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Olympic Sprint Training

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work with a partner and observe and analyze their partner's form while running. They make recommendations from a list of eight cues to help improve both running speed and technique.
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Down And Dirty

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students practice reading and review holiday language. They practice comparatives and superlativies, and the language of persuasion.
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Life's a Beach And It's on Your Doorstep

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students practice reading for details and review holiday vocabulary. They practice comparatives and superlatives.
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Why Break the Bank?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students practice reading and review holiday vocabulary. They review comparatives and superlatives.
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Cloud Types and Formation of Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take cloud and weather related photographs during the year, making certain to make notes of when, where and what time the photograph was taken. At some point all the pictures be gathered and a scrapbook or "cloud library" be made.
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Get Fit for Yosemite - Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students demonstrate an understanding of healthy eating habits and of following a fitness program. They visit Yosemite Institute.
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The Thrill of Big-Wave Surfing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students go on a Wave Scavenger Hunt on the Internet.
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VH1's When Disco Ruled the World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners choose a minority culture or an event and research the musical influences of that culture or event on American popular music. They discuss how minority cultures and events in American society influenced the Disco era.
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Parents at Work

For Teachers K
Students draw a picture of their parents work.
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An All American Success Story

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read the All American Success Story and answer comprehension questions. They write an essay about a person they consider to be a successful person.
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Mobile Cooking

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate the history of Mobile, Alabama and then create recipes from the area, including Southern Pecan Pie and Mr. Carver's Peanut Brittle.
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Kimonos

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create their own kimono design after researching the history, tradition, and techniques of kimono design and production. This art lesson can be connected easily to the Language Arts and/or Social Sciences.
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Japan and Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discuss the art of Japan as it relates to Japanese culture and geography and then create individual postcards reflecting the information learned from the activity. This activity includes possible enrichments.
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Ukiyo-e

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate and examine ukiyo-e, or Japanese woodblock prints, from the Edo period (1615-1868) in Japan and use this gained knowledge to compare Japanese culture to American societal trends.
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Seven Great Ways to Make Quilts With Colors You Love

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students design a quilt on their own with guided practice in this six week course. The first week is called spontaneity class, the second is called color enrichment, and the third week is call value study. During the fourth week students...
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Green Space in the City

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different kinds and uses of green space that exist in an urban area. They create maps of local parks and research the history of each park. They conduct a survey of residents near the park and interview a park...
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Green Space in the City

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine city parks and their importance and affect they have on the health and well being of a community. An oral report with visual aids is prepared as a group to educate the class on the importance of green space in the city.
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Turn Reading into Watching a Movie!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice visualization by imagining what their favorite person looks like, what they are wearing and doing. They share their imaginings with a partner. Next, listen to a poem while visualizing. Finally, they read along as the...
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Ecology: Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, while working in the classroom and the computer lab, utilizing supporting facts from previous lessons, write a creative story that imagines a world without forests. They write, type and print their stories and turn them...
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World without Trees Composition

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write a composition on what they think the world would be like without trees. They brainstorm ideas of what they think the world would be like treeless, and creative a story. A rubric is distributed to the students which...
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Being a Teenage Parent

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze their current daily schedule. They write about how their daily schedule would be different if they had a baby at this point in their lives. Students identify how their priorities and decisions would be affected if...
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Pulsating

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how activity and lack of activity has an effect on a persons' heart rate. They receive instruction and practice in taking and recording their pulse rate. Students also incorporate a variety of music while taking their...
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School Identity

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss what symbols make a group. As a class, they create a list of the advantages and disadvantages of a school uniform and how it reflects the culture of the school. They complete worksheets and discuss their own...
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Belonging and Identity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a class in which they eat in different social groups. As a class, they discuss the importance of eating a healthy diet and how some foods are harmful to some but not to others. They use the internet to research...

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