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Raising Rhino Awareness
Students create a poster that promotes awareness about endangered animals. In this biology lesson, students explain the impact of rhinoceros poaching. They create a poem about them and present it in class.
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Breaking News English: Twitter Helps Stop California Suicide
In this English worksheet, students read "Twitter Helps Stop California Suicide," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.
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Visit My Class Wikis
Students visit the links on the blog site to learn about class wikis. In this technology integration instructional activity, students visit the links to view class wikis.
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Preparing Arguments
Students review the information from the previous lesson plan on persuasion essays. In groups, they brainstorm a list of arguments to use to support their trip to Six Flags. They also develop counterarguments and gather information to...
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Biography -People Who Have Made A Change In Our Lives
Students create biographies about famous people. They use the library and the Internet to find pictures and information about the person they choose. They create a Kid Pix slide show and a poster.
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Valentine Dominoes
In this Valentine's math game worksheet, students cut out and shuffle forty-eight paper Valentine dominoes. Students play with a partner to match up and count all the ends of each pair of dominoes.
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The Anasazi
Middle schoolers investigate and determine the origins of the ancient Anasazi who inhabited present-day Utah and the Four-Corners-Region.
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Current Events Research
Students monitor current events using on-line and traditional resources. They explore issues such as what trends they see developing in specific news issues over time and how different news stories might be interrelated.
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Kitchen Work Centers - Level II
Ninth graders apply the skills of kitchen equipment and management.
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Progressive Story Using the Internet for Research
Students explore Internet sites about Egypt and use them as background for a progressive story using Kid Pix, import grafics from the Internet to include in their story, and collect sites visited into group of "Hot Links" using...
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Peter The Butterfly
Students complete an interdisciplinary unit chronicling the life cycle and movement patterns of the butterfly. Through language arts, mathematics, and science activities, students identify various types of butterflies and document the...
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Pedestrian Safety
Students review the concepts of pedestrian safety. Individually, they draw a picture of themselves doing an activity they enjoy noting the rules of safety. After sharing their picture, they discuss the benefits of being safe during...
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Enjoy These Snow people Paper dolls!
In this snow people paper dolls worksheet, students color fifteen pieces/parts of two snow people paper dolls and then cut each piece out and glue to the appropriate places on each paper doll.
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No Fossils in This Fuel!
Learners explain how technology leads to a cleaner environment. They gain hands-on experience with ethanol as a fuel alternative.
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Iowa Leaders
Students begin to use the internet and compare characteristics of famous Iowa leaders.
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Have and Have-Not
Students describe the differences of people living in developed and underdeveloped countries. They also identify how each type of country uses their resources. They develop an ecological footprint of the countries discussed.
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Sounds of the Heart
Pupils investigate the sounds of the heart, construct a stethoscope, and explore the workings of valves.
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Anasazi Pueblo Period: 700-1050 A.D.
Sixth graders investigate the main ideas and information about the Developmental Pueblo period, from 700-1050 A.D., of the Anasazi.
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What A Woman...The Silver Queen
Fourth graders realize that women have played a strong role in the history of Utah. They explain that the study of individuals can give glimpses of the life and times of the era. They experience their personal histories.
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Generating and Recording Data
Students demonstrate their ability to collect, organize, and display data. They examine everyday objects that can be turned into a function machine for the lesson plan. They use colored fish to help them organize their data.
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Instructional Software Resources for Grades K-3
Learners become familiar with teh selection, evaluation, and use of instructional software for 4-8 classroom. They download software demos from the web and discuss critiquing software. Students browse software evaluations on web sites.
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Time Capsule
First graders collect data in the fall and again in the spring. they use the data from both seasons to compare and contrast changes over time. They put the data from the fall into a box or "time capsule." The teacher encourages students...
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Childnet International: Digizen: Social Networking Evaluation Chart
This checklist is designed to help review Social Networking Services. The information is from 2008 so parts may be outdated. The information is publicly available from service providers' websites (e.g., Terms of Use and Privacy Policy),...
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Childnet: Online Safety: Social Media
Social media are apps and websites where you can connect and share content with friends. On these services you are often able to share and view a whole range of media such as video, photos, music and chat. Popular social media services...