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Interview a Professional: Professional Sports

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research a career featured on a career website. They email an expert in the field of their choice. They conduct a questionnaire of the expert and record their findings. They collate their information and write a written...
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Curated OER

Interview a Professional: Marine Mammal Rescue

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners choose a career featured on the school to career website. They research the career and email an expert in the field of their choice. They answer a series of questions and write a written report on their findings and present...
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Curated OER

Influences of Black Oregon Trail Settlers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils discuss reasons settlers settled in the Oregon Territory. Then, through the examination of primary documents, they compare the influences upon black settlers and how those influences were important to the settlement of the...
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Nothing to Fear

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read from the book, "Nothing to Fear," and discuss living in New York during the Great Depression. They write entries and summaries in their learning logs to share with the class. They work in groups to create a database...
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Going to the Doctor

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss reasons for going to the doctor. In this doctor's visit lesson, 5th graders read a chapter from the text and complete a checkup word search to match definitions and terms. Students answer questions at the end of the...
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Curated OER

Painting a Mural

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research create and design symbols to welcome students to their school. They present their idea to the class that includes a budget. The class work together to paint the mural.
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See the State

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are given a map of Indiana and have to plan a road trip including at least two major points of interest with 100% accuracy. The students estimate the distance between their two chosen locations with 100% accuracy.
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Go Fish

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore rhyming words. They listen to the book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and discuss the rhyming words. After being placed into groups, they play the game, "Go Fish" and find matching rhyming words. They...
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Letter Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students orally say the sounds of the letters A, G, H, L, N, R, W, and J at the beginning of words when given a list of words that start with these letters. They use at least two of these words effectively in a sentence. Students...
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How Do You Know There is Air in a Bag?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore air as a material substance. Through experimentation and discussion, they explore how air can be classified as a material substance. Students write three examples proving that air is a material substance in their...
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Keeping Warm

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders measure the temperature of water using a thermometer. They record the temperatures of water on a chart. Students use the temperature data to determine which materials are the best conductors of heat. They discuss their...
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Who's There

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, make a list of at least three animals that would survive well in a particular environment. After an allotted time, they pass their list to another group, where they will add to it. They discuss adaptations each...
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Geologist and Core Sampling

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe a cupcake and attempt to answer each question on the observation page. They write three sentences that explains how a geologist takes core samples of the earth's surface. Students make sketches and write...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Communicating at Work

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this interactive activity, students will learn the importance of interpersonal communication skills, listening skills, and making a good impression. Students will gather information through reading, activities, and video excerpts from...
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Other

New Converstations: Seven Challenges Workbook: Communication Skills for Success

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Extensive online tutorial from Cooperative Communication Skills on interpersonal communication, covering listening, conversational intent, expressing yourself clearly, asking questions, expressing appreciation, and incorporating better...
Handout
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Smart Technologies: Effective meetings.com: Are You a Good Listener?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
"A big part of being an effective team member is being a good listener." Here you'll find a set of tips, based on the letters in the word, "ladder," that will enhance your interpersonal communication. Cursor down to get the information....
Article
Other

Cooperative Communcation Skills: Emergency Kit [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is provided for by Cooperative Communication Skills. Seven suggestions for resolving or refusing conflict before it gets out of hand. SL.9-10.1c Active Participation. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1, SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Carol's Classroom: Speaking and Listening: Prepare for Discussions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This video lesson [4:11] focuses on clear communication and active listening, essential social-emotional skills, that help lay the foundation of positive learning environments. They can develop these skills and take responsibility for...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: It Takes Two to Tangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students explore the theme of conflict in literature. They learn the difference between internal and external conflict and various types of conflicts, including self against self, self against other, and self against nature or machine....
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Cooperative Learning: Great Grouping Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides ways to organize cooperative groups so that meaningful discussion will occur. It also offers a worksheet for determining learning styles that is useful to develop groups. SL.9-10.1c Active Partic
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Other

Communicating at Work: Five Basic Human Needs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn about the five basic human needs and how to address them in the workplace through these learning activities. An assessment is included.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Dealing With Divorce

For Students Pre-K - K
Separation and divorce mean difficult transitions, but they're also opportunities to learn that everything is always changing, in ways big and small. With love and support from the adults in their lives, children can emerge feeling...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Red Light, Green Light

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Building upon their understanding of forces and Newton's laws of motion, students learn about the force of friction, specifically with respect to cars. They explore the friction between tires and the road to learn how it affects the...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Discover the Art of Playwriting [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students participate in interpersonal warm-up exercises to awaken their bodies and prepare them for collaboration. Next, they go through brainstorming exercises to stimulate their imaginations, and this leads into...