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Note-Taking Skills

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students take a closer look at their note-taking skills. In this communication instructional activity, students summarize information by taking notes using the various methods that their instructor presents to them.
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Religious Dissent

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students perform a readers theater about Anne Hutchinson and her religious dissent. In this religious dissent lesson plan, students re-enact her trial through the reader's theater.
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Produce a Nonfiction Text

For Students 6th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, students look for the facts and create several nonfiction texts while including useful information for the reader.
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Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors, and Diagonalization

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students determine eigenvectors and eigenvalues for a matrix. Students diagonalize a matrix. Similar matrices are defined. Determinant formula is given for an degree n polynomial.
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Slavery in America at the Time of the Civil War: Navigating a Website

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover how to navigate websites. In this Civil War lesson, students conduct research on slavery as they visit a website to experience oral, written, and digital texts and performances by slaves from the Civil War era.
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Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars discover the process of writing,. including the different steps to be taken in accomplishing the writing process to come up with the final published pieces.
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Bullied Girls and Boys

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students study and verbalize positive qualities about themselves and others. They work on interpersonal skills by encouraging others and finally they reflect and evaluate on how their behavior affects others.
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Oobleck

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders observe the properties of Oobleck. For this science and observation lesson, 2nd graders examine Oobleck and make a list of 10 properties that they notice. They explain their observations.
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Copyright Ethics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the issues surrounding intellectual copyrights. They research the examples of DVD and CD piracy and participate in a class discussion about the related ethics.
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Global Warming

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore global warming. In this science lesson, students research global warming. Students work in small groups to create a presentation about global warming.
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The Lost and Found

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explain the definition of integrity and respect and provide examples from the story The Lost and Found's characters and their own lives that illustrate both. They describe in their journals why and how they think Wendell...
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How do people become homeless?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the causes of homelessness.  In this Sociology lesson, 9th graders describe some of the reasons which make it difficult for people who have become homeless to get themselves out of that situation. ...
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Linear Equations and Algebraic Symbols

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students rewrite word problems using the correct symbols. In this algebra lesson, students simplify algebraic expressions and use the correct representation of the unknown. They solve equations using one and two steps operation.
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Enduring Legacies of the New Deal

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars investigate U.S. history by listening to an economics lecture. For this U.S. government lesson, students research the "New Deal" which happened after the Great Depression. Young scholars identify movies, books and music...
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Planets or Not, Here We Come!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students, working in groups, research planets in terms of the size, temperature, number of moons, and potential for life. They use packets and worksheets as guides for their research. Students may role-play as aliens visiting their...
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"Separate But Equal" Revisited

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the struggle for desegregation during the Civil Rights Movement. They assess ways in which race relations have and have not changed since the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
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Football Hooliganism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate the problm of hooliganism and its possible solutions. Through videos and news stories, students analyze examples of hooliganism. They discuss the problem and ways to help stop the violence.
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The Weekly News, Part 2

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use articles they've previously written to produce a school news broadcast. In this journalism lesson, 6th graders discuss the goals of a news broadcast and use previously written articles to plan a news broadcast. Students...
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Linear Systems: Graphical Interpretation of Vectors

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this graphical interpretation of vectors learning exercise, students execute operations of addition and multiplication by a scalar. They sketch results and determine the commutativity of vector addition. This three-page learning...
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Linear Systems: Graphical Interpretation of Vectors and Linear Systems

For Students Higher Ed
In this interpretation of vectors and linear systems worksheet, students describe the geometric appearance of two vectors. They add the two vectors and sketch the sum as well as the vectors to determine the commutativity of vector...
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Mathematical Modeling and Physics

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use a web site to investigate roller coaster physics. In this mathematical modeling lesson, 12th graders are grouped according to their performance on a test. Each group is given an activity to complete on a web site...
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How to Be a Conservative as Told by Ronald Reagan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers interpret quotations from Ronald Reagan. In this conservative politics lesson, students analyze quotes from Reagan on the topic of conservatism. High schoolers paraphrase each of the quotations and discuss them.
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Pour Some

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students compare their desired portions with the actual serving size. In this lesson on serving size, students compare their desired portion of a given food with the actual serving size listed on the Nutritional Facts label.
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Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers K - 2nd
Murals are used to represent the various ways we rely on water.