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Periodic Table of Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use reference skills to locate information about the periodic table. They identify elements by name, atomic number, atomic mass, symbol and properties. Students use mathematical processes to find the number of protons,electrons...
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Oral History and Multiculturalism

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students observe the human or personal side of history by assessing the background to the people in the community who are basically "living" historians. They compare the histories of different ethnic groups to identify areas of patterns...
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High and Low: Pressures and Fronts

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate basic information about high- and low-pressure fronts and how they affect the weather. They observe weather patterns and cloud formations. Students study the basic pattern of movement of high- and low-pressure...
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Learning about Interest Group Politics

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify and interpret major interest groups and think tanks of the government. Students evaluate, record, and discuss the viewpoints of guests on the News Hour. Students select several Web-based transcripts of interviews,...
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Stained Glass Window

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students discuss imagery, develop image outlines about events in their lives, find images online that support their ideas, and create stained glass windows that tell stories about those events in their lives using photo or paint program.
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Reading Immigration Graphs and Charts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the settlement patterns and land use in Minnesota. In groups, they practice reading immigration graphs and charts and discuss why immigrants settled where they did. They are also introduced to new vocabulary...
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ESL News Press

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars assume the roles of editors and news reporters and develop and create a school newspaper. Working in groups they brainstorm article topics for different sections of the paper. They conduct research about current events,...
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Inherit the Wind

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the theory of evolution and read the play Inherit The Wind and a series of articles and essays about the famous Scopes trial that centered around the right to teach evolution. They incorporate technology as they research...
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Alternate Tide of Change Worksheet

For Teachers 11th - 12th
In this space science worksheet, students look up the mass of the sun and moon. They graph the results with the graphic organizer and answer the questions that are related.
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Horton Hatches the Egg

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore space awareness and safe movement. For this movement/physical education lesson, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Students pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop performing various...
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An Exercise in Seriation Dating

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study the different types of artifacts found that were made by the colonial people. In this archaeology lesson students take part in finding ceramic and charting their results.
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Treacherous Trash

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the harmful effects people have on the environment. In this environmental lesson, students simulate water pollution clean-up by using tangled objects and untangling them in a cooperative group. Students identify why...
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Volunteering Our Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a service learning project. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students volunteer their time at a local soup kitchen and reflect upon the experience in a journal.
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars identify good nutrition. In this food pyramid lesson, students learn the basics of good nutrition, identify the six basic food groups, state the effects of the food on the human body, and learn nutritional information...
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3A is Going Batty

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students share their knowledge of bats. In this video production lesson, students use Internet and print resources to research information regarding bats. Students prepare bat questions and answers, record them on video, and produce bat...
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Diet, Exercise and AIDS

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research AIDS and the role of diet and exercise with the disease. In this AIDS lesson, students listen to a mini lecture about the diet and exercise needs of people who have AIDS. Students learn about alternative therapies to...
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In Depth: Pearblossom Highway

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars analyze a photograph and a photo-collage showing the same highway. In this visual arts lesson plan, students write a descriptive paragraph about both images and identify one-point perspective in art. Young...
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Lesson 4- Arthur Meets the President

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a pamphlet.  In this story evaluation lesson plan, students complete a story evaluation on Washington, D.C., create a pamphlet on Washington, D.C., and then discuss the most interesting thing they learned.
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Weather Research

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students compare and contrast weather conditions. In this weather lesson, students conduct online research to identify the weather conditions for the city they have chosen. Students compare and contrast the similarities and differences...
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Creating Your Own Ad

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students analyze the effective advertisements in print and Internet ads. In this advertisements lesson, students create a collage of original and repurposed words, graphics, and images of advertisements. Students create a poster for the...
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Peanut Inventions From A-Z

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a PowerPoint presentation on peanut products. In this peanut lesson, students discuss the parts of a peanut and read the book The Life and Times of the Peanut by Charles Micucci. They create an ABC book on products...
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Lesson 4:Writing a Letter

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students write business letters and emails. In this letter activity, students use the seven-day road trip they had planned in a previous activity and contact the Chambers of Commerce for the cities they plan to visit. They write business...
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Lesson 6: Natural Resources

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create a travel poster about a favorite place in Florida. In this Florida instructional activity, students research their favorite place and use desktop publishing to create a poster. They also make a brochure using Microsoft...
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Head, Heart, Hands, Health

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a compare and contrast activity for American agriculture historical events. In this historical events in agriculture instructional activity, 4th graders review a timeline and complete research for agriculture in...

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