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Identifying Watersheds with Topographic Maps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students model a watershed and delineate one using topographic maps. For this hydrology lesson, students use aluminum foil to model a landscape and observe how water moves on it. They also observe the features of a topographic map and...
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Exploring the History of Oil

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the history of the oil industry. For this history of oil lesson, students reseach the history and current state of the oil industry. Students then determine whether they support the move of the oil industry into Alaska's...
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The Power of Fiction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore fiction that moves individuals to social action. For this literature lesson, students read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and analyze its literary worth as well as its investigative journalism. Students investigate other...
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The Math Star Wins the Cup

For Teachers K
Students recognize and count numbers 1-4 using a racing game. In this math instructional activity, students move cars around a racetrack by matching colors and seeing numbers. The student who finishes the race first is the winner.
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Underground Railroad- People Get Ready...There's a Train a Comin'

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars learn about the Underground Railroad. In this Civil War and slavery instructional activity, students discuss how successful slaves would be moving around at night, learn the secret vocabulary used for escape routes and...
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By the Pound, Gram Liter or Gallon

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars participate in experiments at five stations to practice measurement. In this measuring lesson, students are presented different produce and objects and must measure with an appropriate tool. Young scholars use metric and...
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Ducks in the Flow: Resources about Surface Ocean Currants for the Upper Elementary Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate surface ocean currents. In this oceanography lesson, students work in small groups to create models that demonstrate surface currents, the Coriolis Effect, and how surface currents move debris. This lesson includes a...
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Cosmic Measurements

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Students develop two units of measurement to relate to the astronomical unit and the light year. In this astronomy instructional activity, students use a Twizzler to develop a measurement unit similar to the astronomical unit. They use a...
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Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers K
Students study world cultures with an emphasis on languages and cultures. In this world cultures lesson, students study the countries of Spain, China, Italy, and the United States. Students read the story Everybody Cooks Rice and move...
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To Travel or Not to Travel: Locomotor andNonLocomotor Movement

For Teachers K
Students develop dances. For this movement lesson, students play action and stillness games and learn motif writing symbols that communicate dance moves. Students use locomotor and non-locomotor movement to create their own movement...
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Traveling Southern Style: A Lesson on the Jim Crow Laws

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a poster of a travel route. In this discrimination lesson, 3rd graders read The Gold Cadillac and use it to discuss the problems African Americans faced while traveling south in the 1950's. Students compare three...
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Chicago Race Riots of 1919

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Chicago Race Riots of 1919. In this American history lesson, students watch the move "Up South" regarding the African American migration following World War I. Students read primary documents regarding the race riots...
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So You Think You're Tough

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn how to classify animals. In this invertebrates lesson, 4th graders discuss how we classify thinks into groups and move into a discussion about classifying animals. Students learn about the differences between...
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Static electricity: Ah, There's the rub!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students experiment to investigate static electricity.  In this static electricity lesson, students prepare a balloon head and draw a face on it.  Students rub the nose and the balloon moves toward the student rubbing.
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"States of Matter"

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the different states of matter by experimenting in class.  In this matter lesson, students participate in a lab activity moving from one station to the next creating different formations of matter.  Students view the...
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Weather Forecasting

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discover how to read a current weather map. In this weather forecasting instructional activity, students view weather maps from three consecutive days and observe how quickly weather moves and changes.  Students review key terms...
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The Robot Ranger

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars participate in an experiment to understand how robotic systems can estimate distances.  For this robotic ranger lesson, students measure the the time it takes for and object to move back and forth.  Young scholars will use...
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Wooly Bully

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students read a Natural Inquirer article and respond to it.  In this Natural Inquirer lesson, students work in groups taking on the role of summarizer, questioner, clarifier and predictor.  After each section roles move one to the...
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Privacy - What's the Big Deal?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate Internet privacy by discussing ideas with their classmates.  In this personal information lesson, students listen to a teacher tell them their every move will be watched as part of a research activity at school....
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Pizza for Everyone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Pizza is the inspiration for the cross-curricular lesson plan detailed here. Start out with a poem about pizza and move into a discussion about balanced eating. To close the language arts portion of the lesson plan, ask your pupils to...
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Welcome to Our Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a brochure for new students. In this writing process lesson, students brainstorm, create and edit ideas for making a brochure for new students. Students use a word processor to make the brochure and edit, copy, move, and...
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Basketball Relays

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice dribbling a basketball.  In this basketball relay activity, students learn to dribble a basketball, control a basketball and move quickly with a basketball.  Students split into two teams and play a game where they...
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19 Chains and 50 Links

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students investigate surveys as it relates to chains and links. In this math lesson, students relate math to history and surveys done above, below and on the earths' surface. They review vocabulary pertaining to this lesson before moving...
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Sea Level and the Terrapin

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study the habitat of the terrapin. In this terrapin lesson, students create a diorama of the habitat of the terrapin. Students also simulate how it would look if people moved into the area and how predators can threaten terrapin...

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