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Skiers on the Slope
Students explore mathematical concepts, problem solving, and the ability to program in LOGO to test ideas about speed, acceleration, gravity, and slope when dealing with downhill skiing.
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Audience-Smash Hits case study
Learners become familiar with the term audience after examining a story about the magazine Smash Hits and its decision to quit publication. After students study the magazine and methods currently used to receive music news, they design...
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Learning Online
Students use online tutorials. In this online learning lesson, students explore online learning websites and use tutorials to learn about a topic of their choice.
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Going with the Flow
Students survey each other and determine their common interests. They examine the use of algorithms by various websites that are used to develop networks of interest groups among users. They then design proposals for a social networking...
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Balanced Meal Planner
Students use an online website to select foods and put them onto a plate to see if they have made healthy and balanced meals. In this healthy meals lesson plan, students review the food pyramid before this activity.
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Database Detectives Solve a Mystery ~ Part 2
Students work together to solve a classroom mystery. They collect and organize their information into databases. They educate the school on how databases benefit life in a democracy.
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Explore Your World--Geography Takes You Places
Students examine how the world around them is constantly changing. In groups, they travel between centers in their classroom to role play the role of explorers in Washington D.C. They share their experiences with their classmates and...
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Think Green
Students experience and practice compositing and recycling through hands-on-activities. They distinguish between which items from their trash can be recycled, composted and reused. The process for making recycled paper is also covered in...
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Human Factors
Middle schoolers explain the psychological effects of living in space. They esign the houses and interior of a space settlement, make decisions about the running of a space settlement, and explore the human factors involved in space...
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Melody Words
Fourth graders compose a melody by placing words on the music staff. They play their melody words for the class.
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"Be the Kiwi" - Maori Oral Tradition and Performance
Students create a story similar to those of the Maori oral tradition. In this Whale Rider lesson plan, students discuss the way that Maori legends were passed down from generation to generation. Students choose a land...
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Counting Game
Students play a counting game in this PowerPoint. They work as a class to identify the numbers 1-54 sequentially from a number jumble. After two minutes the slide transitions into a grid so students can see how finding data is easier...
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Whales
Write factual accounts, reports and express personal viewpoints about whales. They eill also write on a variety of topics related to whales, shaping ideas and making choices in language and form.
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Apples Are A...peeling
Second graders participate fully in cooperative learning groups, assuming all the different job roles.
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Scavenger Hunt Lesson Plan
Students familiarize themselves with the research being conducted on the Ronald H. Brown from San Diego, CA to the Galapagos Islands by completing a scavenger hunt using Mrs. Richards' daily logs.
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Research Cruise Scavenger Hunt
Students track the research cruise of the Ronald H. Brown from San Diego to the Galapagos Islands. They match research groups with the key words, using the ship's daily logs to find the answers.
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Seeing Shapes
Young scholars study a variety of geometric shapes by taking pictures of items representing the shapes with a digital camera. They identify the shapes by using software to paint on the image.
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Seeing Shapes
Learners discover different geometric shapes such as triangle, square, rectangle, and octagon. Students incorporate the use of technology by taking pictures of shapes around their school using a digital camera.
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Places in a Town - Spot the Odd One Out
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match each place with a word list and decide which word in the list is the odd one out. Students complete 10 exercises.
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Nutrition Vocabulary Word Searches
Students complete word searches based on nutrition vocabulary. In this nutrition lesson plan, students choose the food group and select a word search based on the group.
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Money and Banking
Twelfth graders explore real world investing and the effects of day to day decisions on their financial futures.
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World-Class Competition
Pupils investigate the demographics and team history of some of the countries participating in the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.
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Watercolor Techniques
Students explore the medium of watercolor paints. They observe basic watercolor painting techniques and experiment with these techniques on watercolor paper.
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Watercolor Landscapes
Students explore watercolor paints as a medium for landscape paintings. They use watercolor paints to create landscape paintings.