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Toothpick squares

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners state the general rule for a practical situation. They describe a continuing pattern. They use toothpicks to help visualize the problem and answer it correctly.
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Same, But Different

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare and contrast specific characters in the book, "Old Henry." They discuss similarities and differences between people and define character traits. They assess one's own character traits and have a class discussion about...
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Biodiversity: El Imposible National Park, El Salvador

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concept of how the more diverse an ecosystem is, the more interdependence of species exists within that system. The complex relationships among diverse species are difficult to identify. As species disappear or...
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Social Studies: Analyzing Massachusetts Immigration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate immigration in Massachusetts during the 1990's. They research a series of questions pertaining to immigration, including their experiences, obstacles, and countries of origin. They graph the five most prevalent...
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A Poster is Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list observations of PSA posters. They provide evidence/examples of their observations through class discussion. Students explore public health posters. They investigate historical public health campaign posters.
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Diseases Are Real

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research industries that contribute to sanitation and pollution problems. They investigate the direct result of unhygienic practices including disease outbreaks or specific illnesses. They create a Power Point...
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Wildcat Dumping Site

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research facts about illegal dumping sites and write an editorial exposing the effects of the site from their point of view and persuades readers to take action. Students brainstorm ideas that could be included in the editorial,...
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World Geography: Who am I?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to provide a basic description of one country that has arsenic in its water supply. They are able to locate these countries on a map. Students explore the majors countries that have been affected by arsenic...
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Wat-er We Good For?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the use of water as a resource that needs to be conserved. They practice the skill of water conservation by taking a home survey of water usage and modify the use in order to decrease the wasting of water.
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Riding With Alice

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Student listen to Don Brown's, Alice's Grand Adventure before discussing cross country travel. They trace Alice's travels on an outline map of the US and focus on the state of Indiana. They color and label the counties that Alice...
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East Asia: Current Events

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders read and evaluate current events of East Asia. They select an article, read and summarize the article and identify the key people, places, dates, and events in the article. As they summarize, they write a personal...
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Making Akan Gold Weights and Understanding their Proverbial Meanings

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners examine a variety of gold weights used by the Asante in West Africa. In groups, they discuss the purpose of the gold weights and practice saying proverbs associated with different pieces of art. To end the lesson, they...
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School Forest Lesson- Looking at Literature

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Students compare what they learned though literature to the school forest. In this environment lesson, students visit the forest surrounding their school to listen to literature and identify objects in nature.  Students create a...
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Make It All Better!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm ideas to solve a problem. For this technology lesson, students share their ideas to class. They research innovations that could benefit the community.
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Tooling Around Arizona: Reading Arizona Maps

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study geography. In this Arizona maps lesson, students develop their map reading skills. They have class discussions and work independently with various copies of Arizona maps to practice those skills. This lesson mentions...
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Building Up, Breaking Down

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore their school building and examine the rocks it is made of. They discover how rocks become building materials and participate in a variety of activities surrounding this subject.
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Protecting the Past: Give a Hoot, Don't Loot

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students discuss the looting and vandalism of various archeological sites. In pairs, they read and complete a worksheet and review their answers as a class. In groups, they role play a artifact preservation skit and perform it to their...
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Habitat Movies

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create movies of various habitats and animals using their knowledge of the subject and the computer program iMovie. Emphasis is placed on cooperative learning and research.
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World-Water Hero

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore why clean water is essential. In this environmental activity, students identify the "powers" we need to improve the quality of water. Students share their descriptions of world-water superheroes.
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Minerals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of minerals. In this minerals activity, students discuss how cooling affects the size of crystals. Students discuss how the structure of minerals is a tetrahedron. Students discuss the structure of silicates...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Perspective Drawing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students use line segments, angles, and parallel and perpendicular lines in order to create a one point perspective drawing.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Perspective Drawing Inspired by n.c. Wyeth [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students will generate unique fantasy drawings that utilize perspective and create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. Deriving inspiration from the American painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth's The Giant,...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Perspective Drawing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses vanishing point and perspective drawing, including tips on drawing from various perspectives.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Shape and Space in Geometry: Plot Plans and Silhouettes

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Challenge yourself to write a plot plan of a perspective drawing. This article begins with an example and then challenges you to do one on your own.

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