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How the Great Depression Affected California and C¿¿sar E. Ch¿¿vez

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the effect of the Great Depression on California. After reading a summary, they discover how the depression and Dust Bowl led to the immigration of great numbers of farm workers into California. They also...
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Seeing Numbers In Tens And Ones

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders develop the skill of place values up to the tens place. They practice identifying the values of 2 digit numbers and writing the correlating values with counting. They use the example of money to make the lesson more...
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South Carolina Crazy Paper Quilt of Facts

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen as the teacher reads a book about quilts, before they discuss the craftsmanship used in making quilts. They study the regions and symbols associated with their state. They make a quilt square using one of the facts...
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Early Humans

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders work together in groups to examine the earliest civilizations. After reading two stories, they compare and contrast the facts with those stories with other ones they have read. They discuss the different hypothesis on...
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Rock Till You Drop!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students study rhythmic patterns and phrases on percussion instruments. They form a drum circle and take turns playing the beat. After listening to styles of rhythms, students compare styles of music. They compose a short piece of...
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Statistical Inquiry

For Students 8th - 10th
In this statistical inquiry worksheet, students analyze and interpret a variety of diagrams such as a scatter plot, bar graph and pie charts. They create tables and other diagrams to support given data. This two-page worksheet contains 3...
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Statistical Diagrams

For Students 10th - 11th
In this statistics worksheet, students explore five activities that require analysis and interpretation of maps, charts, and scatter plots.  The six page lesson includes five activities or experiments with short answer...
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Energy Conversion in Electricity – Resistors and Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore electrical energy. In this electricity lesson plan, students design and build a large circuit in order to determine whether circuit size correlates with the light of a bulb.
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Chiune Sugihara, Living by Gandhian Principles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read about Chiune Sugihara and analyze the moral situations he faced. For this morality lesson, 7th graders read chapters from A Special Fate, Chiune Sugihara: Hero of the Holocaust and analyze his moral decisions in the...
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Roman Numerals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the Roman numeral system. In this Roman numeral lesson, 4th graders study how the symbols used in the Roman numeral system correlate to counting numbers. They detail the uses of the numbers such as in dates, for...
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Creating Public Awareness - Indoor Air Quality

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students design a poster about indoor air quality. In this indoor air quality lesson plan, students make a billboard that tells the occupants of a building about at least one air quality problem.
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Ecology And the Conservation of Natural Resources

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift and how the continents were connected in one large land mass called Pangaea. They examine plate tectonics and the theory that the earth's surface is composed of large moving...
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Changing Places

For Teachers K
This lesson involves live ladybugs. Students view two containers of water and take the temperature of each. They construct a graph on chart paper to compare the two containers. Students speculate which water sample the ladybugs will like...
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Lucy the Changing Ladybug

For Teachers K
Students listen as the teacher reads "Lucy the Changing Ladybug." Students use construction paper to create a large leaf which they divode and number four sections. Each section will be illustrated to represent one stage of a ladybug's...
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Our Solar System

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe the composition of our solar system. They recognize the names of the planets in our solar system and compare and contrast the nine planets that orbit the sun.
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A Story With Order Of Operations

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the use of The Order of Operations using a story. The solution of the story correlates with using the same thinking involved in the application of the Order of Operations. This brings the concept into real world for...
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Trends of Snow Cover and Temperature in Alaska

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare NASA satellite data observations with student surface measurements of snow cover and temperature. They practice data collection, data correlations, and making scientific predictions.
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the American sport and history of baseball. In this baseball lesson, students complete three levels of units to learn about baseball.
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Social Effects of WWII on South Carolina

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars study the history of South Carolina and the impact World War II had on the state. In this WWII history lesson, students research the social effects incurred from WWII on the people of South Carolina. Young scholars develop...
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Indoor Air Quality

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars make a work puzzle using air quality vocabulary. In this air quality vocabulary lesson, students design a word puzzle using a teacher designated number of vocabulary words. They peer edit the puzzles with their classmates.
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Diet and Exercise Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars explore their physical abilities by participating in team sports.  In this physical education lesson, students collaborate in groups in one of several team sports before moving on to the next station.  Young...
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Introduction to the Cold War

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the correlation between the Cold War and the Domino Theory.  In this history lesson, students watch a short video that exhibits the domino effect, then divide into small groups, each representing an assigned...
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Population Dynamics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how organisms are dependent on one another for survivial. They also discuss how to conserve natural resources. They compare and contrast the different types of symbiotic relationships as well.
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Power, Persuasion & Propaganda: Exploring Multiple Motives

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students recognize different motives even in non-commercial media. They analyze the role of media in a democratic society and wrestle with ethical issues concerning media and the public good. They create a media message with one or more...