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Volcano Contour Models Activity and Tracing the Highs and Lows in San Francisco

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate how to draw topographic contours and read topographic maps.They examine the topography of San Francisco and contrast the elevation of different points within San Francisco.
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"What If The Earth Were Made Of Sand

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the most common characteristics of clay and sand, and to understand how the properties of these materials affect the erosion of the landscape and the formation of the many landforms. They explore clay and sand...
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Lesson 2 - Design Process-Measuring Wind Speed

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A terrific lesson focused on the design process. It begins with a presentation, "Design: Solve a Problem," which lists the steps of the process and then introduces the specific challenge: to build a device that measures wind speed....
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Look for Patterns: Quilts in Two Faith Ringgold Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Author Faith Ringgold uses quilts to illustrate her books Tar Beach and Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad. In this integrated trio of activities, young scholars read stories, identify and create patterns, and design quilt squares of...
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Fitness plan: number 3

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils monitor their fitness levels for six weeks of their P.E. course through the use of an Excel spreadsheet. They also research the obesity epidemic among youth in the U.S. today, presenting their findings to the class. This lesson...
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Time Travel, Black Holes, and Relativity

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners read the novel, The Time Machine, and compare H.G. Well's perceptions of the future with those presented in The Third Wave, by Alvin Toffler. They research current scientific and mathematical theories that relate to space and time.
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Making It All Add Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use technology resources for problem solving. They complete math problems or integrated science problems dealing with math concepts using an online calculator.
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Time-Lapsed Observations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore timed observations for science investigations. They record ideas on a chart related to a classroom closed terrarium. They repeat their observations for several days and time observations for changing shadows during the...
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Integrated Skills and Speaking

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students work in pairs to decode a message that uses character adjectives vocabulary and counting skills. They design an "ideal friend" by listing their top five desired character traits.
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Who's Who? Integrated Core

For Teachers K
Student discuss names and nicknames for human and animal families and complete a worksheet, matching pictures of father, baby and mother animals.
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Body Image

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read and answer questions on neural processing and the Pinocchio Illusion. They relate and discuss these topics in conjunction with body-image disorders such as anorexia and bulimia . This activity include video extension...
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Bats About Stellaluna

For Teachers K - 4th
Students, after listening to Janelle Cannon's picture book Stellaluna, explore a variety of living things through three distinct activities. They make a list of what they know and want to know about birds and bats. Orally and in writing...
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Food Webs and Making Miniature Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students model a food web and create a miniature ecosystem. In this animal interactions instructional activity, students engage in a role playing game which simulates a food web. Students then build miniature ecosystems using pop...
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Rock and Roll with Music and Movement

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders improvise music and dance to express their analysis of types of rocks. They discuss the three classes of rocks, list describing words, and create a short musical piece and dance to symbolize the rock they are dancing.
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"The Collaborative Group Information Collection, Interpretation and Dissemination Technique"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students answer the question "How are the concepts and processes I examine in Biology relevant to my other classes, to my life, and to my community?" This assignment has students actively involved in the intellectual work of location,...
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"Chips" Off the Old Block?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study using analogies between common items or occurrences and science concepts. They use the analogy of cookie recipes to that of the DNA "recipes" for living things to help us explain more about mutations.
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Periodic Table & Its Trends-Day 6

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students intergrate science, technology and society into exploring the periodic table. They investigate one element of their choice and write a one page paper on the elements discovery, properties, uses, and the effect on society.
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Integration: Statistics, Scatter Plots and Best-Fit Lines

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this math worksheet, students identify the type (if any) of correlation on 6 scatter plots. They use information given on a table to create a scatter plot and identify the type of correlation. Students use the scatter plot to make...
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ESL Integrated Literature Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and analyze information related to the book Island of the Blue Dolphin. They select appropriate information for the purpose of investigating part of the book.
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Computer Talk: The Science of Genesis Chapter 1

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students, after recalling events of creation week and utilizing Kid Pix software, create pictures or hang drops that represent each day on creation week. They type text to go with each of their pictures as well. They begin with Genesis 1.
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Painting - Science Integration - Ponds - Monet - Painting

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify Monet as an Impressionist artist. They create impressions of trees and bushes, paint with sponges, and mix tints and shades. They create impressions of flowers with q-tip dabbing and mixing tints and shades.
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Vocabulary and Latin Phrases Integrated into the Core Knowledge Sequence

For Teachers 8th
Students organize the vocabulary roots and Latin phrases from the Core Knowledge Sequence. In this word study lesson, students complete a 57 page packet of activities to increase the vocabulary base of Latin phrases.
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In Country: An Integrated Look at the Vietnam War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore aspects of the Vietnam War and how it relates to the heritage of America. In an attempt to understand the level of involvement, students analyze statistics from the Vietnam war. Students watch a video, read a book, and...
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Integrating Anime and Manga into an Art of Motion Picture Course

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the art of Anime and note its characteristics. Using scenes, they identify the plots, characters and themes trying to be portrayed. In groups, they compare and contrast the animation in America to that of Anime and...

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