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Egg-xactly Right
Students match colors and sizes, and manipulate the plastic eggs to put them together. They stand along the perimeter of the gym with a partner. Students have an Easter basket as a pair. They are given a signal, the first person of each...
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Monochromatic Photo Painting
Students use Photoshop to manipulate a digital photograph. They mix and paint a full range of values demonstrating care of materials and craftsmanship in painting. Color relationship is examined using copyright free images.
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging
Students complete activities to study the propaganda elements from various war times. In this war propaganda instructional activity, students compare and contrast works of art from various viewpoints about war from varying social...
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Multiplying by 3
Second graders practice the multiples of three as an introduction to multiplying by three.
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ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
High schoolers list and explain the three types of economic systems as well as the three economic questions that every economic society must answer at one time or another. In addition, they identify the five features of our market economy.
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Web Page Creation
Students complete a unit of lessons on web pages and web page creation. They conduct Internet research, identify the characteristics of effective and ineffective websites, construct a glossary of terms, and develop three web pages.
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Math Technique in Multiplication and Division of Fractions
Students multiply and divide fractions. In this math lesson, students are given explicit visual instruction of how to work with fractions. Intended for learning disabled students, the teacher demonstrates how to manipulate the numbers by...
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Monochromatic Self Portraits
Pupils use a photograph of themselves and the photoshop computer program to create a posterized portrait showing mood and feelings through color. Students then paint their portrait using a mix of warm and cool colors.
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Modeling Multiplication of Fractions
Multiply your understanding of multiplying fractions. A short lesson teaches pupils how to multiply fractions. By using fraction models, they get a better understanding of the concept.
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Delicious Graphing
Fourth graders sort trail mix by type and use that information to create different types of graphs for comparing.
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A Model of the Sun's interior
Students create a three-dimensional model of the sun. In this solar system lesson, students design a scale model of the sun using plasticine.
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Fraction King Lesson Plan
Students combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.
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Math: Are They the Same - or Knot?
Learners discover the equivalence between knots and math through a manipulative exploration. In pairs, they select three sets of identical knots and change their forms without breaking the knots apart. Students pass them along to the...
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Paper Sculpture Habitats
Students develop skills in sculpture. They acknowledge that sculpture can be made in a variety of ways. Students encounter different ways paper can be manipulated. They gain experience in collaboration.
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Tracking the Salt Front
Students manipulate Hudson River salt front data from October 2004 -
September 2005 to locate the high and low points of the salt front for each month, They determine the range for each month, determine the modal range for each month,...
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Pure Substances and Mixtures
Students compare and contrast the properties of substances and mixtures. For this chemistry lesson, students simulate spontaneous mixing by performing a short class activity. They differentiate heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures.
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Insoluble Paintings
Use this art lesson to study insolubility and density. Combining water-based paint and mineral oil will cause a fun and interactive painting. This is a great art project to incorporate during a science unit.
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Walking in Their Shoes
Students explore the challenges of those who have "learning disabilities." They develop a storyboard and create a video which depicts learning disabled students coping with life. Special effects are added to the video scenes, as well as...
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The Magic Pot
The Magic Pot by Patricia Coombs is the theme of this multidisciplinary lesson plan. Early readers first take part in a read aloud and grand conversation about the story's details. Then, they get to work practicing their skills in...
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Add, Subtract and Multiply Fractions
Your future chefs will appreciate this comprehensive lesson plan where learners practice operations on fractions using pizza and soup analogies. Learners begin with a pizza analogy that requires the learners to multiply a whole...
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GAME CREATOR EXTAORDINAIRE
Students work together in groups to invent new and creative games. They also get the opportunity to teach others the games they created.
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Antacid Tablet Race
Students complete experiments to determine how rocket fuel is affected by surface area and temperature. They compare the reaction rates of antacid tablets. They discuss their results to complete the lesson plan.
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Rainbow Fish Drawing
First graders read the book, RAINBOW FISH and view a few pictures of different types of fish. They discuss putting certain shapes together make up objects and talk about and demonstrate straight and wavy lines, thick and thin lines....
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Do You Know Your Schedule?
Students identify classes in their schedules and associate the class with the time of day it is held. They then name classes in sequential order according to the period during which it occurs.