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LUIZ JIMENEZ AND DRAWING

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars view and discuss the work of Luis Jimenez and then complete several gesture drawings using a variety of media.
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Picture Fists Full of Kisses

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Ease children's back-to-school jitters with this primary grade lesson based on the book The Kissing Hand by Ruth E. Harper. Starting off with a singing of the song "I Wish I Had a Little Red Box", children go on to discuss and...
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Nomad Land

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the migratory movements of animals as they monitor their own movements throughout the school day. Climatic and feeding conditions are examined as cues for the movement.
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The Dragon's Tail

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read a story about Little D, a baby dragon, and how he interacts with the five food groups. They color, chant, pantomime, and discuss food groups after reading the story. They also consider causes and effects as they make...
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Pliable Proteins

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students make models of protiens using wire and paperclips. They are given step by step instructions with lots of information about proteins throughout the directions. They make the three basic structual elements of proteins;...
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Giving'Em The Business

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students work in groups of 4-5 to form a business, create, market & sell their product, and track their expenses and profits. They experience the roles of producer, distributor, and consumer of goods. They collect, organize and...
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Design an Instrument

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design an instrument. In this sound, vibration and pitch instructional activity, students learn about the characteristics of sound, vibration and pitch.  Students design a guitar using the assembled craft materials and...
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Five Senses Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students listen to The Brave Little Monster, by Ken Baker. In this five senses lesson, students identify the different senses that characters experience in the book they are listening to. They review the senses as a class with hands on...
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Sportsmanship: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete activities regarding good sportsmanship. For this sportsmanship lesson, students discuss winning, losing, and cheating. They participate in Sportsmanship scenarios and discuss what they would do in each situation. 
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Downloading Trouble

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore the meaning of piracy.  In this technology lesson, students discuss the economic and social repercussions of DVD and CD piracy, then further their knowledge by completing on-line research on the topic.  Several...
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Singing "What's New With Me"

For Teachers K
Kindergarteners sing the song, "What's New With Me" adding rhythm with each go around. They clap, tap, and sing along with the teacher. Note: The song or song lyrics are not included.
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Report Writing in Primary Grades

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn how to read a short section and parepare a sentence to share with the group. Students listen to the reading of expository text, restate, in sentence format, one fact learned from that text, and produce a report.
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Polar Bear Polar Bear

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore fictional literature. Students listen to a story about a polar bear who changes color. Young scholars observe color models of the bear as the teacher reads. Students perform hand motions to parts of the story. ...
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Flags

For Teachers Pre-K
Students read You're a Grand Old Flag as well as other provided books about flags. In this flag lesson, students cut, decorate and bake cookies as flags, practice the letter f, the number 4, the rectangle shape and use the color white....
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Counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s in order to prepare for counting and adding the values of coins.
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Keyboard Skills

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners are exposed to the basics of keyboarding. They use the keys for each hand without moving to the opposite sides of the keyboard. They also identify the enter/return key, the shift key, and the space bar. They recognize the...
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Group Initiatives

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws...
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Music Technology

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use their practice book to complete their piano lessons. They examine the history of music and complete pages in a workbook. They create their own music by using the computer.
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Grandma Thinks It's Cake Baking Weather

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of Patricia Polacco's book "Thunder Cake" to explain how daily life has changed over the past 150 years.
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Summertime - Miles Davis

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the George Gershwin opera, "Porgy and Bess." The rhythms to some of the musical pieces are mimicked and identified as belonging to the music of jazz.
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Variety is the Spice of Life

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore Gregor Mendel's work with genetics. They complete a survey of their friends and family in order to identify dominant and recessive traits. Once their surveys are complete, students discuss the ways in which dominant...
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The Language of Anatomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the concept of anatomical directions. In pairs, they label each other according to those directions and label a diagram of themselves with the directions as well. They participate in a game of "Simon Says" to review the...
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Extending Human Ability Through Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore how technology has been used to enhance human abilities. Using the internet, they watch a short video about prosthetics. They compare and contrast how prosthetics have changed over the years as technology has...
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Higglety, Pigglety, Pop

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in a lesson plan that is about the concept of reading comprehension while practicing the reading with the help of the teacher. They read the story focusing upon the rhyming words that could be used for vocabulary.

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