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A Changing Society: Industrialization and Urbanization

For Teachers 6th
Students participate in activities that teach them about the Gilded Age of industrialization and urbanization. In this social changing lesson plan, students answer questions, watch videos, have discussions, read texts, and more to teach...
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Shapes in Art, Shapes in Body

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore body movement.  In this shapes and dance instructional activity, students demonstrate body movements and positions that resemble simple shapes.  Students read I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait and choose...
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Magnets

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students conduct an experiment.  In this magnets lesson, students review what they know about magnetism, work in groups to determine the magnetism of various objects and discuss their results.
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Hurricane Paths: Comparing Places with Different Prevailing Winds

For Students 4th - 12th
In this wind worksheet students study a wind rose and graphs for Boston and answer several short answers on prevailing winds. 
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Rhythm Stars

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen, clap, compose and identify various rhythms.  In this rhythm lesson plan, students practice rhythm with rhythm cards.  Students become familiar with stick notation. Students glue Popsicle sticks to illustrate...
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Snapping Your Fingers

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students calculate how many snaps is done over a certain amount of time. They chart and graph their data. There is an answer key.
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Using a Compass

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine how to shoot a bearing.  In this compass and orienteering lesson plan, students review the parts of a compass, practice how to find a bearing and work in groups to practice finding landmark bearings.
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Number Types: Where Vocabulary Meets Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Rational, irrational, real, natural. All these words can refer to numbers. Who knew? Learners use the Visual Thesaurus and a semantic feature analysis grid to examine the different attributes of numbers. Step-by-step instructions for...
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Fabrics and Polymers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore natural resources by reading a science story in class. In this fibers lesson, students identify and discuss the differences between fibers such as wool, silk, rayon, linen and cotton. Students identify the common uses of...
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Sounding out accuracy, Draw Two

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars participate in a card game to read words with a particular sound correctly.  In this sound card game lesson, students young scholars keep a word card if they correctly pronounce the word on it. Additional cards...
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Sounding out accuracy, Mix, Mix, Match

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore English by identifying segments of words in class. In this phonetics lesson, students utilize flash cards which contain letters and mix them in order to create a "match" word. Students sound out the words they...
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Symmetry, Similar & Congruent Shapes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify lines of symmetry., similar and congruent shapes. They use construction paper to create their own symmetrical shapes. Students create stained glass frames containing symmetrical, congruent and similar shapes.
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Forces That Shape the Earth: Wind, Water and Erosion

For Students 4th - 5th
In this forces of nature worksheet, students read a 2 page article on the forces of nature and answer 4 detailed comprehension questions about the forces of nature on Earth.
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The Poetry of Giving

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Learn about philanthropy and poetic conventions with an inclusive lesson about Bill Gates. After learning about Mr. Gates' humanitarian efforts in the world, sixth graders use alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm, and refrain in...
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Expanding - Using CAS

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young scholars explore binomial multiplication. They use a TI-nspire handheld to investigate the relationship between the binomial multiplication problem and the resulting trinomial. 
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Partial Quotients

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the partial-quotients algorithm for finding the answer to a division problem.  For this partial quotients lesson, 5th graders demonstrate the process of division through a series of estimations....
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Periodic Trends

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the different periodic trends. In this chemistry lesson, students discuss how elements are arranged in the periodic table. They apply what they have learned in a Jeopardy team game.
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Five Part Phonics: Blends

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a variety of activities that feature the consonant blend 'st'. They read "Stan the Squid" and "Stella Started for the Station", answer comprehension questions for the stories, manipulate beginning sounds and...
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And The Twelfth One Is

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders play guess my shape (either describe or use a feely bag to introduce the 3 shapes in the problem.) As they are identified put them in an order as shown in the problem. As the students work on the problem in pairs teacher...
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Rhythm Sticks

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Music and dance appreciation are important to the education of children to help them appreciate the cultures that make up our society. Rhythm sticks teach kids artistic perception of rhythm in music and how to move their bodies and tap...
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Introduce Vocabulary: a Day at the Apple Orchard

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a story book in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book A Day at the Apple Orchard and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students define the selected vocab...
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Altitudes and Orthocenters: Making Connections to the Nine-Point Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers practice various equations for constructing nine-point circles for triangles.
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Language Arts: Five Senses Walk

For Teachers 1st
First graders take a discovery walk around the school. They use their observations to compose a class book about their school.
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Recycling

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine different "cycles" that are found in nature, such as the water cycle and recycling. They create their own artwork about cycles to be displayed on a bulletin board

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