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Magical Metamorphosis

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare and contrast incomplete and complete metamorphosis using a Venn Diagram. They predict, observe, measure, and record data on the life cycle of mealworms. Students write and illustrate the life cycle of the mealworm....
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Science: Draining the Land - the Mississippi River

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use topographic maps to identify parts of rivers. In addition, they discover gradient and predict changes in the channels caused by variations in water flow. Other activities include sketching a river model with a new channel...
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The Stock Market Game

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore the stock market. They choose a company and research the company's financial report. Students select 4-10 stocks and become an advocate for one stock. Using spreadsheet software, students compare stocks. They analyze...
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Attitude Adjustment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify and track the number of times they complain in a twenty-four hour period. They examine their own habits and predict the outcomes of their own performance on this activity and identify people, things, and "other"...
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Fun With Sound

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make predictions. In this sound lesson, 2nd graders listen to various sounds, and write down and draw what they think that sound is. Students make a chart of their predictions.
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Oxidation and Combustion: Chemical Reactions in Fire

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars study oxidation and define vocabulary pertinent to it.  In this oxidation lesson plan students make predictions and create experiments
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Guided Reading Lesson: Here Comes the Bus

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover basic concepts of print. In this early literacy lesson plan, students discover basic high frequency words. Students make predictions as they read. Cross-curricular activities provided.
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The Swinging Pendulum

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students observe a pendulum and graph their observation. In this algebra lesson, students use the TI calcualtor to graph the motion the pendulum makes. They analyze the graph and make predictions.
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The Asian American Experience in the United States: A Chronological History

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders understand push-pull factor in Asian Amencan immigration. They identify patterns of Asian immigration to the United States and recognize their correlation to the concurrent socio-economic and political conditions of that...
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Conducting and Analyzing Local Studies

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students carry out the class weather study: recording, organizing and discussing data daily and keeping track of this work in their journals. They look for patterns and relationships in data, link these with what they know and with...
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Autumn

For Teachers K
Students observe the different patterns of leaves and record their observations after reading the book "Autumn Leaves".
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Reading Trees: Understanding Dendrochronology

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars examine tree-ring dating and discuss the lack of water the settlers in Jamestown faced. They create paper tree rings, simulate rain patterns, and describe the history of construction paper tree sequences.
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Understanding Canadian Weather Extremes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research and analyze the causes and sources of Canada's extreme weather conditions. They conduct an experiment, complete a worksheet and predict the most likely locations for extreme weather conditions.
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The Seed and I

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the patterns and structures of seeds and fruits. Using different types of organisms, they identify the similiarities and differences between them. They create their own seed design and shares it with the class.
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Clay Hill Animal Sampling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create animal print casts from molds in the classroom. They use the cast patterns to identify animal prints on a field trip in which they locate animal tracks, identify the location with GPS and create field casts of the...
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The Chaos Game

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students measure and predict the behavior of a fractal.  In this investigative lesson students divide into groups, and participate in an activity that includes drawing triangles and coloring vertices. 
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Confronting the -Isms

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students keep "Mindwatch" diaries to chart their own prejudices and stereotypes. In this social justice lesson, students monitor their own reactions to people who are different from themselves. Students identify and discuss patterns of...
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Counting Principle

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify the different outcomes given a situation. In this algebra lesson plan, students calculate the possible outcome using the counting principle. They compare and analyze patterns to make their predictions.
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Controlling the Flow of the Colorado River: A Study of Dams

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research and map the Colorado River and its dams and predict the effects of a dam on an area. They suggest reasons a dam would be built and compare the Colorado River system with other major river systems within the US and...
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Wet-Dry Bulb Hygrometers: Measuring Relative Humidity and Apparent Temperature

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students work in groups of 4 for the activity/activity part of this exercise. They know that clouds are formed by the condensation of water vapor, affect weather and climate. Also that global patterns of atmospheric movement influence...
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Post-Secondary Checklist

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders answer the question what is next for them and identify how life is going to be different after high school. As a class, they share their life experiences in elementary and middle school and then predict how it might be...
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The Tides of Change Worksheet (Part 1)

For Teachers 1st
In this science worksheet, 1st graders track the tides of the ocean for a number of days and examine the data to determine the meaning of the pattern.
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Graphing Real World Situations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners solve linear equations using graphs. For this algebra lesson, students depict real life situation using lines and functions. They identify the slope, data and predict graphing behavior.
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Some Similarities Between the Spread of an Infectious Disease and Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare and contrast the spread of infectious diseases and population growth. In this biology instructional activity, students identify the exponential growth pattern of spreading diseases. They relate this to HIV infection and...

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