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Scent-Inspired Composition

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Our sense of smell has a wonderful way of bringing back memories. Unlock those memories with an olfactory-inspired writing prompt that challenges writers to tell a story about a specific smell and the memories it conjures.
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Alum from Waste Aluminum Cans

For Students 9th - 12th
Turn aluminum cans into pickles! An engaging experiment has learners chemically change aluminum into a substance with many purposes including the manufacture of pickles. After performing the chemical conversion, the experimenters verify...
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An Honestly Fun Camp

For Students 4th Standards
Six short answer questions challenge scholars to show what they know after reading a passage about a boy not so keen on his first trip to summer camp. 
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First Day of Class

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create birthday bar graphs, read books, make math windows, and more for the first day of math class. In this first day of class lesson plan, students also create pyramids.
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Student Autobiography: An Approach Through Journal Writing

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students write about an ordinary, everyday happening such as riding in the family car, preparing for school in the morning, doing the wash, shooting a foul shot or sitting in English class. They look at how he/she spends time during the...
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A Course in Basic Skills

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders complete a course in basic skills in order to meet the standards for sophomore year. Using one of their classmates papers, they identify the main idea, topic sentence and theme. They also identify the transitional words...
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Working Together As a Team

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine the need for rules to keep order at home, in school, in communities, and in the country using trade books and teamwork activities. They work in cooperative groups to define a positive learning community by writing a...
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Persuasive Writing Lesson Plan: Dress Codes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the pros and cons of the implementation of public policy matters and the specific issue of dress codes. They develop a list of pros and cons of a school dress code, examine and discuss a local editorial newspaper page,...
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Idiom Ideographs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore idioms. They divide into groups of three. Each group is given an idiom and three sentence clues. They discuss the meaing of their assigned idiom. Students create a new sentence using their idiom and dramatize the idiom.
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Japan: A Pacific Rim Neighbor

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students descirbe everyday events typical in the lives of contemporary, young, Japanese school-age children and understand some of the underlying reasons for various practices. They see that Japan and the state of Washington have many...
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Teaching Respect

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss what it means to respect others and have a continual discussion throughout the year. In this respect lesson plan, students role play respecting each other.
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Teaching with Timelines

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create illustrated timelines to accompany the historical events and people they have studied. In this chronological history lesson plan, students collaborate to create timelines that are enhanced with each new historical...
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Weather "Whys" Lesson 4: Spring

For Teachers K
Students explore the attributes of spring. For this weather lesson, students collect data regarding weather from various media. Students graph simple weather data and dress animals for forecasted weather. Students discuss the...
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Preparing for the New Haven Public School Science Fair Through Environmental Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils discover what type of effect that pesticides have on earthworms. They use three different types of pesticide and examine the external and internal effects that each have on earthworms. They maintain earthworms in habitats sprayed...
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Radio Broadcasting Before Television

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students compare the radio to other forms of mass communication. In this Radio Broadcasting Before Television lesson, students learn the different types of radio shows in the 1920s and 30s. Students write and perform radio scripts...
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National Priorities for Hunger

For Students 7th - 8th
In this national priorities for hunger worksheet, students assess the need in their community for food assistance, decide what needs to be done, rank the options, and determine a method for evaluating programs.  This page has many...
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Social Studies: Westville Through the Years

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils research the history of Westville, Connecticut by investigating three main areas of study. They begin with the town's early history, examine its industrial era, and conclude with its influence in the arts. The lesson includes...
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the New Explorers:Into the Depths

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the self preservation mechanism that is inherent in the Great Lakes. They examine how scientists are studying Great Lakes, and what their predictions are for these national treasures.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska:Cutting Cordwood

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers solve problems and answer questions about two young men attemtping to earn money by cutting cords of wood.
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Ethics In The Science Classroom - The Landfill

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners discuss the risks a landfill may pose to a community. The setting is a school board faced with a decision about whether to close a school until the landfill is capped (a 3 year period). They are asked to determine how they would...
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It's Up In the Air

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine a variety of tools that are used to collect scientific data. They conduct an experiment that reveals what type of particles is in the air at their school. Students report on their findings.
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Living to Avoid The Criminal Justice System

For Teachers K - 12th
Students brainstorm a list of negative stereotypes in the African-American society. In groups, they develop ways to decrease the chance of them living in poverty and being in trouble with the law. They develop ways to solve problems...
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Community Close-Up Brochures

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students express a personal view of the land areas, buildings, schools, stores, and cultural events that make their community unique. They design and create a "Community Brochure" that would attract new residents or visitors to their...
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Why Are Celebrations Important?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils complete a variety of activities in their study of Chinese culture. They explore the Chinese New Year, zodiac, calligraphy, dragon kites, lanterns, games, and songs among others.

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