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HIV/AIDS, Friends & Families

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine what it might feel like to test positive for HIV. They listen to a guest speaker, conduct a role-play activity, identify positive actions to take, and design a panel for the AIDS quilt project.
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Habitat Lap Sit

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars examine through role play interdependence of animal and man in their search for the proper arrangement of food, water, shelter and space in the same regions. Students then discuss necessary components of suitable habitat.
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Basketball, Dribble Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work with the teacher one group at a time, spreading out and with a basketball, practice dribbling with the music that is playing in the background. After they dribble with their dominate hand, they switch hands and do the same...
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Miniature Badminton Golf

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a game of miniature badminton golf. In groups, they practice serving and following directions. With a partner, they create their own badminton golf course and have other pairs play their course. To end the lesson,...
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Special Delivery

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are given an envelope with the name of a locomotor skill. As a class, they practice reading the name of the skill and practice doing the movement. To end the instructional activity, they complete the movement only when the music...
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Needs & Wants

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine the definitions of needs and wants. They write the definitions down and make a personal list explaining their own wants and needs. They cut out pictures from magazines showing their wants and needs which they...
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Hopping Across the Solar System

For Teachers K - 6th
Students role-play and communicate that objects in space have describable properties, locations, and movements. Students identify and communicate effectively that Earth is the third planet from the Sun in the solar system, eight other...
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Scrabble Laps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students access that the purpose of this activity is to integrate physical fitness with spelling of core vocabulary words used in science and social studies. Students play the Scrabble Lap Game.
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Blood Moving from Heart Around Body Simulation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review circulation and blood flow patterns from different parts of the body. They play a game using colored yarn and index cards to simulate blood flow, oxygenated blood, arteries and veins.
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Words Hurt

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students identify the various forms of bullying in a class discussion and to sort out the situations that can hurt outside and inside. They count the number of bullying incidents posted on the bulletin board to find which occur most...
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Steal the Bacon

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice listening skills by playing the game, Steal the Bacon. They work in two groups to listen to numbers and try to get the "bacon" first before getting tagged by the opposing team. Working together, the teams solve math...
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Where Do You Live?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study and compare rural, suburban, and urban communities. They play a board game, read books about communities, and complete several other activities regarding the different types of communities. Several extension and...
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Pirates of the Caribbean

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" tag game to demonstrate scooter skills and safety techniques. Students identify and discuss scooter safety rules, then play a tag game with each student (pirate) on a scooter, with...
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Reader's Theater Script

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this theater worksheet, students read a script from The Three Little Pigs. Students choose one of five characters to play (one of the three pigs, the wolf, or the farmer).
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Writing Questions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students read 2 sentences and turn each one into a question. They examine a picture of children playing and write 2 questions about the picture.
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Multiplication Game

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this multiplication practice game worksheet, students cut out a puzzle and puzzle frame in order to practice their multiplication skills as they play the game that requires them to solve single digit multiplication problems.
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Communication and Listening Skills

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the attributes of effective communication. In this communication lesson plan, students determine how to effectively send and receive messages as they role-play the process.
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Forest Appreciation

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners gain appreciation for the value of the forest. In this forest lesson, learners discuss the benefits of forests and their products. They play a kinesthetic game about the consumers of the forest.  
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Aquatic Foodweb

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore what a food web is. In this science instructional activity, students examine how nutrients and other pollutants enter a lake and play a food web game whereby students pretend they are either zooplankton,...
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The Fastest Pig in the West in the Classroom: Chopstick Tax

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars explore Chinese culture by reading a story with their class. In this Chinese economics lesson, students read a chapter from the story The Fastest Pig in the West and define the chopstick tax that was enacted in China....
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Spatial Awareness and Understanding Directions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students follow directions. In this spatial awareness lesson, students play follow the leader around an obstacle course following simple directions. 
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We and Thee

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine class structure. For this diversity education lesson, students discuss stereotypes within their school as an introduction to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. After students have read the play and discussed social class...
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True Friends

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine qualities of friendship. In this friendship instructional activity, 4th graders investigate responsible decisions and healthy relationships.  Students will role-play relationship situations.
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Baseball Math

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students collect data on baseball plays. In this statistics lesson plan, students graph their data and make predictions based on their observation. They calculate what the probability is that a favorable outcome would happen.