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Second Grade Science Textbooks
Second graders create their own science textbooks. They work in small, cooperative science teams to plan and create their textbooks. In addition, they photograph their group work, projects, materials and specimens, and other images.
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Yes But Dialogue Game
Students work cooperatively to explore and practice dialogue improvisation.
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Soil Conservation and the EU
Third graders examine how the European Union countries conserve their soil. In groups, they describe ways in which humans can destroy soil and create a plan in which they can be involved to conserve soil in their community. They make...
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Ethics in the Science Classroom: Recycling
Students work in a group to create a skit of a scenario involving recycling. Student skits should encourage and convince the audience members to participate in recycling activities. Students provide written responses after the final...
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Dr. Seuss: Horton Hears a Who?
Second graders listen to Horton Hears a Who? and complete a study of word cooperation. They group the words into families to see chunking.
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Friends of the Desert
Young scholars examine the climate map of Africa with emphasis on the desert regions. They work together in groups to play the role of different delegations preparing for a conference. They present their information to the class.
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Jobs on a Ship
Students facilitate each student's comprehension of the different jobs on a ship and the job's evolutions over time. They compare/contrast certain jobs on a ship from history to today. Students work together in cooperative groups to...
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Vertebrates And Invertebrates
For this science lesson, students classify pictures into categories of vertebrates or invertebrates. After a class discussion, students divide into groups, and are given plastic baggies that contain photographs of each. The groups must...
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Prejudice Discussion
High schoolers discuss ethical dilemmas in a cooperative setting, and compare today's social problems with those present during the rise of the Nazi party.
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Scenic Attractions In Four Corners
Fourth graders find and list scenic attractions in SE Utah and the Four-Corners-region. They receive direct instruction and carry out activities in cooperative group settings. They combine their findings onto one large map at the end of...
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Train Talk
First graders retell specific information. They listen and interpret train whistle signals and work cooperatively to play the game, I'm Going on a Train Trip.
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Roller Coaster Mania
Fifth graders extend their knowledge of developing maps. They work in cooperative groups to develop an amusement park display and a brochure.
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Keeping an "I" Out for the Answers
Students work in cooperative groups brainstorming questions they want answered about a topic. They write the list of questions generated on one side of an I-Chart. Each group is assigned a resource to locate and gather answers to the...
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"Year in Review" Magazine Project
Students, in groups, study Medieval Europe in a traditional manner, and then create a "Year in Review" Magazine Project.
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Indians of the Woodlands
Students read and discuss a text about housing styles of the Haida and Iroquois Indians. They, in groups, complete worksheets and present their findings to the class.
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People of the Past
Students investigate the four groups of people that existed in the U.S. before the European settlers arrived. They predict how the people arrived in the U.S., then investigate their predictions to find out whether or not they are...
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The Environment & Economy of SE Utah
Students compare and contrast the environment to the economy of Utah. In groups, they pick one environmental issue and identify its relationship to sustainable economic growth. To end the lesson, they share their findings with the...
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Is There a Doctor in the House
Sixth graders predict outcomes of research. They analyze data and construct a class graph, then work cooperatively in a small group setting. They explain the prevention aspect of medicine, document references, and continue ongoing...
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Minnesota Floor Map
Students examine the physical geography of Minnesota, work cooperatively to design a map of Minnesota and develop spatial and relative location of Minnesota landmarks and physical characteristics.
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Cultural Lit. 26: Anasazi Pueblo: 1050 to 1300 A.D.
Sixth graders study Anasazi Culture through direct instruction and cooperative groups.
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Rockin' and Rollin'
Seventh graders, in groups, describe the three major types of rocks through either a song, skit, poem, etc. They present their work to the class during a "rock concert."
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The Great Button Sort
Students practice figuring out how items have been sorted. They also sort buttons in small cooperative groups. They color and sort their own paper buttons and then give their button sort to another student to see if he or she can figure...
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The Role of the Lobbyist
Learners gain knowledge and understanding of the role of a lobbyist. They utilize critical thinking and decision-making skills through the development of a written proposal.
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Do a Ditty
Fourth graders work in cooperative groups to create a ditty to teach the characteristics that distinguish literary forms to younger students. The ditty is performed before the class.