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Curated OER

Anonymous Card Delivery

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Learners make cards as a form of good will. In this card making lesson, students brainstorm a list of people who would benefit from an anonymous card. Learners deliver the cards anonymously and observe the reaction of the recipients.
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Curated OER

The Floating Head

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice the backfloat while swimming.
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Curated OER

Reclamation and Recycling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the many uses of mined lands after reclamation has been completed and discover the importance of recycling finding the difference between manufacturing with recycled materials and newly extracted materials.
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Curated OER

Are We Americans Again? A Portrait of Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study letters and images of the Japanese American Interment during World War II. They discuss the issues presented.
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Curated OER

Go With the Flow!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students experiment with heat transfer in a countercurrent system and describe the importance of conduction in heat-energy transfer.
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Curated OER

Snowball Tag

For Teachers K - 5th
Students play pretend snow games, using balls of yarn as snowballs.
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PE Central

Food Groups and the Food Guide Pyramid

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners read and explain food labels and decide in which part of the food guide pyramid selected food items belong.
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Curated OER

Postcards Across America

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders increase knowledge and awareness of the location and physical features of each of the fifty states in America.
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Curated OER

???A Sound of Hammering??? by Dazai Osamu

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read and analyze the story, "A Sound of Hammering," by Dazai Osamu. They answer discussion questions, conduct Internet research on the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, develop a character web, analyze the major themes...
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Curated OER

PROJECTILE MOTION

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students measure muzzle velocity, and predict range of a projectile device.  For this motion lesson students complete a lab and explain the outcomes of their experiments. 
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Curated OER

Cladistics Is a Zip...Baggie

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how the grouping of organisms based on their shared derived characters forms the basis of a cladogram.
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Marilyn J. Brackney

Imagination Factory: What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is an art idea for young young scholars returning to school after summer break. Website provides ideas for making unique collages conveying any theme.