories of Supervised Agricultural Experience and supply a wealth of examples. Each student...
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Curated OER

Fertilizer Frenzy

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders design and conduct an experiment. They evaluate other's experiments. Students describe relationships between biological systems and the environmental contaminants. They work as a team to solve a problem.
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Curated OER

The Art of Science: Gravity

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Through a series of experiments and demonstrations, fifth graders will learn about gravity. They will make predictions, drop various objects, write down their observations, and try to understand gravity through balance. This...
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Curated OER

Math Memories

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss their math experiences from the past. In this math lesson, students write to describe their experiences in math. Additionally, students list math skills that they have.
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Curated OER

My Life in Math Class

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students reflect on their past experiences in mathematics classes - both good and bad. They identify what methods, knowledge and strategies have been helpful to them and write about them in a journal to be shared with the current teacher.
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Curated OER

Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic in the One-Room Schoolhouse

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars, through historic photographs and stories, discover the world of the one-room schoolhouse and compare it to their school experience.
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Curated OER

Introducing Communication Talent with "Casey at the Bat"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Analyze the poem "Casey at the Bat." Your team of analysts will read the poem and complete a variety of activities, including describing how Casey looks and acts, describing how he feels before and after he strikes out, and sharing...
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Curated OER

Create a Migrant's Scrapbook from the First Great Migration

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Help young historians personally engage in the stories of African Americans during the Great Migration! Assessing a migration route map, learners create a migrant character's experience, adding details while studying primary sources. A...
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Curated OER

Friction: Friend or Foe?

For Teachers 4th
Using a hands-on approach, learners explore the effect of friction on objects. Learners use toy cars, shoes, wood, metal, and more to experiment with the causes and effects of friction. Afterwards, they conduct experiments in which they...
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Curated OER

Physical Changes to Matter

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Pupils explore matter by conducting an in-class experiment. They experiment with water's various forms by melting and freezing water, identifying its new shape. These observations are recorded to supplement later discussion. They also...
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Curated OER

Ghost Crystals - Light & Water

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Woo, ghost crystals, just in time for Halloween! Young scientists experiment with light and water as they make and observe ghost crystals. The lesson plan does not include the process for making the crystals, but provides a web link...
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Curated OER

Keep It Clean!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the how water becomes polluted and how it effects the environment, animals, and humans. They watch a video and conduct experiments.
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Curated OER

Jumpin' Pepper and Lazy Salt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the result of a negative charge. After rubbing a balloon with a wool cloth, students hold it over a mixture of salt and pepper. They observe the pepper "jumps" to the balloon. Students discuss their observations and then...
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Curated OER

Invisible Paint

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore acids and bases. In this acid or base science lesson, students test different items to see if they are a base or a acid. Young scholars then perform an experiment using paint and juice and baking soda.
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Curated OER

All About Me & the School Experience

For Teachers K
Students create a book documenting their school experience. After completing a class read of "Clifford's First School Day," students discuss what it is like being at school. They use a book template to create their own first days of...
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Curated OER

Experimenting With Time

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students experiment with time. In this time lesson, students discuss the importance of time and clocks. They use a timer to find how long it takes to complete activities. 
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Curated OER

Using Prior Knowledge from Personal Experiences-Understanding Duke Ellington

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research the life of Duke Ellington.  In this music history instructional activity, students draw comparisons between the early life experiences of Duke Ellington and themselves.  Students work in small groups to...
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Curated OER

Cool Stuff I've Done!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders reflect on the life experiences they have had and discover how those experiences may be classified on a resume. They begin brainstorming their life experiences and writing each one on a sticky note. At end of brainstorming...

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