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Teddy Bears Everywhere

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the history of teddy bears. In this comprehension instructional activity, students bring a bear of their own to compare and contrast with their classmates. Students read book and discuss the events and draw pictures of...
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Minerals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define the characteristics of a mineral. In this geology lesson, students are given out various materials to observe such as a chicken bone, salt shaker, white paint, and chalk. Students categorize the items and are told what...
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How the Environment Affects Our Health

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore how the environment affects health. For this infectious disease lesson, 9th graders investigate what environmental situations cause infections diseases. Students study the symptoms, treatments, prevention, and...
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Wild and Wacky Warmups

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore vocal music techniques.  In this vocal music lesson, students follow a series of warmup exercises modeled by the teacher, then participate in specific breathing and vocalizing exercises.
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Mnemonics to Remember Your Trig Ratios

For Students 10th - 12th
In this calculus worksheet, students review mnemonic rhymes to help them remember the different ratios of sine, cosine and tangent. They are funny and memorable for any grade level.
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Friendship

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore human psychology by reading a book in class. In this friendship lesson, 1st graders identify the benefit of friends and strong relationships while reading the book The Rainbow Fish. Students analyze the images from...
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Fish Fashion 101

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore fish anatomy. In this fish anatomy and adaptation lesson, students define and identify the location of fish body parts. Students add these parts of a fish's anatomy to a life-sized fish costume worn by a student. ...
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Subtracting Monomials and Polynomials

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students subtract monomials and polynomials by combining like terms. In this advanced subtraction activity, students define the rules and properties for subtraction of polynomials. They apply the rules for addition to help with the rules...
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Alternative Assessments for Novel Units

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students can be assessed on novel units using alternative/performance assessments.
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Effective Speaking in a Debate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine and discuss the concept of stage fright. They demonstrate positive debate techniques, constructively critique other speakers, and implement debate techniques for a practice debate.
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Biology Mural Project

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students express knowledge in an unconventional mode which encourages creativity, analytical skills and cooperation within a group. This lesson stimulates pride in students because they are able to showcase their abilities.
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Triangle Town

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a fact family town to develop the understanding of numbers related in fact families. They learn each family has a big number and two baby numbers. They make triangle shaped houses for their facts.
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A Walk Through History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between relics found in history museum exhibits and the meaningful ways in which those relics are presented. They, in groups, select objects for a history exhibit about the event or time period of their...
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The Wounds of War

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how the lives of civilians who experience war are changed forever. They read and discuss first-hand accounts of citizens in Sarajevo, and consider the many needs of people, and how wars affect people's ability to meet...
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The Surreal World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the concept of Surrealism and how it can be expressed in various art forms. They next create a Surrealist collage, and engage in a Surrealist process to invent a title for their work. They critique a class...
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Remembering to Never Forget

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover how the history of a place or event affects one's present perceptions of that place or event. They examine the current tensions caused by the decision to make Weimar, Germany Europe's cultural capital.
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Digitized Doctoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore new medical technologies to exhibit in an Amazing Medical Machines technology fair. They research different types of advanced medical technologies; then create posters to summarize findings and present at a mock medical...
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Jingles All the Way

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore various tactics used in advertising by studying the advertising campaigns of well-known companies. They earn about methods of political advertising in China by reading and discussing Political Power Grows From the...
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"One Giant Leap for Mankind"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the significance of the Apollo 11 lunar landing by interviewing an adult for memories of the mission. They incorporate their interviews into news articles as 'journalists' in July 1969 to document this historic...
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Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to the notion of surface area and volume, learn the terminology used with surface area and volume and have experimented with the surface area and volume of different prisms.
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Household Pests

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Identify methods that prevent food-borne illnesses and contamination. National Standard 14.4.1 Identify food-borne illness Identify types of food-borne illness and their symptoms: botulism, e-coli, hepatitis, salmonella, staphylococci...
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Lewis and Clark and Native Americans, Part III

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Student will identify and describe the values and practices of Native American tribes with which the Corps of Discovery interacted, Highlight the contributions these tribes made to the Corps of Discovery's efforts, and examine the...
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Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

For Students All
In this worksheet, students answer questions regarding the function of an egg.
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Anticipatory Set Lesson for First Day of History Class

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students are introduced to the meaning of history and its importance. They examine why societal history plays an essential role in our lives as responsible citizens.

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