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Graduation Requirements
Ninth graders make decisions, set goals, and take necessary action to achieve goals. They review their school course descriptions book. Students review the graduation requirements from the book. They are given an handout "Graduation...
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Volleyball - Lesson 11 - Free Ball Defense, Base, and Open Up
What positions should the volleyball players be in for a free ball? What position should they be in for a hard hit? Then where do they each move, transitioning to offense? Lesson 11 goes over these questions regarding positioning and...
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Organizational Strategies for First Year Composition Writers
Identify and analyze deductive reasoning through genuine texts. Compare cultural practices and beliefs about national ID cards. Look for another example of a deductive argument and prepare a brief paragraph analyzing the audience,...
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Volleyball - Lesson 1 - Setting up to Attack
The most important skill to learn in volleyball is passing and bumping. This skill should be practiced every day. The first instructional activity in this unit of twenty lessons is all about passing. Get a good foundation going and learn...
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Seashell Discovery: A Lesson in Inductive Classification
Students examine the shells, observing texture, shape, pattern and structure. They should come up with any system of grouping the shells they like, and classify the shells.
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Life...Bring It On!
Eighth graders write their name however they see fit on a poster board. Individually, they write down their strengths that relate to them making important decisions around their name. To end the lesson, they use magazines to find...
Noyce Foundation
Boxes
Teach your class to think outside the box. Scholars use the concept of equality to solve a problem in the assessment task. They determine how to use a scale to identify the one box out of a set of nine boxes that is heavier than the others.
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Connecting Algebra and Geometry Through Coordinates
This unit on connecting algebra and geometry covers a number of topics including worksheets on the distance formula, finding the perimeter and area of polynomials, the slope formula, parallel and perpendicular lines, parallelograms,...
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Arithmetic Chains
Students complete a chain of numbers given the outcome. In this geometry lesson, student use deductive and inductive reasoning to solve problems. They create a formula and ways to predict numbers in the chain without starting over.
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Compass Reading
Here's a basic instructional activity on reading a compass. Learn the names of the parts of a compass. Learn how to read a bearing in degrees. Then go outside and follow a course of cones set up on the grass or in a clear area. Starting...
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Physical Education Lesson Plan - Medicine Ball
Use the medicine ball to help young learners develop strength in the core muscle groups. The Russian twists develop oblique strength, push-ups develop triceps strength, sit-ups work on abdominal strength, and squats develop quadriceps...
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Mountain Biking - Lesson 3 - Starting Up a Steep Hill
Knowing how to start up a steep hill while mountain biking is a good skill to have. Otherwise, if one stoppped part way up and couldn't get started up again, what would be the point. This lesson offers up some good cues in getting set to...
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Volleyball - Lesson 17 - Winning the Point
One of the hardest skills to learn in volleyball is how to spike the ball. Lesson 17 teaches about the footwork to prepare for spiking and focuses on the importance of the wrist snap. There is a diagram of the set-up for the hitting...
Foundation for Water & Energy Education
Perpetual Flow Activity
Set up a demonstration of how gravity can drive the perpetual flow of water during your hydro power unit. Science learners work in teams to make observations and formulate questions about how it works. They compare the model to what they...
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Integrative Lesson on Genres of American Literature (Senior, Literature)
To begin this lesson, the instructor will present a PowerPoint detailing the genres of Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism. Learners will follow along with an instructional sheet that will aid in the identification of setting, tone,...
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Career Paths in My Community
First graders study career opportunities in their local community. In this career exploration lesson, 1st graders answer 'Who Am I?' questions and study career path posters. Students list the skills they've learned at school and work in...
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Does my career fit me?
Students create a venn diagram about the job they currently have and if they think it is what they should be doing. In this job lesson plan, students list education and job duties in a venn diagram and analyze if it is the correct job...
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Volleyball Lesson
Students explore their physical abilities by participating in a sport. In this volleyball instructional activity, students discover the different techniques and skills needed to play volleyball by moving from different stations with...
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Following a Bearing
Students practice finding a bearing. In this orienteering instructional activity, students review how to use a compass and set a bearing. Students complete a worksheet where they practice finding a bearing and complete a group activity...
Missouri Department of Elementary
The Clique
Mean girls and bully packs are favorite topic for films and TV shows that focus on the destructive power of cliques. High school freshmen are asked to reflect on both the positive and negative aspects of cliques by reading a short...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Putting on Armor
Peers can exert tremendous pressure that can lead to positive and negative consequences. To conclude the Risky Business unit, class members create a Personal Safety Plan. They list things or situations that cause stress, things they have...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Managing Conflicts
Conflicts happen. Learning how to manage conflicts in mature and positive ways is an important part of social-emotion growth. The instructional activity offers insight into behaviors that exacerbate conflicts as well as suggestions for...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Using Negotiation to Settle Difficulties
Negotiating can be a win/win experience if the involved parties apply the skills and techniques offered in a lesson plan about negotiating to settle differences.
Inside Mathematics
Scatter Diagram
It is positive that how one performs on the first test relates to their performance on the second test. The three-question assessment has class members read and analyze a scatter plot of test scores. They must determine whether...