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Worksheet for Researching Occupations

For Students 8th - 12th
In this careers instructional activity, students research jobs they are interested in and then fill in a graphic organizer with details about the career.
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Climate Change

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders compare the Arctic and Antarctic.  In this climate lesson students work in groups, research and complete an oral report or a poster. 
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Lifestyles of Civil War

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, after viewing a website on Civil War Time, explore and analyze the lifestyles of Civil War times as well as those of the soldiers through the writing of a composition of a narrative letter and story through the eyes of a...
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Designing Experiments - Procedures for Teachers

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students evaluate a hypothetical experimental design and attempt to improve upon it. In this scientific method lesson, students are presented with an experiment and are instructed to determine its flaws. They conduct their own...
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Girls Around the World: Communicating Through First-Person Narratives

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Teams select a society to investigate and create a chart comparing and contrasting the status of girls in that society with their own. They then craft and illustrate a personal narrative written from the point of view of a girl living in...
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Creating an Original Opera

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This may be a lot to ask of a high schooler, but then again, who knows? Pupils work in groups to explore, write, and then perform an original opera. They view versions of The Magic Flute and La Traviata, then compose a plot, characters,...
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Beginner 4: Searching for Evidence for Research Tasks

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Having a strong searching skill set can make a research project much easier and much for successful for pupils. Tackle finding evidence with the ideas included here. The ultimate goal is for class members to learn the stepping stones...
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Habits of Mind

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Why do artists create? To solve a problem, of course. Young artists work individually and then in groups to create observational, imaginative, and narrative drawings in response to an assignment that requires them to employ all 16...
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RESPECT -- A Basic Skill

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders are shown a variety of advertisements and commercials and note the product being sold. As a class, they compare and contrast their answer to the actual product. To end the lesson, they discuss whether or not they would...
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What Can I Afford?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of cell phone plans. In this cell phone plan lesson, students research the cost of cell phones. Middle schoolers compare various cell phone plans and decide on which phone plan is best for them.
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CCSS Unit Design Template for Art

For Teachers K - 12th
Art classes, like any lab class, require extensive preplanning and set-up time. Use this planning template in the quiet before the storm to identify the equipment and materials that will be needed, the procedures and processes...
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The Heart of the Matter

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Upper elementary pupils learn about the blood transportation system and anatomy of the human heart. They fill in an outline of the human heart  (not included) focusing on the flow of blood to and from the heart. Using stethoscopes,...
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Temperature and the Tomato

For Teachers 9th - 12th
You will need a photovoltaic system and monitor at your school in order to obtain all of the data required to thoroughly implement this lesson. Your class monitors daily temperature and insolation amounts over a two week span of time....
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Newtonian Mechanics

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students familiarize themselves, through teacher demonstration, with Gavendish's apparatus first used for experimentally determining the value of the Universal Gravitational Constant G, and calculate theoretical value of Earth's...
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Multiplication Tables Using Microsoft Excel

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to Microsoft Excel as a computer application software program. They create multiplication tables in Microsoft Excel. Students work in small groups. They discuss the $ (anchor) function in Microsoft Excel.
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The Real Cost of College

For Teachers 7th - 8th
How do people pay for college? Learners explore the concept of paying for college, they discuss possible ways to pay for college, research the cost of colleges, room and board, and other college living expenses.
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“Self Reliance” Questions

For Students 9th - 12th
Is consistency foolish? Or is “foolish consistency . . . the hobgoblin of little minds”? Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self Reliance” provides readers with an opportunity to reflect on their own musing about being self-reliant and about...
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Life Skills Worksheet

For Teachers K - 8th
Big and beautiful, this colorful poster encourages class members to establish specific learning goals before beginning activities and exercises.
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Rate a Full Plate - Portion Control

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students compare and contrast 2 different plates of food. They compare the appearance and calorie count of both plates of food. Students experience the power of portion control. Worksheet and Visuals Included.
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Where Will You Go?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research and plan an imaginary vacation. In this travel planning lesson, 5th graders work in pairs to use an atlas, calendar, review airplane schedules, encyclopedias, magazines, and the Internet to research information...
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Weaving Technology into Thematic Units

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are taught to give an understanding of an author's time period and life. Teachers support the writing process and research techniques with technology and research books. Alternative assessment is used for evaluation.
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Exploring Landforms

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the different types of landforms throughout the world. They pick one and research and present it to the class.
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Design a Zoo Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research animals to become experts on them. They design a zoo to fit their animal's climate and region. They create a computer drawing of their zoo at the end of the lesson.
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Hurricanes

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the history of hurricanes. They discuss the worst hurricanes that have formed. Students examine what to expect during a hurricane and the preparations they should make. They learn about evacuation routes, shelters, and...

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