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Archery
Students are shown proper stance, nocking, targeting, and release techniques of archery. They follow basic safety procedures involved in handling and using archery equipment. Students practice shooting aluminum or fiberglass shaft arrows.
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Developing Flags
Students examine why having a symbol such as a flag is important for countries. In this flag lesson, students break into groups and create their own flag to represent their group dynamic.
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Acting Out Respect
Fifth graders explore, analyze and study interacting with others in ways that respect individual and group differences. They assess how to exhibit mutual respect and compromise in relationships through a teacher and counselor scenario...
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SWEET DREAMS, MOON BABY
Study previously-unpublished techniques and also stunning yet surprisingly easy historic techniques in quilting. Advance from simple needleturn applique to antiquarian fancywork with optional stencil-shading applique, inkwork, and...
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Wide Awake Dreaming
Students examine and discuss works of art by Juan Miro and other surrealist artists. They discuss paintings of Juan Miro, create a drawing of a dream-like creature, and write a description of their creature.
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Birds Quiz 2
In this birds quiz 2 worksheet, students answer 10 trivia-style questions about birds and pop culture, not interactively, then scroll down to check their answers.
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Graphing
Students collect data to create different types of graphs-line, pie, and bar graphs. They use StarOffice 6.0 to create graphs.
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Painting Botanicals by Computer
Students increase their computer graphics skills and trace and paint botanicals from digitals photographs they take of prairie plants using computer-aided artistic techniques.
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Teeshirt Printing
Young scholars become responsible and involved citizens. In this t-shirt printing lesson students design and create a teeshirt with a message about citizenship and responsibility. Natural objects are used as stamps.
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Using Parallax to Determine Distances
Students study parallax and what it is used for. In this distance lesson students complete an activity that allows students to get experience using a parallax.
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Becoming Africa's Wildlife
Students take a "trip" to Africa. In this Africa instructional activity, students watch a National Geographic video on animals from Africa. They pick an animal to research, create a poster about, and make a field guide.
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Information Extra
Students create a paragraph about a subject of their chosing that is informative. In this paragraph writing instructional activity, students use graphic organizers and work together in groups to create a full, organized...
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Sonnets and Poetic Dialogue
Seventh graders read a piece of work by Shakespeare and then write a sonnet.
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Keira Knightley
In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Keira Knightley and then complete a variety of activities including spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and scrambled sentences.
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Jackie Chan
For this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Jackie Chan and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze,...
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Fantasy Baseball Team
Students create a database and use its ability to store, sort, and present information about their fantasy baseball team. They gather information and use their knowledge of statistics to accomplish their team.
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Wild Flower Project
Students photograph as many different kinds of wild flowers that they see around their school. For this wild flower lesson plan, students take different pictures of wild flowers after identifying their characteristics and coming up with...
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Science and Math Lab (Students Look at Symmetry in Nature)
Students study patterns. In this symmetry in nature instructional activity, students examine objects to determine what type of symmetry they have. They work in small groups to rotate through stations that have objects for them to study.
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Amy Winehouse
In this famous person instructional activity, students read a passage about Zhang Ziyi and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Final Steps - From Cinderella Project
Students culminate a service project associated with a Cinderella study. In this service project lesson plan, students write letters to thank donors and sponsoring organizations for their donations of shoes. They practice their...
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Recycled CD Bulletin Board Christmas Tree
Students create a bulletin board display of a Christmas tree out of painted CDs.
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Make a Telescope!
Learners study modern astronomy and technology. In this telescope lesson students design and build a refracting telescope then redesign for better performance.
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Missy Elliot
In this famous person instructional activity, students read a passage about Missy Elliot and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze,...
