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Too Hot to Handle

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read an online article and research the ten most active volcanoes in the world. They devise an independent public service announcement for evacuating people living near a volcano.
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Africa Colors a Destiny

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discover the peace corps and the culture of Chad. In this cultural awareness lesson, students watch a slide show and examine various primary sources from peace corps volunteers in Africa. This lesson includes web-links,...
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What About Fighting?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What are the positive and negative consequences of violence? Elementary and middle schoolers discuss how some see violence as the answer to resolving conflicts. They identify the positive and negative aspects to using violence, and ask...
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Independence and Conservation

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read an original story "Brothers of the Rainforest" downloaded from the internet site provided. Students investigate the impact of the demise of a particular species on the rest of the environment. Students participate in a...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Familiar Sounds

For Teachers K - 6th
To foster concept development and auditory discrimination skills, learners with visual impairments listen to identify a variety of common sounds. The teacher makes recordings of various sounds, including those found in the home, at the...
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Water Pressure Blaster

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete an experiment to introduce them to the concept of water pressure. In this water pressure lesson plan, 3rd graders create pressure in a water bottle and observe the force of water that is created.
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Team Up on the Weather

For Teachers 6th - 10th
There's a little bit about every aspect of weather in this trivia game. The lesson resource provides 36 questions and answers pertaining to four different topics related to weather: effects, science, technology, and statistics. Groups...
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Physical Challenge Activity Cards and Parent Letter

For Students 6th - 7th
In this study of physical challenges and inventions worksheet, students take a letter home to their families explaining that they will be studying the affects of physical challenges and inventions that aid people who live with them. They...
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Protecting Wilderness

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Would you live in a tree for three years to protect a redwood forest? Viewers of Rainhouse Cinema's Among Giants documentary consider the actions of Earth First! environmental activists who moved into the treetops of a grove of giant...
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It's Under Control

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students identify six effective ways to prevent food borne illness in the home. They develop the ability to responsibly and safely handle food, from purchase to preparation. Students comprehend just how susceptible food can be to...
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Smoke Alarms

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils research smoke alarms in this lesson. They identify the purposes of smoke alarms. They also identify where smoke alarms should be installed. They review the steps needed to keep smoking alarms in good working order.
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Deterction and Escape Board Game

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders develop a fire safety plan using a board game. Using a set of consequence cards, 2nd graders discuss the importance of staying away from fire. They use their experience with the board game to develop a fire safety escape...
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Severe Weather is Spring Challenge

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research storms and appropriate warning procedures in their home towns and conduct interviews to find out suggestions for students and others in their community to keep themselves safe. Afterwards, students write a news feature...
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Going on a Bear Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover the value of Internet safety. Through various traditional and multimedia presentations and stories, students explore the ways in which they can gather information on the Internet with an emphasis on safe searching and...
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One Person's Trash

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students pick an area that needs cleaning up and help clean up the trash in that place. In this clean up lesson plan, students pick either their home, school, or neighborhood to clean up and sort through the trash that they find.
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Creating a Student Safety Committee to Support Lab Safety for the 21st Century Workplace

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a Student Safety Committee. In this lesson for science lab activities, students discuss the communication skills required to help each other in the science lab. Students analyze their classmates' response to a...
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Learning Lesson: Head in the Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners observe and describe the sky as they discover the different cloud types. They record the types of clouds they see twice a day. They also use the internet to view a skywatcher chart. They end the lesson by discussing foggy...
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Learning Lesson: Go With the Flow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students complete experiments with soda cans to examine the effect of pressure and air movement. They create low pressure and discuss its effects. They also examine thunderstorm safety rules.
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Fire Safety (Stop, Drop & Roll)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review what to do in case they are faced with a fire in their homes or school. They review what to do if they are faced with moving safely within a structure that is on fire. Students play a Tag Game together to reinforce...
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So You Want to Hit a Home Run?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars determine the center of percussion and the center of mass for a baseball bat.  In this projective motion lesson students demonstrate the relationship between the position of the baseball bat and when its in the...
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Learning Lesson: Heavy Air

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students complete an experiment in which they discover air has weight. They use the same size balloons to explain this concept. They also examine thunderstorm safety.
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Learning Lesson: Its a Gas, Man

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students participate in a demonstration in which they examine the effect on temperature by carbon dioxide. They discuss the effects of carbon dioxide on the environment. They also examine summer safety rules to end the lesson.
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Learning Lesson: Atmospheric Collisions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students participate in a demonstration showing how rain drops grow by coalescence. They use ping pong balls and put them in an air stream. They end the lesson discussing flash flood safety.
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Vocational: Kitchen Appliance Care and Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how to use, operate, and clean stoves and refrigerators. Using the appliance manuals, they examine self-defrosting and frost-free refrigerators as well as manual clean, self clean, and continuous clean stoves. The...