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Jingle Bells Streamer Routine

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils perform movements with streamers as part of a P.E. activity. They dance to the song Jingle Bells, following explicit directions. They practice a dance routine, and can create their own dance.
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Exploring the Brass Family

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the four basic instruments of the Brass Family in the four lessons of this unit. The French horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba are inspected as students develope a familiarity with their sight and sounds.
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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with Dance

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Learners perform Irish dances. In this Irish dance instructional activity, students learn a variety of dance steps and use these dances for physical activity, fun, and exercise.
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Sunset Silhouettes

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create "SUNSET SILHOUETTES" using primary colors, black construction paper, and glue in this elementary-level Art lesson. The lesson extension included with this lesson involves creating a nativity scene and might be...
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Shortenin' Bread Shuffle

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students learn a line dance that corresponds with the recreational dance curriculum of North Carolina. They respond to directional cues and terms in folk an line dancing.
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Making Masks

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create paper masks linking the function and purpose of masks in the past, with modern life.
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Your Song

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create instruments to demonstrate their understanding of how the science of vibrations is used to create sounds.
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Celebrate The Four Seasons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate cause and effect and compare and contrast how recurring cycles are evident in multiple aspects of their education. They answer questions in the chosen field. Students model each aspect by interpreting, perceiving and...
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The Many, Varied, and Unusual Places and Things on Earth

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners discover how energy flows through communities because of the relationship between producers, consumers and decomposers. Examining various ecosystems, they identify the materials that cycle continuously through them. They label...
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Island Culture: Puerto Rico

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the culture of Puerto Rico. They create maps of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. They work in small groups to research a decade in history and add drawings and pictures to a timeline of their decade. They practice...
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a self portrait using symbols that represent them. In this self portrait lesson plan, students look at a nineteenth century painting and discuss the symbols that represent this era. They then recreate a dance in the...
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Physical Education - Gallop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars practice galloping. In this gross motor skills lesson plan, students review how to jump and hop using a jump-rope and hopscotch. The teacher shows the steps to gallop and they hold a noodle and pretend as if they are...
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Animal Habitats

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson plan, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Learners create clay animal...
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"EA" Beach

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars are introduced to their new spelling words for the week which have the sound "ea". In groups, they brainstorm a list of other words with the same sound, draw them and write them on a worksheet. They share their new words...
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Creation Mythology

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars construct a map from geographic data and explain relationships found in the information. Students identify ancient beliefs and customs through Hawaiian creation myths while comparing similarities and differences and...
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Making Words

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 
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Caveman Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice fleeing and dodging skills, spatial awareness, some experience with normal tag games.
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Buckets of Zoo

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice spelling while developing a variety of throwing skills.
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Computer Graphing Calculator Explorations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the graphing calculator feature on the Macintosh computer to explore some "parent" functions and their translations, combinations, and composites.
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12 Days of Christmas

For Teachers 1st
First graders reinforce numerical order as they explore "The 12 Days of Christmas". Composition with instruments is also involved.
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Goldilocks and the Bears Make Their Pitch

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and identify the pitch of the bears' voices as high, medium, and low. They improvise on xylophones a melody to accompany the bears in the telling of the story.
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One Of A Kind

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore current fashion trends. As a class, they discuss the statements that a dress makes, brand names, and cultural trends. Fashions from other cultures are observed and discussed by students. In pairs, students create...
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Draw a Scientist

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students think to themselves about what a scientist might look like when they're working and then draw a picture of a scientist at work and discuss their drawings. They notice the number of men compared to women and other such...
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From Vibration to Sound

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe a series of demonstrations to illustrate wave movement. For this sound wave lesson, students witness how objects create waves when dropped in a dish of water, use a rope and slinky to produce transverse and longitudinal...