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Teaching Tolerance: Taking Action on the R-Word
Young scholars explore the use of derogatory language and labeling others. In this discrimination activity students research word origins, how different terms came to be used in a negative sense and what it would be like to have a...
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Striking Look
Young scholars examine teacher union issues. In this current events lesson, students browse selected websites to explore the work and history of labor unions in Great Britain in order to better understand the teacher strikes of 2008.
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Flips, Turns, and Slides: Adventures with Transformations
Students explore transformations. In this math lesson, students plot points on a coordinate grid and construct shapes. Students discuss movements on the grid as flips, turns and slides.
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Lines and Angles
Students explore Geometry with Twizzlers Candy, pipe cleaners, paper, pencils, and protractors. They manipulate these items to create different angles introduced by the teacher.
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To Be Linear or Not to be Linear, That is the Question
Students use their knowledge and understanding of equations of lines to explore independent and dependent variables. They determine how to isolate a variable and how to predict data points not represented in data.
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Reading in the Dark
Students explore the possible link between nearsightedness and reading in low light.
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What In The World Would You Have?
Students calculate value of money in other countries, and explore how the economy affects the rate of exchange.
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"The Good, The Bad, and The Smelly."
Students explore insects' use of pheromones and beneficial insects versus insect pests.
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Let's Investigate Tooth Decay
Students conduct a simple investigation to explore tooth decay.
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Ancient Egypt: Unearthing the Past
Sixth graders imagine traveling the River Nile, excavating sacred burial tombs, investigating ancient rituals, exploring Wonders of the World, and translating ancient writings.
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Paper Mache Animal Sculptures
Fourth graders choose and construct farm animal paper mache sculptures. They paint their sculptures using primary colors and mixing colors, and explore various textures and forms.
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Under the Weather
Young scholars identify measurable characteristics about the weather and explore how they are monitored. They research and propose the construction of a weather monitoring station on their school grounds.
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Shell Sort; Serving up Seafood
Students complete various small group activities to classify items and determine the types of combinations that can be made with these items. In the second lesson, students create menus for a restaurant to help them gain money sense and...
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As a Matter of Fact!
Students explore matter. They use a formula to measure the volume of matter.
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Skin Deep and Other Teenage Reflections by Angela Shelf Medearis
Tenth graders explore how adolescents attempt to tain peer acceptance.
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BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Students observe and identify characteristics of artifacts and fossils; explain how artifacts and fossils are used to explore the past; and identify ways that Native Americans prepared food and made tools
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Measuring Using Oodles of Noodles
First graders explore and evaluate the use of both standard and nonstandard forms of measurement. They use noodles to measure the lengths of each line they have drawn. They glue the noodles to the page under the given line.
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The 3 Levels of Government through Scrapbooking
Eighth graders explore Parliamentary democracy and governance.
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Maya Math: From Zero to Nineteen
Students explore counting methods of the ancient Maya, and practice identifying Maya number glyphs.
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Elizabethan England To Glorious Revolution
Students explore the development of England from 1500 to 1689 in this eight lessons unit. The various parts of history affected by both political and religious factors are synthesized in this unit.
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What's Math Got To Do With It?
Students explore numbers, computation, ratios, proportions, probabilities, statistics, and money in this six lessons unit. Practical applications in the real world are emphasized through an interactive approach to math in these lessons.
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The Vikings
Learners research and explore Viking culture, distinguishing between fact and fiction, and examine their contribution to our society.