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Deer Tracks
Young scholars use satellite images to track to movement patterns of deer and examine deer behavior. They write stories about a day in the life of a field scientist.
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Where Am I? Determining Relative Location
Students use position words to describe where their teacher is sitting and read a story that makes use of position words. For this spatial lesson, students make a stick puppet and play Simon Says focusing on using position words in the...
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Wealth in Transition: From Sail to Loom
High schoolers examine Salem's transition from a merchant to industrial economy. Using a report by investors, they examine the process and debates that occured when wanting to build a textile mill in Salem. They discuss the challenges...
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Civil War Letter Web
Students use the internet to gather information on a specific Civil War battle of interest to them. Using the information they gather, they organize it into a web to be used later when writing a letter. They use the web to write their...
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Mobile of Information
Students create a mobile of various geometric designs to be usend to display information from a variety of texts. They add graphics as well as graphs and charts, color, design and artwork to express the ideas learned through the...
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Lesson 3: Lobster Roll!
Students play a game that illustrates the delicate ecological balance between fishing, fishing regulations and fish populations. They collect data and analyze the results.
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Forests, Deserts, & Grasslands
Third graders complete activities to become familiar with the content and vocabulary related to biomes and ecosystems in order to mainstream into the classroom.
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SC Populations Along Major Interstates
Students examine the population among the interstates in South Carolina. Using the internet, they identify the counties and roads and compare it with their own drawing.
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Finding Satisfactory Solutions
Students explore the creative aspects of problem-solving and practice creative problem-solving strategies in the context of a story problem. They decide where to locate ice cream stands in a town so that no one has to travel too far to...
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Exploration of Civil War Webquest
Students use the internet to research what life was like for Confederate and Union soldiers in a specific battle of interest to them. In groups, they complete a webquest on the battle in which one represents a Confederate soldier and the...
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Appreciating The World By Learning About Landforms
Children can learn about the Earth's landforms and develop a greater appreciation of our world.
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How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?
Students perform raps and analyze issues among the rich and poor. They explore how countries are labeled as "third world" and "first world." They create a dialectical journal and examine the country of Nigeria through the reading of...
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The Sound of Calm
Students examine the relationships that exist between ocean currents, wind and climate. Using those relationships, they discuss how they affect the oceans. They create their own music to represent the sounds of the ocean and share them...
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Predicting the Past
Pupils study how archaeologists record the past. They discuss archaeology and artifacts. They view a list of artifacts discovered by Marquette at the Illinois Village and answer questions regarding them. They complete a test about three...
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Evolution of the Right to Vote in Canada and Around the World
Students explore civics and develop their research skills while learning about democracy.
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Crater Creation
Students examine the Oregon state quarter and discuss how Crater Lake was formed-geologically and according to Native American legend. They practice making predictions and identifying the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
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Salem's Maritime History: A History of our New Nation
Eighth graders examine the impact of Salem's maritime trade on America. Using primary source documents, they identify the use of expanding the number of products available and how it affected the economy. They write an essay discussing...
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Geometry in the Heavens
Ninth graders access a star worksheet and determine properties of polygons. In this investigative lesson students complete a worksheet and discuss myths.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Students create a design for a school garden. In this garden design lesson, students analyze what plants grow best in their school's climate and work in teams to design a garden. Students measure the existing space, determine the...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: The Science of the Heart and Circulation
In this unit teachers will evaluate student's current understanding of the heart and circulatory system through a pre-assessment. They will develop group concept maps and then repeat the assessment. Teachers can compare their prior...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Branches of Earth Science
[Free Registration/Login Required] An interactive concept map that shows how the different branches of earth science. After completing the concept map, students can test their knowledge with a "challenge me" quiz.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Graphic Organizers Bring About Good Science Read/writing
This lesson uses graphic organizers to engage middle schoolers in reading comprehension strategies for informational text in science. Venn Diagram, Hierarchy, Time Line, Cluster Diagram, and Flow Chart reproducible pages are included...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Curriculum Mapping
Discover more about curriculum mapping when you visit this informative site. Teachers will gain a better understanding of curriculum mapping through this resource.
NASA
Nasa: Aerial Photography: The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon
An animated adventure story, developed by NASA, that helps children understand earth science concepts by using satellite photography and other types of aerial photographs to identify physical features on the surface of the earth. Teaches...
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