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Waste, Then and Now

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss and compare the waste disposal habits of today with those of Native Americans of long ago.
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Wise Use of Paper

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the paper recycling process. They experiment with ways to conserve and recycle paper products.
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Native American Bartering

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create items to barter. In this Native American bartering lesson, 5th graders read a book, design and make items, and barter with their peers. Students reflect on the experience through journal writing.
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Me And My Shadow

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the concept of a shadow. They design a tool to create shadows for an experiment. They make observations and record the size and shape of shadows. The instructional activity contains background information for the...
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For the Birds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore biology by creating birdhouses. In this bird identification lesson, 2nd graders discuss the different types of birds that live in their environment and what characteristics each type of bird has. Students create a...
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Introducing...Me

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders create a tri-fold brochure that includes past assignments from their writing portfolio. They examine these assignments of career choices, learning styles, dreams, and goals. In addition, they construct and then publish a...
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The House of Dies Drear

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read The House of Dies Drear and understand how he filled a need and helped people. For this philanthropy lesson students understand how the people who helped on the "Underground Railroad" filled a need and helped others....
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Imaginary Insect Zoo

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students construct imaginary insects. In this insect lesson plan, students will discover the anatomy of their favorite insect and apply it to their own creation. Student will write a description of their model, and put the insect models...
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Who Are the Arab Americans?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore the concept of diversity. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson plan, students take a quiz titled "Who Are the Arab Americans?" and then use the quiz as a lens through which to discuss misperceptions regarding Arab...
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The Whole Trut about Whole Grain Breads

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students comprehend the nutrition benefits whole grain breads. They explore how to overcome the common barriers to eating whole grain bread. Students investigate how to choose and store whole grain breads. They comprehend the...
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Grammarcise

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students conceptualized, planned story sequences, shot slides, and recorded narration for a slide/tape presentation on the eight parts of speech. They demonstrate the grammatical element and then include it in a sentence in each slide...
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Classroom and Laboratory Management Pre Assessment

For Teachers All
Students will learn the meaning of food science and management for the classroom and laboratory. Background For Teachers: NOTE TO TEACHERS: A pre-assessment should never be graded. Good pre-assessment devices, however, can also be used...
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Walk on the Wild Side

For Teachers 3rd
Have your class practice alliteration using this lesson. Learners listen to stories with alliterative elements and create their own sentences illustrating this technique. The lesson is incomplete, but could be enhanced to provide a...
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Smart Snacking Ideas

For Teachers Higher Ed
Educate parents on obesity prevention using these discussion points, specifically geared toward families of preschoolers. You will need to add to this, as it is mostly an outline of topics and objectives.  Concepts include healthy...
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Subtract Positive and Negative Integers

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Review the concept of subtracting positive and negative integers. Learners review the rules for subtracting integers, use manipulatives to visualize the process, and complete an assessment.
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Data and Probability: What is the Best Snack?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this math/nutrition instructional activity, the nutritional value of 3 snack foods is recorded on a data chart and represented on a bar graph. Students analyze and compare information, construct data charts and related bar graphs, and...
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Japanese-American Relocation

For Teachers 11th
Consider the causes and effects that led to the internment and relocation of Japanese Americans during WWII. Learners read the story "Baseball Saved Us" and selected chapters from Farewell to Manzanar. Then, they view a slide-show, and...
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Mind Benders: Name the Animals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this deductive reasoning instructional activity, students read the clues about a cat, a small do, a goat, and a horse and identify them. Students solve 3 answers.
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Student Opinion: How Impulsive Are You?

For Students 9th - 12th
Sure to spark lively discussion in any Language Arts classroom, this article from The York Times asks the question, 'How much self-control do you have?'. Pupils begin by reading a short passage about a study on delayed gratification and...
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Inverse Functions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Young mathematicians look for patterns in inverse functions as they relate to the original functions. The comprehensive instructional activity emphasizes vocabulary throughout as well as algebraic and graphical characteristics of the...
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Trash Talkin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate recycling at several scales, including local, state, national and global. They become aware of recycling, re-use, reduce efforts and policies. Students read the article Where Does Your Garbage Go. They look up where...
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Trophy Triathlon Design Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Build a trophy and be a winner. Pupils build trophies that can support a sports ball of their choosing. Based on the ball choice, they figure out how the height requirement changes.
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Birds, Fractions and Percentages

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners study fractions, percentages, spreadsheets, and computers by watching and recording the number of species of birdsseen. They create a spreadsheet to record the results of their one month study.
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So & So That

For Students 7th - 10th
When do you use "so" or "so that"? Practice this skill with your ESL students in this worksheet, which includes twenty multiple-choice questions. Each question prompts English learners to choose the correct way to complete the...