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School House Rock! Science Rock
Students use common household and classroom objects to generate static electricity and study its effects. They discuss the video Science Rock CD called Electricity, Electricity. The video explains many things about electricity.
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Ice Cream Fun
Students recognize the letter I for ice cream and make ice cream in a bag. In this ice cream lesson, students combine ingredients and shake a bag with ice to make ice cream.
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Storymaking Through Pantomime
Middle schoolers explore performing arts by participating in a role-play activity. In this storytelling lesson, students utilize their physical expressions to particpate in a pantomime performance. Middle schoolers evaluate performances...
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Mexican birthdays
Third graders examine "Compleaños Feliz" and the symbolism of the pinata associated with birthday parties.
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Muppet Math Patterning
Pupils participate in determining the completion of patterns and discovering which part of the pattern doesn?????™t belong.
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Physical Bean Bag
Students practice throwing beanbags at moving targets. They work in pairs and aim at particular targets. They participate in a game utilizing the color of the beanbag and their dexterity.
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"In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb"
First graders listen to the story "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. They discuss weather forecasting and create an art project to go with the saying about March weather: "In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb".
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Continents and Oceans
Students identify oceans and continents and their locations on a map. They color-code and label their own map of the world's continents and oceans. They play the game Continents and Oceans to identify specific areas.
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Brother, Can you Spare a Dime?
Students through song analysis and group discussion, identify the qualities representing the Great Depression. They study the Great Depression and how it affected people all over U.S. They analysis the lyrics to the song "Brother Can you...
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How Do You Rate?
Fifth graders make a graph. In this pulse rate lesson, 5th graders estimate their pulse and record it. Students measure their pulse while at rest and after physical activity and record it. Students use the internet to graph their results...
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Altimetry
Fifth graders accurately measure the distance to eight points on an uneven surface by conducting a simulation of sattelite altimetry. They create a two-dimensional model of the simulated ocean surface by graphing data from the Radar Run...
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Rhythmic Dancing
Fourth graders practice expressing themselves through the art of dance. In this physical education lesson plan, 4th graders discuss choreography and how moving specific ways at certain times can be artistic. Students create...
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Shapes and Review of Locomotor Skills
Young scholars engage in a series of loco-motor activities based on shapes. In this loco-motor lesson, students demonstrate physical skills through races, jumping, hopping, galloping in circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.
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Orfeo: Sinfonie e Ritornelli
Students identify the dramatic expression made by performance and how it relates to the content of the story L'Orfeo. They determine the form of orchestra and each instrumental group within the orchestra for this piece.
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Sesame Street Letter Recognition
Students study the letters of the alphabet, explore different shapes, rhyme, and listen to the different sounds of the alphabet to help them sound out words and begin elementary level reading.
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Lessons From the Lorax
Students read and discuss Dr. Seuss's The Lorax. They explore the changes the characters could have made to preserve the environment and relate the plot to real-world places and events.
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How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?
Students perform raps and analyze issues among the rich and poor. They explore how countries are labeled as "third world" and "first world." They create a dialectical journal and examine the country of Nigeria through the reading of...
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A Saint in the City- Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal
Pupils become more knowledgeable about modern-day Senegal and the significance of one charismatic Sufi leader, Amadou Bamba. They become more aware and examineing of Islam and offset any misexamineings and negative stereotypes about the...
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"Know How" to Line Up
Students identify and define several movements physically acted out. They participate in a freeze activity in which they line up performing different movements. For example, they line up (1) if they are doing a strength exercise, (2)...
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The Eerie Canal
Learners discover bodies of water in the United States by investigating the Eerie Canal. In this U.S. Geography lesson, students discuss Lake Eerie and the canal that was built in order to transport goods. Learners research...
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Far AwayTo encourage children
Students move as safely through general space as possible.
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Pumpkin Carving for K-2 Students
Students engage in a variety of pumpkin activities. This lesson is especially rich for ESL students, who probably have little experience with this holiday and custom.
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"I" On Philanthropy
High schoolers read children's literature and listen to song lyrics to identify acts of philanthropy. They discuss how one's identity can be shaped by helping others. They also focus on the non-profit sector.
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Teach Engineering: Musical Images
Students are introduced to the concept of the image of music. After listening to a song, they draw images of it by deciding where different musical instruments were placed during recording. They further investigate audio engineering by...