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Advertising Books
Students experience a variety of ways to share their favorite books with their classmates. They write and present commercials to "sell" their favorite books to the class and participate in a community of readers who regularly discuss and...
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Rain Forest Adventures
Students identify and describe where tropical rain forests are located and examine the geographical correlation between rainfall and rain forest. They brainstorm what they think they know about tropical rain forests - where they're...
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Leap! Frog!
Students write a report stating facts and opinions based on frogs. Investigate and understand the changes that take place during the life cycle of a frog. Respond to language, meanings and ideas in different texts, relating them to...
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Multiplication With Decimals
In this multiplying decimals instructional activity, students solve 24 multiplication problems. Each problem has a decimal being multiplied by a two or three-digit number.
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Design Your Dream Room
Students determine length, width, perimeter, and surface area, and work with two-dimensional representations of three-dimension objects to design and write descriptions of their dream bedrooms.
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One Person CAN Make a Difference
Students illustrate how the actions of one person can make a difference. They identify school and community issues to address and complete group projects and action plans for making changes in the school or community.
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Two World Wars
Students listen to a lecture about WWI, or they go through the WWI project time line in a computer center. Students repeat the above options about WWII. Once the research is complete, students compare the two wars by filling in the...
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All Aboard The Campaign Train!
Students explore campaign politics. In this political campaign lesson, students investigate multimedia sources in order to examine the structure of political parties and platforms from previous presidential elections. Students then...
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Glaciers
Seventh graders summarize how Earth processes today are similar to
those that occurred in the past. They read excerpts from John Muir's "Yosemite Glaciers" and explain how slow geologic processes have large cumulative effects over long...
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Hawaii's Freshwater Animals - Species Report
Students explore biology by creating a report for the class. In this oceanography instructional activity, students research and identify the survival characteristics of a list of freshwater animals by utilizing the Internet and library....
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Exploring Symmetry
Students use a software program to create artwork and to manipulate images to study mirror and rotational symmetry. They take pictures of items in their environment in which they identify symmetry.
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African Safari
Seventh graders examine different countries in Africa to research. They choose one to concentrate their research on using the five themes of geography. They design a multimedia presentation that will make up the African safari.
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Action Verb Lesson
Second graders become familiar with action verbs through the reading of To Root, To Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb? In this action word instructional activity, 2nd graders analyze sentences for the action verb. Students watch a...
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Learning From Document - Public Laws
Students research primary sources about the Bracero worker program. In this primary source activity, students investigate two public laws along with other documents to determine if the Bracero worker program was implemented properly....
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Making a Travel Brochure of a Louisiana Parish
Although the attachments for this travel brochure project are no longer linked, you can still use the idea here and create your own assignment sheet and rubric. Learners choose a parish in Louisiana (or a city in your state) to research,...
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Decimal Search
Students locate and report on books using the Dewey Decimal System. They return the book to its proper place.
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Webs and Spiders
Students see how a spider spins her webs. They use yarn, pipe cleaners, eyes and glue to make the spider. For the web, students stand in a circle. They throw the ball of yarn across the circle. This begins the nice web shape. Students...
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Please Ex-Planet!
What is most useful about this lesson plan is the "Student Explanet Worksheet," a set of instructions for collaborative groups to use to collect information about an assigned planet. After students have researched and organized their...
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A Walk Through the 20th Century
Students use primary and secondary sources to study the literature, historical events, people, technology, medicine, government, entertainment and culture of the decades of the twentieth century.
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Athletes and Gay Teammates
Pupils research the Tim Hardaway story using internet resources. Students examine sexual identity and sports issues. As an additional assignment pupils will interview their campus athletic director to find out how such issues are handled...
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3-D Topographic Maps
Young scholars create a 3-D topographic map. For this map building lesson, students use cardboard to create a topographic map of the Catskills mountain region.
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Basic Uses of Prepositions Resource Page
In this basic uses of prepositions resource worksheet, students examine a the wide variety of uses of prepositions. They study prepositions of place, position, direction, time, and manner by reading the examples.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas: Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
Students read Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of animals that come from eggs. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies,...
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Map Directions and the United States
Third graders search TDC database for images of a compass rose, a miles marker, and a US map. They identify cardinal and intermediate directions to help identify their state and other states on a US map.