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Integrating Science and Literacy Through Novel Studies
You can use "The Toothpaste Millionaire" and other outstanding fiction to integrate science and literacy.
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Keystone Science School: Sustainable Automobiles
Students explore how to choose the correct car for them based on their needs.
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Indianapolis 500 Unit-Science
Fourth graders access prior knowledge of simple machines to build a car. In this car design lesson, 4th graders create and race their cars. Students evaluate what was good and bad about their designs. Each car will incorporate a...
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What Are the Food Groups?
Students examine how eating a variety of foods keeps them healthy. They also explore how similar foods are grouped together in food groups.
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What Physical Activities Do Sneakers and His Friends Do? Lesson Idea
Young scholars listen to the story Big News! They think of other physical activities that Mr. and Mrs. Legs and their little spiders may do together.
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Why Is a Low-Saturated Fat Diet a More Healthful Diet?
Learners analyze the ways that their food choices can affect body composition and self-concept. They list the benefits of making healthy food choices.
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More or Less
Students discuss which foods they like to "pig out on" and how they feel after they indulge themselves. They explore the idea of eating foods in moderation instead of binge eating.
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Heart Message- Write the Word That Completes the Sentence
For this heart health fill in the blank worksheet, student use words from a word bank to complete sentences about heart health. They take a circled letter from each word to make a new word that is a "heart message."
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Fruits and Vegetable Coloring Page
In this fruits and vegetables coloring page activity, students find all the pictures of fruits in the first picture and color them. They find all the pictures of the vegetables in the second picture, and color them.
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Innovation in a Bag
Students create a business plan to start up their own business. In this algebra lesson, students think of a product they can produce and sell. They create on paper what they should do and then put into practice creating a mock business.
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My Springtime Coloring Book
In this springtime coloring worksheet, students create a book of springtime pictures by coloring each picture and putting them together in a book. There are 6 pictures for students to color.
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George Washington Carver
Students use the internet to identify the contributions of George Washington Carver. In groups, they analyze how his contributions influenced others and the economy we have today. They create a poster showing his accomplishments and...
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More Go Togethers
In this matching similar items worksheet, students match and color the four objects on the left to the four objects on the right by drawing a line to each matching item.
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The Business of Design
Young scholars visit the Design for the Other 90% exhibition. In this design lesson, student learn how to design for the population of the world that is poor or impoverished. In addition, students read New York Times articles and watch...
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Challenges in Changing the Face of a City
Students examine a video in which people want to change the city of Oakland, California. They decide on the best course of action.
PBS
Pbs: Frontline: Identify Common Steps Taken by Social Entrepreneurs
What is a social entrepreneur? This learning opportunity provides insight and understanding of how the practice of making silk nearly died, but re-emerged after a someone recognized the problem and used innovation couple with...
Stanford University
Stanford University: E Corner: Entrepreneurship Videos and Podcasts
Offering 2000 videos and podcasts, Entrepreneurship Corner features innovative talks regarding creativity and innovation, opportunity recognition, product development, marketing and sales, finance and venture capital, leadership and...
Other
National Council for the Social Studies: The Founding Entrepreneurs
Our nation was built on the ingenuity and drive of entrepreneurs. From colonial times until today, entrepreneurs have innovated and developed new products and services which resulted in our economy having the fastest development of all...
Other
Entrepreneur: Taxing Matters
This Entrepreneur Magazine article provides "Everything you wanted to know about payroll taxes, and then some," and includes a good explanation of FICA (social security and medicare) withholding.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Reid Hoffman
Biography of Reid Hoffman, Internet Entrepreneur and founder of LinkedIn with investiments in over 80 internet startup companies.
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 8: Economics
Learning module prepares students for the state test in Social Studies Economics portion, including organizing information with Tables and Charts, Entrepreneurs, and Saving. Lesson includes video tutorial, interactive review games, and...
Black Past
Black Past: Garvey, Marcus
In this encyclopedia entry you can read about Marcus Garvey, newspaper entrepreneur and advocate of black pride and separatism.
PBS
Pbs: Rewards and Challenges of Self Employment
Analyze the rewards and challenges of self-employment.
Other
Women in History: Madame c.j. Walker
This biographical sketch from the Lakewood Public Library includes facts, accomplishments, and links to websites for further research.