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Fitness Speedway

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in push-ups, crunches, jumping jacks, curls with dynabands, and different inverted balances.
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Excuse Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a game where one student is "the tagger." The tagger holds an object in their hand to signify they are the tagger. They attempt to move through the playing area attempting to tag other players with their beanbag.
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Bean Bag Freeze

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students play an activity similar to tag. After the teacher sets up cones to designate boundaries, students receive a bean bag and scatter in the playing area.
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Musical Art

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create pieces of Abstract art by listening to various genres of music and reacting to the music with a pencil on a piece of paper and their eyes closed. This activity is intended for a middle-level Art class and can be used as...
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Pookie's New Home Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading comprehension activity, students read a selection entitled, "Pookie's New Home" before answering 6 multiple choice questions.
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Vocabulary Practice: Fill in the Blanks

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary activity, students correctly complete sentences, filling in blanks with words from a word pool at the top of the activity, 12 sentences total.
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Vocabulary Review: Logically Complete Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, learners check words that can correctly complete sentences, 8 sentences total. Sentences can be completed using more than one word choice.
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Anatomy of the Brain

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore the brain. In this science lesson plan, students view a diagram of the brain and discuss the various regions of the brain. Students discuss the importance of protecting the brain and design a protective covering.
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Plant and Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify behavioral and structural adaptations to plant and animal life. In this unit overview, 4th graders discuss the importance of variation and adaptation in a species survival. This is a unit overview and does not...
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Design Project: Voltmeter

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this physics instructional activity, students design and build a multi-range voltmeter. They answer 3 short answer problems about the device.
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Human Body Systems

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the structure and function of body systems and their inter-relationships. They draw and label the major body systems, observe demonstrations of various body systems, define key vocabulary terms, and compare...
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The Nutrients Public Transportation System

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the human circulatory system by experimenting with hoses.  In this human body lesson, students create a system of hoses simulating the circulatory system which they utilize to pass objects through....
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River Study

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils explore a stream in their area and show the class the topographic map of the stream. They locate the topographic map and name the streams, lakes and ponds in their watershed. They write a paragraph about their stream and complete...
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Digital Storytelling: At-Risk Students Find Their Voices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use digital cameras and software to create a digital story which consists of a series of digital images paired with a narrarated soundtrack. They focus on relevant images and a presecribed sequence of steps to provide a vignette...
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Fueling the Body

For Students 5th - 12th
In this nutrition activity, students review the organs and enzymes that are part of the digestive system. Then students review the food pyramid by comparing two menus. This activity has 9 fill in the blank, 4 true or false, and 5 short...
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Urbanization in the Amazon Basin: Can Indigenous People Survive?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the relationship between economic development and social change of indigenous peoples.
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Aerobic Activities

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss what aerobic exercise is, and the origin of its meaning. They view a list of activiities and and discuss why they are considered aerobic while other activities such as baseball is not considered aerobic exercise....
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Breaking News English: Mediterranean Diets Keep You Happier

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Mediterranean Diets Keep You Happier," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Nutrition Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this health instructional activity, students find the words that are in the word search puzzle that focus upon the vocabulary that is from the theme of the sheet.
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What's Fit to Print?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate how newspapers are constructed and evaluate the extent to which newspapers serve their readers' interests.
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River Study

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study physical features of a local stream. They study how to identify water features on topographic maps.
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Most Troublesome Exotic Invasive Plant Species Web Quest

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.
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Bio Ed Online: Heart Rate and Exercise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson learners will measure their heart rates after a variety of physical activities and compare the results with their resting heart rates, and with the heart rates of other students in their groups.
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Science Buddies: Heart Rate Recovery Times

For Students 9th - 10th
After exercise, your heart rate increases, this is normal for everyone. However this experiment asks whether the recovery time for a heart's beating rate is faster for people who get regular exercise versus those that do not.

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