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Howard County Schools

Discounting Tickets

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
A boss who can't do math? Oh, no! Young entrepreneurs use linear and exponential models to determine which discount will yield the most profit on ticket sales.
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Reality Check

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholars complete the Reality Chech handout that identifies their potential salary given a specific profession. Pupils examine the lifestyle options and choose what they wish to have; however, each item costs money and, depending on how...
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Planets in Our Solar System

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Each member of a four-student group takes on a specific aspect of an assigned planet to research. After gathering information, the team works together to create a travel brochure and a presentation intended to convince other classmates...
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Informally Fitting a Line

For Teachers 8th Standards
Discover how trend lines can be useful in understanding relationships between variables with a lesson that covers how to informally fit a trend line to model a relationship given in a scatter plot. Scholars use the trend line to make...
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The Underground Railroad

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine slavery and the civil war by creating a research project.  For this underground railroad lesson, students create a KWL chart and decide on one of several creative projects they will complete about slavery....
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The White House: To Catch A Spy

For Students 4th - 6th
In this government worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to government questions by researching the website given to them. Students fill in 5 blanks.
Worksheet
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Do Some Research: Magnets

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Internet research worksheet, students conduct library or Internet research on magnets then draw a picture and write a report about the topic.
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BUS: The Internet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students become acquainted with Internet terms, and practice searching for information on the Internet.
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Investigating the Technological Impacts on N.C.

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders search the internet to identify ways in which technology has influenced the lives of North Carolinians.
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Central America and the Caribbean

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Use the library or Internet to find resources on a chosen topic. The class will comprehend the collected information, structure the information with texts and graphics for a presentation. Each presentation focuses on Hispanic culture and...
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The Underground Railroad as an Act of Civil Disobedience

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write an essay from rough draft to final copy about the Underground Railroad. Civil disobedience is researched from a variety of sources. There is a prewriting exercise that is included in the lesson. The whole writing process...
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Book: The Original United States of America

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students, after reading Chapter One in the book, "The American Colonies' Sense of Who They Were," analyze the actions of the colonists as well as compare the similarities between the protests of the colonists and protests of today. They...
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Fairy Tales

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars research the Internet using hotlists to find two different versions of a fairy tale after watching a teacher presentation of two versions of The Three Little Pigs. They design a PowerPoint presentation that shows the...
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Lewis and Clark and the Native Americans

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice using maps and identifying landmarks on the Lewis and Clark expedition. They research Lewis and Clark's relationship with the Native Americans and report their findings to the class. They identify the impact of the...
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Let's Meet The Presidents

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Create a digital movie documenting research about an American President. Using internet sources, learners with special needs gather information about their chosen president. Working in groups, they use this information to create a...
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We the People: An American Government Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify key representatives in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal and State governments