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Notable American Composers

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students visit web sites for each of the composersand listen to selections of each composer's music and place important dates of the composers into a pre-printed time line.
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Everyone's an Author

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine variety of written pieces of quality fiction, discuss what different story elements are present and how those elements make stories as effective as they are, and create a class story.
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Let the North Star Tell You Where You Are

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create an astrolabe and locate the North Star in the night sky. They determine the latitude of the North Star, and calculate an average latitude based on class results.
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Remote Sensing

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders participate in a variety of activities designed to reinforce the concept of light and the electromagnetic spectrum. They research and analyze data from remotely sensed images. They present their findings in a PowerPoint...
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Analysis of Character in a Short Story

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine a character from the short story, John Steinbeck's, "Flight." students respond to questions about the story and illustrate the character's journey.
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So Far From the Bamboo Grove

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read and discuss the book So Far From the Bamboo Grove. They select and reflect on the events that they consider most important in shaping their lives.
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Super Polymers

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Learners investigate polymers and compare the absorbency of a disposable diaper to cotton dish towels They determine the absorbency of sodium polyacrylate.
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Universal Proportions: Earth and Moon

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create scale models of Earth, the Moon, and the distances within the universe. Working in groups, they construct their models of Earth and the Moon on a scale of 50:1 and calculate how far apart to place their models. They...
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Ancient Man in Asia

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders analyze and synthesize information about major historical developments by interpreting data, evaluation sources of information, identifying and comparing experiences and perspectives from multiple cultural perspectives.
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Mythopoly: Where in the World Is Odysseus?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study Greek mythology. Among other activities, they evaluate a work of art and discuss the influence, significance, and history as it pertains to mythology. As a culminating activity they create a board game that shows their...
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Negotiating And Resolving Conflict

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the art of negotiation and review problem-solving strategies. They use this information to solve problems that relate to school, United States, and world issues.
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Exploring & Creating Mythology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars read and compare mythological stories from ancient cultures from around the world. In small groups they read a myth and present the storyline and themes to the class, and write an original mythological story of their own...
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Studies of the Ancient World

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, after taking a pretest, write a paragraph describing the difference between Athens and Sparta and write an article about the ancient Phoenicians, describing their contributions to world history. They compare democracy in...
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Random Strategies in Archaeology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students critically evaluate cultures according to their artifacts. In this Random Strategies in Archaeology lesson, Students interpret evidence in order to better understand ancient societies. Students watch films that affect their...
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What's "In" There: A Study of the Inner Planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify and explore the four inner planets. In this planet science lesson, 1st graders watch a PowerPoint about the planets. Students read the book Our Solar System and discuss the inner planets. Students create a book...
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Magpies across the milky way

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make origami birds after studying about Asian legends and culture. In this Asian legends lesson plan, students also learn about Asian art, constellations, and the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Mythology - What Is It?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore Greek mythology. In this mythology lesson, students discuss and define mythology. Students view pictures and associate them with the correct Greek myth. Students answer trivia questions about their knowledge for mythology.
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Carson McCullers: Loneliness and Frustrated Love

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the themes of loneliness and frustrated love in the work of Carson McCullers. In this theme analysis lesson, students complete a comparison of patterns in the novels of McCullers as a part of a theme analysis.
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The Leadership and Impact of Booker T. Washington

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore the life and leadership of Booker T. Washington. In this Booker T. Washington lesson, 12th graders examine images of Washington, listen to audio of his voice, and his most famous speech. Students wrote responses...
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Ronald Reagan

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, learners respond to 50 multiple choice questions about the life and accomplishments of Ronald Reagan.
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ESL Reading Comprehension: "Brown Widow" Spider

For Students 7th - 9th
For this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read an article about the discovery of the "brown widow" spider and complete a set of 15 comprehension questions.
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Kalsu, Tillman Define Heroism

For Students 8th - 12th
In this article analysis worksheet, students read an article titled "Kalsu, Tillman Define Heroism," take notes on the article, define 2 words from the article, and write summaries of the article.
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Circe's Power Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on Circe's Power by Louise Glück.
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An Exploration of Global Oil Spill Disasters

For Students 6th - 10th
In this oil spills worksheet, students write facts about the research they find about the oil spills asked. Students complete answers for 20 oil spills.

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