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Seed Plants: Gymnosperms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify what makes up a seed.  For this gymnosperms lesson students identify conifers and explain how they reproduce and what the importance of gymnosperms are. 
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Wood, Wood Everywhere

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the usage of wood. In this forestry lesson, students explore the make-up for wood and name several uses of wood in our everyday lives.
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Wetland in a Pan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine wetlands and what the effects of destroying them will do.  In this wetland lesson students relate the importance of wetland functions to their own needs. 
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Basic Infosec

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify similarities between home security and computer (or information) security.  In this information security lesson, 6th graders create their own secure folders using passwords on the computer to organize their...
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Physical properties of matter

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders find the physical properties of matter. In this matter lesson, 6th graders measure mass, volume, and density. Students are broken into 3 tiers with 3 different activities based on their understanding of mass and volume. 
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Ancient Greece Across the Curriculum

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore Ancient Greece using resources in literature, math, social studies, and science.
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Symbolic Borders

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore symbolism, visualization of key literary elements
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Getting To Know You

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners call each other by name and mention something important about each person. They develop a sense of class bonding and find a partner with similar interests.
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The Bricklayer's Lesson in Physics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a simulated report, written to an insurance company as explanation for a claim of medical benefits. They list the collisions that resulted in the injuries, and identify the forces involved which caused the injury.
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In the Poet's Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore poetry by completing a webquest in which they hear poets reading their own work. Later, they examine the dramatic impact of reading poetry out loud. Finally, they practice reading poetry aloud and performing.
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Decoding DNA

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete their KWL charts from the first lesson of the unit as a review for the summative. Then they decode a secret message using the four basic components of DNA, adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine.
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Logic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners solve problems using reasoning techniques, identify the validity or non-validity of problems and use deductive reasoning for problem resolution.
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Adinkra Cloth

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore traditional African culture, symbols and symbol making and printing, and create class adinkra cloth.
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Creating with "Found Sounds"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are placed in small groups for this project. Groups collect and use ordinary objects to create a "Stomp" like performance.
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Food Environmental Quality And Health

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students focus on the issues that students face during middle childhood. They recognize the negative effects of poor nutrition and make more informed healthy decisions. They conduct further self-analysis in regards to their individual...
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Television and Teens

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the relationship teenagers have with the television. In groups, they watch different excerpts from various television shows and note every instance of violence including children. They also discuss the instances of...
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Against The Tide: Three Who Made It!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars examine the lives of three people from New Haven, Connecticut who have careers in law, politics and entertainment. In groups or individually, they read excerpts of information about the three people and what contributions...
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Divide and Conquer: Breaking Down Skills For Slowlearners

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to skills to help them become better readers. With a partner, they use magazines to identify consonant pairs and participate in a game naming words that ends with consonants. As a class, they practice clapping...
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The Lines in Timelines

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils are introduced to the concept of sequence by creating their own personal timeline. As a class, they put the events of the last week of their lives into the correct order and determine what information should be used for their...
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House Floor Plans

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the mathematical concept of area. They are given a certain square footage and asked to draw the initial floorplan for a house. Students use computers to create the plan. To finish the drawing it must include the...
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Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify prime and composite numbers and complete an activity problem. Given a 100 chart, they follow directions to create a prime number chart. In groups, 6th graders play a "Prime Take Away" activity to reinforce prime...
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Get Ready/Burns' Warm Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students in P.E. class organize into squads. Displayed on a computer screen are a given set of warm-up exercises. Each squad runs up, reads the directions, completes the warm-up and then runs back up to read another set of directions,...
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Let's Study Outdoors - Outdoor Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research native plants. They identify the plant by scientific name, size, amount of water needed and color. Pupils measure and plot an area of school property. Students create an outdoor classroom. Additional cross curriculum...
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Kwanzaa

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore African American holiday of Kwanzaa, orally share ideas about whom they want to invite to classroom Kwanzaa celebration, create and print invitation to Kwanzaa using Publisher or Print Shop, and share completed...

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