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The 7 "Hats" of the President
Students explore the responsibilities of the President. In this U.S. government lesson, students examine the provided sources related to the President' s roles as Chief of State, Chief Executive, Chief Jurist, Chief Diplomat, Chief...
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Southeast States
Fourth graders explore the Southeast States. In this social studies lesson, 4th graders study agriculture in the Southeast region of the United States. Students read about the Southeast region and discuss with a partner what they learned.
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Ecology: Trees
Fourth graders read the defintions of renewale and nonrenewable resources and discuss any incorrect responses. They view a sample of work for the class to see which they describe posting responses on the board in their respective columns...
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Romanticism, Realism and Transcendentalism
Correct two sentences on overhead and complete one analogy,Define word meanings, synonyms, antonyms, variant forms and word parts for five words,interpret ?The Devil and Tom Walker?
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Pregnancy
Young scholars discuss facts and myths associates with pregnancy and how conception can and cannot occur. They study fetal development and review terminology. They play a review game.
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Reproductive System: Lesson 6 & 7
Students participate in a class discussion "game" in order to help them determine how to take care of themselves and keep their bodies healthy, as well as develop a healthy, mature attitude.
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Puberty
Students identify three physical and emotional changes boys and girls go through at puberty. They also discuss the difference in ages in which puberty occurs and complete worksheets.
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Birth Control: Deciding
Students take part in class discussion and complete handouts dealing with different methods of birth control (emphasis on abstinence)to help students make informed decisions.
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An Immigration Graph
Students practice reading and understanding information in a table and converting the information to graph form. They create a graph showing the number of immigrants per country of origin between 1899 and 1924.
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Understanding Equations of Functions
Students write equations for different functions. In this algebra lesson plan, students observe data and find the function that goes along with that data. The identify the line of best fit.
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Investment Investigator
Students investigate and model how to invest money. In this business lesson, students investigate 4 methods to investment. They discuss risky and safe investment.
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Emergency Contraceptive Pills, Day 5: Contraception 911
Students define and discuss emergency contraception. They conduct a survey, complete various worksheets, role-play scenarios, identify three ways of obtaining emergency contraceptive pills, and discuss when emergency contraception would...
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English Upper-Intermediate Grammar Review # 1
Students review the most important upper-intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using worksheets.
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Social Studies: The Declaration of Conscience
Students examine Margaret Chase Smith's Declaration of Conscience and discuss its impact on Maine politics. After reading it, they discuss their opinions and write short responses about them. As a follow-up activity, students write their...
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Magnets, Electromagnets, and Motors
Students examine the properties of magnets and electromagnets. In this magnets lesson plan students create an electromagnet and use it to do work.
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Intro to Parts of Speech
Young scholars are introduced to, identify and define the eight parts of speech. They view a variety of sentences and identify each word in each sentence as one of the eight parts of speech.
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Simple Machines, Odd Machines
Pupils explore simple machines. In this physical science lesson, students identify six simple machines, illustrate each and identify how these machines function or can be combined to create a compound machine.
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Simple Machines, Odd Machine
Middle schoolers investigate simple machines. In this simple machines lesson, students identify the six simple machines from an object or drawing. Middle schoolers also use various objects to identify the simple machines found in a...
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Constitutional Convention
Eighth graders investigate Constitutional Convention debates. In this early American history instructional activity, 8th graders analyze speeches delivered by Benjamin Franklin at the convention and then research Franklin's...
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Why is Excretion Necessary for Life?
Young scholars describe and explain the function of each part of the excretory system. They discuss how the body uses the excretory system and identify diseases of the system.
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Super Summarizers
Students examine the process of summarization by creating an event map. They discuss the process of summarizing text, then silently read an article from "Time For Kids" magazine. Students observe the teacher create a map for the...
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Text hunt
Students explore, research and develop new methods for evaluating information received from an original piece of text. They distinguish between easy and difficult forms of text and each group presents their findings and new methods to...
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Regrouping
Students practice regrouping using the wonderful manipulative - unifix cubes. Once they have a tactile understanding of regrouping, students complete 5 worksheets containing addition problems that require regrouping. The worksheets...
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Violence
Ninth graders create a piece of drama based on the violence of theme. In groups, student research the word violence, then create their piece.