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Let There Be Light!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders conduct experiments involving reflected light, absorption of light, refracted light, and colors absorbed by light. In this light lesson plan, 4th graders write about the results of their experiments as well.
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Environmental Health Hazards and Children

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the environmental hazards their community is facing. In groups, they develop a list of the ways humans have changed the Earth and how these changes have lead to environmental hazards. They record their...
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Non Profits Are Necessary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the importance of nonprofit organizations. In this nonprofit lesson, students research nonprofit organizations online and study the nonprofits' impact on society.
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Reading-Author's Purpose

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students review what author's purpose is by understanding that authors either persuade, inform, describe, or entertain with their story. In this language arts instructional activity, students bring in junk mail and in small groups...
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Sticks, Stones, Sinews and Stuff: How Early People Used the Environment to Meet Basic Needs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars create an artifact. In this early survival lesson, students use found objects to create an artifact that could have been used to help early people meet their basic needs.
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Transportation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the rules of different forms of transportation. They see how to read the public transportation schedule and recognize all the possible ways of getting from one place to another.
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First Day of Preschool

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discuss rules, have introductions, complete school tours, and more for the first day of preschool. In this first day of school lesson plan, students also discuss being good friends.
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Me and My Job Shadow, Part 1

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the skills that are important in performing helper jobs in the school and the skills that are possessed personally by them. They write a short paragraph to summarize the information taught about top three job...
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Traveling Through Europe with Brochures

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research a chosen European country. They create travel brochures and expression booklets to present their information to the class.
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Family and Friends

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the importance of family, investigate sharing time with family and participate in a family experiment.  In this family lesson students over a one week period sit down to dinner with their families and make...
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It's All Greek to Me!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
While the ideas for Ancient Greek research are solid, there is little detail to help make your job easier. The focus here is familiarizing your class with online databases and print resources in their school library. After direct...
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Chameleons Are Cool!

For Teachers 2nd
Have your learners review what they know about camouflage using this instructional activity. Learners fill out a graphic organizer listing what they know or have questions about. This could be enhanced with the addition of a writing...
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From Seeds to Plants

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review the process of plant reproduction and the role of seeds in that process. The students dissect a seed, analyze their finds, collect and record data, and make predictions about seed germination and plant growth.
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Workplace Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in daily spelling and vocabulary practice of workplace-related terms with definition matching exercises, word scrambles, dictation, sentence writing. Finally, they compose a short essay in which they use the words...
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Morning Activity

For Teachers 1st
First graders show appropriate ASL hand signs to answer questions for the morning meeting. They show the day of the week, the weather, and mode of transportation to school using signs. They copy the sign of the day and use name cards to...
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On With the Show: Fifty Years of the Public Theater

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Public Theater in New York City. In this theater lesson, students consider mission of the Public Theater and learn more about its productions. Students create their own event schedules for the Public Theater.
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Elders Predict Snow

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils interview Native Indians to learn their ways for predicting and measuring snowfall. In this weather measurement instructional activity, students invite a Native Elder to their classroom to tell them about how they predicted...
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Ocean Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore a simulated ocean floor. In this environmental lesson plan, students take on roles of an ocean dive team exploring the ocean floor. Dive logs will be created and the students will explore their sections of simulated...
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DNA Chips

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore issues surrounding DNA microarray technology. They focus on a single area of biomedical research to help them explain how science, people, ethics, and history all fit together. They analyze gene-expression data.
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Biomes/ecosystems

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine ecosystems through a variety of activities including an Internet hunt, work at centers, and building a diorama on a specific habitat.
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Evaluating Conclusions

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders evaluate seven conclusions which use A Doll's House for the prompt response. They develop criteria for writing effective conclusions which respond to an End-of-Course II writing prompt.
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Copy Cat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine a Webmath page, and demonstrate how to copy and paste. They create a computer-generated template page presenting the attributes of two- and three- dimensional shapes.
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Creating My Personal Animal ABC Book

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners conduct Internet research on various animals. They write and create an Animal ABC book, including pictures of each animal, and each animal's phyla and class, to present to a young child.
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Walking Math into the Real World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students measure an area given a yardstick. They also convert inches into a fractions of a foot and use data to create a linear graph.