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Healthy Water!?
Students test water for its quality and record their information.In this water quality lesson, students investigate water for pH, macro invertebrates and identify its characteristics. Students complete worksheets on their data for their...
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A Rockin' Investigation
Young scientists identify the rock cycle. In this earth science activity, students participate in web-based research to understand how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks form. As a follow-up, they collect various rocks and...
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Organisms and Their Environments
Students study a local ecosystem and research the organisms to create a food web. In this ecosystem lesson, students view a video and answer questions. They visit a local ecosystem and make a list of organisms to research. Students...
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Animal Sorting & Matching
In this animal sorting worksheet, 5th graders first match animal pictures with their names and a fun fact. Students must then fill in 15 blanks based on information given on the matching cards.
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Banking on Family
Learners examine the meaning of a trust bank account. For this financial awareness lesson, students brainstorm ways they are trustworthy to their family and define the meaning of a trust bank account.
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Amazing Grazing: Keeping Our Ecosystem Running
Students discover the value of sustainability within our ecosystem. In this ecological lesson, students discuss the importance of a food cycle in our society, and how humans can improve the conservation of a healthy ecosystem. Eventually...
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Bats and Boas Abound
Young scholars investigate Puerto Rican boa constrictors and bats. In this animal science lesson, students read an article about the bats and snakes found in Puerto Rico. Young scholars use various art supplies to create a diorama of the...
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Technology for Displaying Trigonometric Graph Behavior: Sine and Cosine
Young scholars explore the concept of sine and cosine. In this sine and cosine lesson, students work in groups to graph sine and cosine functions. Young scholars examine how coefficients in various parts of each parent...
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Students listen to From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil F. Frankweiler and discuss wants and needs. In this iincome and expenses instructional activity, students relate the adventures of the children in the book to a real life...
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Meet Molly An American Girl
Young scholars examine concepts of personal finance. In this personal finance lesson, students use Valerie Tripp's, Meet Molly, An American Girl, to learn about saving and spending after World War II. They compare financial decisions...
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Mr. Popper's Penguin's
Fourth graders locate Antarctica and recognize it as the setting of Mr. Popper's Penguins. In this Mr. Popper's Penguins lesson, 4th graders understand the financial decisions made by Mr. Popper. Students discuss wise spending. Students...
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The Berenstain Bears Trouble with Money
Students will explore good and services, income and saving listening to the story The B. Bears Trouble With Money. In this early economic instructional activity, students discuss what it means to earn money doing services and...
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Money situations
In this money situations activity, students read money word problems and then list the benefit, opportunity cost, risks, and responsibilities for each one. Students do this for 6 questions.
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Design an Instrument
Students design an instrument. In this sound, vibration and pitch lesson plan, students learn about the characteristics of sound, vibration and pitch. Students design a guitar using the assembled craft materials and demonstrate how...
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Traveler's in Time
Students analyze artifacts to become familiar with the Great Migration. For this migration lesson, students read an article and answer comprehension questions. Students role play a migration scenario using an artifact to help...
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Investigation of Immigration
Students assume the role of a crime scene detective and examine the lives of various immigrant groups. In this immigration lesson, students examine evidence, websites, and pull from existing knowledge to determine which group they are...
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Charlotte's Web
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn Diagrams, discuss...
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Rhythmic Movement Skills
Students explore rhythmic movements. For this performing arts lesson, students create their own movements and then repeat the each others movement. Finally, students create movements to the Haiku generated by the entire class.
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Teamwork and Challenge/ Challenge Activities
Students work in teams to complete various movements. In this movement lesson, students listen, make decisions and act as leaders through a variety of physical activities.
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Indulgences and Salvation Lesson Plan
Tenth graders examine different perspectives regarding indulgences and salvation. In this Reformation lesson plan, 10th graders watch video clips about the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and Martin Luther on indulgences and...
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Ecology
In this ecology learning exercise students complete a crossword puzzle that incorporates all of the ecological vocabulary in the word puzzle.
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The Korean War
Students examine the implications of the Korean War. For this Korean War lesson, students access the Korean War website to gain access to veterans of the war that they may interview. Students conduct interviews with veterans and create...
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A Forum on Racism
Twelfth graders compare and contrast the work of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In this racism lesson, 12th graders read The Autobiography of Malcolm X and discuss how Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. approached ending racism.
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"An American Story"--The Responsibility of Citizenship
Students describe the importance of being a responsible citizen. In this philanthropic actions lesson, students view "An American Story" and identify examples from the movie. Students discuss and recognize philanthropic behaviors in the...