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A Sip of Aesop From the Web

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders answer specific questions by conducting an Internet scavenger hunt. They write their own fable after reading many different fables on the Internet. They questions that they answer are included in this lesson.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 5, Lesson 16: Capturing "Lions" of Poetry

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in the Author's Chair, which is placed in the front of the room. The puppet, Geo George, asks students to take out their poems, then brings them to the Author's Chair individually to share their poems with the...
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What's the Problem?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders redefine the problem of Where's the Heart of Florida? and begin to formulate possible solutions using graphic organizers.
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Mondrian and Matisse: Combining Styles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create artwork using the pure elements of line, shape, and color as the subject matter. The artwork is then cut or torn into organic shapes which are then glued onto a background paper, leaving areas of paper showing in...
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Career Recruiter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students give a presentation explaining the career opportunities that exist within a hospital. They can present the information via a Powerpoint presentation, a puppet show, a one act play or a taped video. They focus on health-related...
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Nutritionist for Hire

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders role play that they are nutritionists devising a healthy dietary plan that focuses on the client's needs.
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Politics: Who Is in Control?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the article "Council Members Clash over Administrator's Job." They be asked to think about how they would feel being placed in the same situation. All students participate in role playing the news article.
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Looking Through Time

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research their local history and create a books program.
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Are You a Liberal or a Conservative?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take an Internet quiz that categorizes their placement on an ideological spectrum. They, in groups, define liberal and conservative.
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You're Hired!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students participate in a simulation of being a speech writer for the President. They listen to and analyze speeches and present one of their own.
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The Only Superstitious Person Is Huck Finn

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders interview people from three different age groups about superstition including what they believe and why they believe it. This activity goes along with the classic book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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On Top of the World

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners listen to excerpts from an autobiography about the first blind man to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. They discuss Erik Weihenmayer's life, and write a bio-poem using a bio-poem formula.
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Keeping an "I" Out for the Answers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners work in cooperative groups brainstorming questions they want answered about a topic. They write the list of questions generated on one side of an I-Chart. Each group is assigned a resource to locate and gather answers to the...
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Balloon Bustin' Biographies

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students choose a famous person to write a one to three page report about. They conduct research using electronic encyclopedias, biographies, and videos. When students have all presented their reports, the class has a party.
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Culture in Atlantic Canada

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discuss the aspects of culture and what makes them unique. In small groups, 9th graders use digital cameras to take photos. Groups use their pictures to create a PowerPoint presentation storyboard of their culture.
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Utilizing Individual Resources in Everyday Problem Solving

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students utilize their understanding of individual resources in solving practical, everyday problems that might arise in the workplace and/or in their family and home.
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Sinking in the Rain (or Drought)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, explore sinkholes and how they effect humans and the natural environment.
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Rare, Fat, Flabby, Big-Mouthed Sharks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research Megamouth Sharks and write paragraphs based on their findings.
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Here's the Answer - Now What Was the Question?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write as many statements as possible that could be the answers to a variety of questions. They can follow the topic of study or topics of personal choice.
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Rice (Gohan) Observations

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate rice or gohan as it's called in Japan in a couple of experiments. They tally the results.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 3: Moo-vin

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice new geometry vocabulary by putting the words to the tune of "Hokey Pokey." students use the lyrics as a guided reading experience.
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Succeeding at Kite Day

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design a successful kite for Kite Day.
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Notes to a Mathematician

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze the likelihood of simple events.
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Geo Jammin'

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast related two- and three-dimensional shapes, and complete a Venn diagram illustrating the attributes of each. Using a poem pattern from another lesson, students use data from the diagram to write an attribute...