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On the Playground
Students comprehend various situations by addressing real life dilemmas. They work together and collaborate to set goals and prioritize their view. Students talk about their options in solving the problem in an effective manner.
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Healthy Snacks
Ninth graders examine teen attitudes towards snack food merchandising in schools and what contributes to successful food merchandising. The context for the lesson is found in the research conducted from the Health Canada Website.
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Understanding Bernoulli's Principle
Fifth graders explain why we fly. For this space science lesson, 5th graders discuss Bernoulli's prinicple and its relation to flight.
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Cultural Mapping
Young scholars are introduced to the cultural diversity in Australia. Using new vocabulary, they define multiculturalism and explore their own cultural backgrounds. In groups, they complete a series of worksheets to develop a better...
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Depression: On the Edge
Students watch and discuss a video dealing with the topic of depression and suicide. They answer discussion questions, identify sources of stress, conduct research on exercise and diet, interview a psychiatrist, and take a self-test on...
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Observing Atherosclerosis
Students develop a model to visually observe the change in blood flow rates between healthy and unhealthy arteries. They calculate data that they have collected and graph their results. They determine the relationships the flow of...
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Information Fluency Unit
Fourth graders, after defining the task and searching for some creative strategies, role play being a Park Ranger who tries to save Big Bend from being removed from the National Park system in Texas. They support the keeping of Big Bend...
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Developing a Public Health Service Message
High schoolers communicate the biological basis for an aspect of a public health issue in a visual manner. They use the basics of a variety of diseases and epidemics to create their Public Health poster and service message.
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Humidity and Air Saturation
Students experiment with air saturation. In this earth science lesson, students first complete an activity which teaches humidity. Then they use the scientific method to create their own experiments to test how long it takes a...
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Patterns in Poetry: Part I--Rhythm
Students explore patterns in poetry. In this language arts lesson, students discuss rhythm in poetry. Students read poems and discuss the rhythm of each poem.
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Lesson Plan: Spain has its own immigration issues. How does it compare to ours?
Young scholars investigate the issue of immigration in North Carolina and Spain. They compare/contrast immigration in both and exchange opinions about possible solutions. In addition, they write an essay proposing North Carolina...
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Whether or Not to Come to the Aid of One's Countryman
Students examine a scenario and make decisions about how people would be likely to act in that situation, how people should act in that situation, and how difficult it would be to take certain actions in that situation.
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The Best Place in the United States to Live
Students, working in small groups, analyze information provided in U.S. maps to make a logical determination of the best place to live in the United States in regards to natural and human-made hazards. Then, working individually, they...
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Kids Health: Dealing With Peer Pressure
Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. When people your own age try to influence how you act, it's called peer pressure. It's...
Read Works
Read Works: Peer Pressure Power
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about peer pressure. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Dealing With Pressure
Be aware of the pressures around you, learn how to resist peer pressure, and keep a "pressure journal" to record and think about the ways in which you are faced with peer pressure every day.
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Do It Now Foundation: Peer Pressure and Choices: How to Think for Yourself
Read about how peer pressure can negatively influence your decisions, particularly decisions about drug abuse. Learn the importance of thinking for yourself and of making healthy choices when it comes to drugs.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Grind Your Mind
This colorful site begins with an interactive quiz about peer pressure and then gives a lot of information on what peer pressure is and how to make smart choices.
ReachOut USA
Reach Out Usa: Friendships and Peer Relationships
ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page has tips for how to deal with friendship issues, bullying, and peer pressure.
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Feeling Pressured? A Quiz
This online quiz helps teens gauge the amount of pressure they are experiencing from their friends to act and do as others do, plus suggestions for helping then stay free of negative influences.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Life: Kabam! Comic Creator
Students learn about making choices when dealing with bullies, peer pressure, and conflict, then create their own comics, using speech bubbles to write dialogue, in response to what they have learned. Requires Adobe Flash.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Choices & Consequences
We all have tough choices to make especially when it comes to peer pressure. Play this interactive game against other contestants to see how well you make good choices. Check out the links on the right to learn even more about peer...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: Social Pressure: Why Do People Follow the Crowd?
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question Why do people follow the crowd? Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...
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Common Lit: Themes: Social Pressure: What Are the Effects of Following the Crowd?
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What are the effects of following the crowd?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account...
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