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Imagination Express

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create an artistic response to the book, The Polar Express. In this creative writing lesson, students read the book and visualize an imaginary journey they would like to go on. Students create a train car from construction paper...
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Extending Human Ability Through Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students 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 become...
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It's Time for a Rhyme

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the story, There's a Wocket in My Pocket, by Dr. Seuss. They discuss the rhyming in the book and then play a rhyming game.
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Working With Words: Configuration Station (3 or 4 Letter Words)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word configuration puzzle learning exercise, learners analyze 12 commonly used Dolch words and fit them into a word configuration puzzle.
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Experimenting with Sound

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore physical science by completing a worksheet. In this sound perception lesson plan, students collaborate in small groups to research sound properties on the Internet and in libraries. Students conduct a listening...
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Teaching Science with a Smile

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study science concepts as they are presented in poetic form. They write and present their own science poems to parents during Open House.
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Is that a Fact? Reading the Newspaper

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are given a newspaper article. They predict the content based on the title, read and chart fact and opinion statements, and conclude by summarizing the article. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to guide their...
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Shakespeare by Choice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the most important elements in a scene.  In this editing a scene lesson, students decide what elements are absolutely necessary to a scene.  Students discuss the main criteria for editing or cutting a scene...
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Reading Comprehension Volume 5, Number 11 : Campaign Finance Reform

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about campaign finance reform. Students fill in the missing words with choices from a word bank.
Worksheet
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Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

For Students Higher Ed
In this electronics worksheet, students design and build a stepper motor drive circuit. They answer 1 short answer question about the design.
Interactive
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The Nervous System

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive nervous system instructional activity, students respond to 11 multiple choice and fill in the blank questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.
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Leaf Arrangement: Kinetic Cognitive Connections

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use critical thinking to identify leaf patterns. For this problem solving activity, student compare leaf patterns by "acting out" the positions and structures they see. This is a kinetic lesson where concepts are attained...
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Describing Words Lesson (Lesson 2)

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a computer slide show. They select pictures from the gallery, write descriptive words or phrases about the pictures, and develop a three slide presentation.
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Don't Say "Said," Say . . .

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this word choice worksheet, students read the various alternatives for the word 'said.' Students then brainstorm alternatives for another over-used word.
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Estimation Using Goldfish Crackers: Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore estimation and rounding concepts using goldfish crackers and a song! They solve problems by estimating and rounding numbers and pick numbers within reason to represent certain objects.
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What Smells?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read the poem "Light" together and then discuss how poetry can come from anywhere.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Our Sense of Hearing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What causes sound? How do our ears detect sound? How do our brains recognize sound? In this lesson young scholars investigate hearing and discover that sensory receptors in the ears collect sound information and transmit it to the brain,...
Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: How the Five Senses Change With Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the link between anatomical changes related to aging and sensory loss. Delves into the problems associated with each of the five senses.
Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Hearing Loss in Children

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of hearing loss in children. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and much more.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Physics of Hearing: Hearing

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define hearing, pitch, loudness, timbre, note, tone, phon, ultrasound, and infrasound; compare loudness to frequency and intensity of a sound; and identify structures of the inner ear and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Hearing and Balance

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What do listening to music and riding a bike have in common? It might surprise you to learn that both activities depend on your ears. The ears do more than just...
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Huffington Post: How to Listen to Music Without Destroying Your Hearing

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides statistics and other information about hearing loss, especially due to listening to loud music with headphones or earbuds. It also focuses on how to prevent hearing loss caused by listening to music. This...
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Amplifon: Interactive Ear: A Guide to Human Hearing

For Students 9th - 10th
The Interactive Ear is a whole ear model which allows the user to explore all the inner-workings of the human ear.
Activity
University of Washington

Our Sense of Hearing Experiment: Locating Sound Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wondered how your ear works? This website will provide you with knowledge on how to locate sound sources among other ear information.

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