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I Wonder What That Thing Is On My Manduca

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to gather more information on the anatomy of the Manduca. They make predictions of what the insect will look like when it hatches and complete a crossword puzzle to practice their vocabulary. They continue to...
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Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

For Teachers K - 2nd
The identification of various parts of the human body is the focus of this biology lesson. Young scientists sing the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes," and trace the human body onto butcher paper. Additionally, they label the parts...
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Shapes, Patterns, and Plants

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Pupils imagine they are animals in the Palace Facade painting. For this Palace Facade lesson plan, students observe and discuss the geometric and organic shapes in the painting shown to them.
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Derivative Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students analyze the derivative of a graph. In this calculus instructional activity, students identify the different behavior of a graph. They label concavity of the graphs as increasing or decreasing.
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Latino Contributions To American Culture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create their own working definition of what it means to be an American. They examine the achievements of Latinos and discuss how the contribution of these Americans have enriched and helped shape American culture.
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Not Just a Bag of Beans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students determine the types of natural selection and variation that exists in a population, using beans.
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Recycling Statistics

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this environment worksheet, students look for the answers to the environmental impact of recycling in Great Britain with the statistics from the pie graph.
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An Oral Course for Students of Spanish

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice new Spanish vocabulary and participating in a dialogue with another student. In groups, they use the internet to pretend to buy an airplane ticket and make hotel reservations on a trip to a Spanish-speaking country. ...
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Creating a Textile Museum Piece from the Islamic Empire

For Teachers All
Students create a drawing of an Islamic textile piece from the height of the Islamic Empire. Students describe the textile designs as symbolic representations of life in Islam during the 11th and 12th centuries.
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students complete a unit about career choices. They conduct research on a selected career that interests them, conduct an interview, explore various websites, create a five-page HyperStudio stack, and write ten checks that relate to...
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The Gilded Age

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the economic events that caused such a separation between social classes in the United States during this time period. Then they design financial and social models with the goal of closing the gap between the super...
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What is a Seed?

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the parts of a seed. In this plant biology instructional activity, 1st graders are given a seed and identify each part of the seed by using a hand lens. Students plant a seed and graph the growth.
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The Structure of Matter and the Chemical Elements

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students answer 73 fill in the blanks and multiple choice questions on the structure of matter and properties of elements in the periodic table.
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Folk Traditions in the Blues

For Teachers All
Click here to download a PDF of this lesson. (2.8 MB) Overview This lesson will enable teachers to use the blues to explore selected topics in African American folklore. Students will learn about some of the African American cultural...
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Cultural Riches

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine culture and how immigrants adapt to American culture while contributing elements of their various cultures to that of the United States.
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What Can I Afford?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the costs of various cell phone plans, and various types of banking accounts to determine which one would yield the highest returns if the money saved from the cell phones were placed in different accounts.