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Shake It Up!
Young scholars shake a bottle of water to a CD of "Twist and Shout". They shake the bottle high, low, right, left, two hands, one hand, under the leg, etc.
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Mulberry Hide and Seek
Students practice body and space awareness. Listening skills are also reinforced.
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Healthy Island
Students engage in an activity that integrates nutrition information with upper body strengthening physical activities.
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Dribble Frenzy
Pupils reinforce and review dribbling skills taught in previous class lessons and compare their ability to dribble with different types of balls.
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Dribbling for Nutrition
Students practice reading food labels and determining the correct number of grams of fat and carbohydrates in a single serving. They work on improving dribbling skills during the task.
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Walk the State Line
Students practice balancing activities while learning the states in the USA.
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The Mysterious Person
Learners each create a small piece of a larger picture. When assembled the final piece match a photograph of a famous individual.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
Young scholars collect pennies to donate to Kiwanis International for their international effort to buy salt for children's bone development. They calculate the amount of money donated, calculate how many children will receive salt, and...
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3-2-1 Blast Off!
Fifth graders work cooperatively in groups to assemble and launch a rocket.
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Peace Pie
First graders review peacemaking strategies by identifying their capacity of creating and promoting peace within their classroom, home, community, and world. Fractions are introduced through the making of a "peace pie."
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Geo Jammin By Design: Geo Junction
Students create pictures using a geoboard and straws using the X and Y axis.
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Snacks 'R Us
First graders experiment with fat content by analyzing snack foods. They learn what makes up a nutritious snack.
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LET'S PLAY
Learners explore music, patterns, notes, and instrumentation. They practice the proper technique at a keyboard and perform a simple three note pattern.
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Weather Wonderland
Second graders explore the types of tools that scientists use t o study weater,
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Picture This
Fourth graders use two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, techniques, tools, and processes to communicate an idea or concept based on research, environment, personal experience, observation, or imagination.
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Are You a Peacemaker or a Man-Eating Shark?
Second graders work on the concept of fairness, then produce a page on the computer for a class book. They explain the difference between negative and positive behaviors in conflict situations.
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Art in the Sky
First graders become familiar with four types of clouds by experimenting with cameras and exploring the web. They observe illustrators' renderings of clouds and draw their own representation of clouds.
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Can You See It, Touch It, Hear It?
Students develop and practice observational skills through lab activity.
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Work Made Easy
Second graders maneuver placement of the fulcrum on the lever to see how to lift weight most easily. They role-play as archaeologists with the task of lifting a heavy rock from the dig site. They write in science journals about what...
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Can You Calculate the Speed of Your Pet?
Students analyze the formula for speed and velocity. They explore and demonstrate how to calculate the speed of wind up toy pets, average the speeds and identify the correct units of measure of speed.
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Balanced Students
High schoolers investigate the relationships between weights, and construct a balanced first class lever. They formulate a general equation for the relationship explored in the experiment and perform calculations.
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It Won't Budge: Balloon
Eighth graders use the scientific method to discover why a balloon is not inflated.