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Lines and Shapes

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify different kinds of lines found in common shapes. They discover ways in which an artist utilizes lines in a painting.
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Classifying Monocot And Dicot Plants

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify the parts of a flower, and tell the difference between monocots and dicots. They group plant by leaf types and characteristics placing the information in table form on the computer.
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Introduction to Correlations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate correlations between human body height and other human features. They select ten subjects and record each subject's age and gender and measure for height, wingspan, distance, and size of hands. After measuring, they...
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Indentured Servitude and Immigration

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students examine indentured servitude. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students compare indentured servitude of colonial America to the undocumented immigration of today. Students write reflections regarding how they feel about...
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The Tibet Question

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine the history or relations between China and Tibet. For this research skills lesson, students investigate the relationship between Tibet and China as they explore provided Internet links. Learners write position...
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Shapes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Discuss the properties of 2D and 3D shapes in order to help learners understand the concept. Learners will participate in an interactive whiteboard lesson to develop understanding of 2D and 3D shapes.
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Reflections over Two Lines & Dilations

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars create reflections over two lines. In this reflections worksheet, students compare and contrast reflections over parallel and intersecting lines. They dilate figures and investigate the effect of the dilation using...
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Advanced Sentence Completion: 15

For Students 5th - 8th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to sentences with one word. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Fun With Plants: Can You Find?

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this plants learning exercise, students find plants with specific plant parts and press and dry them to the sheet. Students find 14 different plant parts.
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Identifying Wyoming Trees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify trees based from their leaves. For this leaf lesson plan, students use The Rocky Mountain Tree Finder by Tom Watts in order to identify tree leaves. They look for leaf shapes, veins, and structure.
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The Way You Dream: Gandhi and King's Visions of Nonviolence

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners read Gandhi and Dr. King's messages about nonviolence and discuss their visions about loving one's enemies. In this nonviolence lesson, students read Gandhi's "Ahimsa, or the Way of Nonviolence" and Dr. Martin Luther King's...
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Interpersonal Nonviolence: Using MLK to Teach Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students develop conflict mediation and resolution skills by applying the nonviolence philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King. In this conflict resolution lesson, students watch a video about Dr. King and review quotes from him. Students...
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Systems of Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars solve systems of equations. In this algebra lesson, students use elimination and substitution to solve for the point of intersection. They use graphing to see where the two lines intersect.
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Strongest Polygon

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and identify shapes by name. In this geometry instructional activity, students construct, identify and compare polygons based on the number of sides. They classify each shape based on their angle sum theorem.
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Tricky Traps

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create identify properties of trapezoids. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the area of given trapezoids and review the area formula for parallelograms. They draw a correlation between the area of a trapezoid and that...
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Electric Field Mapping / Equipotential Lines

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students determine the equipotential lines surrounding a charged object. In this physics lesson, students draw lines to identify areas. They relate the spacing of the field lines to the strength of the charge.
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Chapter 4.5 Geometry Practice Problems

For Students 10th - 11th
In this geometry practice problems worksheet, students write geometric proofs to prove the validity of given circumstances. Students prove parallel lines, perpendicular lines, and similar angles. This four-page worksheet contains eight...
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Limited Resources - Understanding Our Cultural Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine and compare preserving natural resources and preserving cultural resources. They conduct Internet research on two topics, and write a position paper on whether cultural resources or natural resources are more...
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A Formal Analysis of Science Fiction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a five paragraph expository theme. They explain in their theme how the story they read qualifies as science fiction. Students write using all the conventions of English correctly.
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Literature: The Russian Cinderella

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast the Russian fairytale, Wee Little Havroshechka" with the Anglo-Saxon "Cinderella." In groups the discuss and then write their own versions of the Cinderella story. Students write about the differences...
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Timeline

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the Holocaust from a chronological perspective.  In this Holocaust lesson, 10th graders create parallel timelines on a poster about the Holocaust. 
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Geometric Shapes

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students explore geometric shapes by completing a variety of exercises. Students label the pictures with the 3D shape names, draw radius and diameter lines, name different types of triangles and draw diagonals and...
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Donald's Birthday Cake

For Students K - 1st
In this math activity, students use birthday candles on a birthday cake for counters. Students count up and down to find the age of the person in their word problem.  
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Brother Against Brother

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read Across Five Aprils and correlate it to a unit on the Civil War. They culminate the unit by writing a a piece of historical fiction in the first person entitled "Brother Against Brother."