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Exploring Human Traits

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore human behavior by participating in a class science game. In this human characteristics lesson, students identify different human traits that are passed down by each generation and the purpose each of them have. Students...
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Teaching a Current Event

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars discuss current events. In this decision making activity, students work to solve how an issue in their classroom should be solved by using a six-step discussion procedure. They work as a class to come up with a fair way to...
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Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students watch a video, view websites, and discuss the Chinese Exclusion Act that took place on Angel Island. In this Chinese exclusion act lesson plan, students discuss the interrogations that went on and fill out worksheets bout the...
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Babushka Baba Yaga

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read books by the author Patricia Polacco and complete different activities for the 4 books. In this language arts lesson plan, students read the books Babushka Baba Yaga, Boat Ride With Lillian Two Blossom, Pink and Say, and...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Happy Birthday, Moon

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Happy Birthday Moon, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and learners practice...
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Introduce: The Suffix -y

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore language arts by participating in a word structure activity. In this suffix lesson, students identify what a suffix is and discuss the common uses for the "y" suffix. Students add the specific suffix to many words and...
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Look At Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore botany by researching plants in class. In this tree identification lesson plan, students examine a group of leaves and list the different characteristics before guessing what types of trees they came from. Learners read...
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Congruent Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this geometry lesson, students trace the capital letter "T" in different directions to learn how a shape is congruent. Students trace this letter on a sheet of paper, then turn, flip it, and trace it in different directions, only to...
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Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students solve a crime by matching a suspect's blood type to physical evidence collected at the crime scene. In this forensic science lesson, students identify the different blood types. They explain how blood tests work.
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Pennsylvania Walkers Club

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an school-wide walking club. Students choose a destination in Pennsylvania they would like to visit. After plotting the best way to get their using a map, the walk each day and record their distance in miles on...
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Art for Protest or Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Chicana/o and earlier prints made for protest and persuasion. They compare characteristics of different processes and distinguish multiple original prints from mass-produced reproductions of artworks.
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Drosophila Melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students cross wild type flies and mutants, both purchased from a biological supply house (Carolina Biological Supply or Wards, for example) in groups from instructional activity one.
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The Genetic Basis of Neurological Disorders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe some aspects of known genetic defects on the human neurological condition. They participate in a variety of exercises including drawings, games, and analogies.
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Energy Conservation (Middle, Mathematics)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students take turns reading the electric meter six times a day at regularly scheduled intervals. They figure out the amount of electricity used and then determine the total cost of electricity for the week.
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THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN

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Dance gives children an opportunity to express creativity through free flowing movements developed in the mind of the child. Creating these dance movements involves discovery and exploration using different parts of the body in personal...
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Choosing Where to Act

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work together to reach a consensus about an issue. They examine a list of organizations and determine which ones meet a given set of criteria. They write supporting sentences for main ideas to end the instructional activity.
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Let's Make Lemonade Lesson 2: Philanthropy in Song

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover a working definition of the word philanthropy. They sing the definition to the tune of a familiar song. They establish phonemic awareness through rhyming text and identify philanthropic acts.
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Daily Graph

For Teachers 1st
First graders collect, organize, and display simple data.
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Genetics: Punnett Squares

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Punnett squares charts and analyze how they are used for successful breeding and predictions of certain traits. They complete interactive Punnett square charts, quizzes, problems, and concentration games.
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Karyotypes & Chromosome Inheritance

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study Mendelian genetic terms, locate and name loci on chromosomes, karyotype construction, inheritance patterns through families.
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Create-A-Kid

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students flip a pair of coins to determine what genotype and what phenotype their child have for 29 given traits. They draw a picture of their kid based on their coin flip phenotypes.
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Genetics of Flowering

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore plant DNA.
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On the Move

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils see if they can get their perceptions of movement expressed in images.
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Get Out of the Box

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders think outside the box with this lesson in organization through webbing. After a lecture/demo, 3rd graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides them through creating a writing web.

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