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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

Do Placebos Kill Minotaurs?

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
But it's just a game! Learners play a game to learn basic concepts of statistical hypothesis testing. After using the digital-game module, pupils develop their own statistical hypotheses and test them.
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Writing
Mr. Mansour

Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Take an in-depth look into Beverly Cleary's story, Ralph S. Mouse, with a 10-question learning exercise that focuses on story elements. Scholars describe the main character, point of view, conflict resolution, and more! Then, conclude...
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Natural Selection and the Evolution of Darwin's Finches

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Darwin explained the connection between species of finches 150 years before scientists understood DNA. Technology and progressing science proved he was right, yet many struggle to understand how natural selection happens. Scholars use...
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Worksheet
Prestwick House

Me Before You

For Students 9th - 12th
Often readers have trouble keeping track of key events in novels. A thorough crossword puzzle refreshes readers' memories regarding key details in the novel Me Before You. Creative clues encourage further review of the text.
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Activity
101 Questions

Finals Week

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
What energy drinks have the highest concentration of caffeine? Pupils compare five energy drinks with different amounts of caffeine and different volumes. They must solve the ratios to understand the differences. An extension compares...
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Handout
EduBlogger

Digital Citizenship and Blogging

For Students 6th - 12th
Encourage positive digital citizenship and healthy blogging habits with a one-page infographic designed to showcase eight pertinent aspects of blogging—netiquette, content curation, copyright, and more! 
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Website
University of North Carolina

Editing and Proofreading

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Writing is not a one and done process. In fact, the stages of editing and proofreading, the focus of a flyer from a larger set of writing skills handouts, play a major role in creating a strong paper. However, as the reference sheet...
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Worksheet
MCHS Early US History

Ken Burn’s Civil War, Episode 1: The Cause

For Students 8th - 12th
Ken Burn's epic documentary miniseries The Civil War, broadcast in 1990, was the most-watched PBS program ever. A question sheet helps viewers keep track of events in the first episode of the documentary.
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Lesson Plan
Google

Friends: Create a Company

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Create a company, advertise it, and hope it grows. The seventh of eight parts in the Google CS First Friends unit challenges future business leaders to apply computer coding to create an advertisement for a company. After pairs come  up...
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Lesson Plan
Google

Friends: Imaginator

For Teachers 5th - 9th
What does a future as a computer scientist look like? Pupils learn about loops in computer coding by writing a story about the future. They include the repeat until and wait blocks in the Scratch program to incorporate these loops.
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Classroom Activities: Mirror-Tracing Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What does it take to train your brain? Learners explore the question as they experiment with their own memory and motor skills. They attempt to trace an object using a mirror and then score their results over several trials. They then...
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Find the Collective Noun

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Scholars read eight sentences in order to identify then underline the collective noun in a part of speech practice page. 
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Words, Quick Sort

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Peers work together to boost fluency by timing each other as they read and sort multisyllabic words. Record sheets keep track of participants' progress.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Peer Critique of “Inside Out” and “Back Again” Poems

For Teachers 8th Standards
Class members closely examine the use of words in the poems "Inside Out" and "Back Again" to determine if different words would create more powerful poetry. They then conduct peer reviews of the poems they created and offer suggestions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

1864-1865: Bringing the War to an End

For Teachers 9th - 12th
An interesting lesson plan explains the last battles of the war and the terms of the Articles of Surrender. It also analyzes the election of 1864 with copies of the Baltimore and Chicago platforms. To conclude the lesson plan, academics...
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Lesson Plan
Missouri Department of Elementary

Friendship Line Dancing

For Teachers 1st Standards
Develop social awareness with a lesson that challenges scholars to properly communicate with their peers. Standing in two lines, participants practice introducing themselves, asking how their partner is feeling, asks if they want to...
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Lesson Plan
Colorado Education Initiative

Grade 6-8 Decision Making

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Thoughtful decisions versus everyday decisions. Impulsive decisions versus thoughtful decisions. The decisions tweens must make become more and more complex as they age. Help them develop the skills they need to make thoughtful,...
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Lesson Plan
National Wildlife Federation

Understanding and Measuring School Electronics

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Feel the power in turning off electronics. Using energy-monitoring devices, pupils find the amount of energy it takes to power a simple electronic when it is on and when it is off. They then calculate the cost for the entire year for the...
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Lesson Plan
Nemours KidsHealth

Getting Along: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Two lessons boost social awareness and spread gratitude. In the first lesson plan, scholars write a newspaper article that describes a conflict and ways to solve it. In the second lesson plan, pupils offer kindness coupons to family and...
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Lesson Plan
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American Chemical Society

Chemical Reactions and Color Change

For Teachers 5th Standards
Colors are more than just a pretty effect. Learners explore what color change means in terms of chemical properties and reactions. They create a pH solution using cabbage leaves and observe the changes when acids and bases are added. 
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Activity
PBS

Print Hints

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
It would be a crime not to give the lesson a chance! An inquiry-based lesson has pupils assume the role of crime scene investigators as they make observations about shoe prints. They look for patterns in the prints such as distance and...
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Activity
PBS

Super Sleuths

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
There's no such thing as the perfect crime! Your class of sleuths are ready to investigate the trace evidence at a crime scene and compare it to a list of suspects. They use their investigative skills to record physical properties of the...
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Activity
PBS

Take It in Stride

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
One step at a time, pupils practice their measurement techniques as they analyze their stride length. They design their own procedures for measuring and relate their stride measurements to the distance traveled by making calculations.
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Lesson Plan
Health Smart Virginia

Taking Turns

For Teachers K
Scholars work cooperatively, taking turns, to boost peer relationships and fairness. Rotating through five stations, players practice tossing, bouncing, push-ups, and working together to clean up fallen equipment, then rate their...

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