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Comparative Embryology Using Japanese Medaka Fish

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to control the breeding of Japanese Medaka fish. They collect the fertilized eggs and view and record the fish's embryological development daily to compare the stages to human development.
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Sound

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study how sound is produced by vibrations and is transmitted through matter in all directions. They observe how sounds are produced and identify the ways in which sound travels.
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Plants Reproduce and Grow in Various Ways

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders take a walk around the outside of the school and examine their clothing to see if they picked up any seeds while on their walk. They discuss how seeds travel and how a new plant thus can form. They then observe root...
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It's a Matter of Consent: Considering a Patient's Rights.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a Patient's Rights Charter after discussions of past experiments with such rights charters using the biographical posters in order to stimulate discussions on current attempts to create a Patient's Rights Charter. They...
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Earth Connections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of the planet Earth and its connection to the Native American traditional beliefs of 'Mother Earth.' Students describe and illustrate the Native American beliefs for 'Mother Earth.' Students interpret words...
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Tsunami! Examining Earth's Most Destructive Waves.

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover what creates a tsunami  In this earth science lesson, student research using the Internet how tsunami's develop. Students read accounts of first responders to the Sri Lanka tsunami.
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Traveling Back in Time

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine memories and the importance of memories to the people of all ages that make up a community. They explore the definition of philanthropy and identify an act of philanthropy in the literature. The book, 'Wilfrid Gordon...
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St. Michael, Prince of the Celestial Armies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars describe this work of art as reflecting the beliefs of Mexicans in the viceregal period. They create their own sculptures in a lightweight material that shows themselves in an active pose.
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External Influences 2: Technology and Changing Social Attitudes

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Young scholars examine various external effects on a business from a technological and social attitudes perspective. They apply business concepts to a business problem.
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Understanding Waves

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform 3 hands-on activities to help them explain the terms "crest" and "trough" as related to sound, water, and light waves. All three waves types have troughs and crests. The activities use toys to demonstrate the properties...
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High Contrast Photographs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take and develop pictures using patterns of light.
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Recovering Under-examined Histories to Build Community

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners read Diane Glancy's "Pushing the Bear" about the Cherokee Removal and respond online to a discussion board. They discuss responses in class.
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Two-line Discussion

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research current issues of different political parties.
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Design Your Own Remote

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use ergonomics to design and draw a remote control. They consider the placement of the buttons so that the remote can be used without looking at it.
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Trade Creates Opportunities for Individuals

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how trade can be a vehicle for the alleviation of poverty. They conduct Internet research, analyze organizations that help to alleviate poverty, and create a business plan for a micro business for a developing economy.
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Lesson Plan on the U.S. Trade Deficit

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the United States trade deficit. They examine different opinions about trade surpluses and deficits. They also identify the United States trading partners throughout the world and their concerns.
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Trash Count

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify pollution around their local community. They discuss the sources of polution and categorize objects based on their properties. They discover ways to make changes to the environment and how to inform the public.
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Subsidies and Taxes

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students utilize supply and demand models to demonstrate how markets can be affected by intervention from governments or other agencies in an attempt to correct a perceived market failure. After viewing a PowerPoint presentation,...
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Chinese, Japanese, & Korean Immigration to the U. S.

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study immigration of people from Southeast Asian countries to the United States. Pupils create maps and geographically illustrate the immigration. Using the internet, students research an assigned topic. They write an essay...
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Preventing Lead Poisoning in Children

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils examine the problem of children being poisoned by lead in the United States. After discussing the uses of lead, they brainstorm a list of ways they can be poisoned by the substance. In groups, they discover how they can stay...
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A Case of Innovation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners use strategies to comprehend technical writing. They write reports with great detail, supporting material, and clear vocabulary. They incorporate source materials into their speaking and writing and use voice, tone, and style.
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Hole Hole Bushi

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a written rhythm pattern. They state when a rhythm pattern varies from a given pattern by listening to an ostinato. They state reasons why people migrate to different lands.
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ESOL Maintaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the importance of understanding both oral and written instructions. They practice job instruction vocabulary typically associated with employment. They role play different scenarios with the vocabulary and discuss that...
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ESOL Maintaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the importance of understanding both oral and written instructions. They examine the importance of understanding instructions and how to ask for clarification. They role play different scenarios with vocabulary that...