Personal Genetics Education Project
Genetics and Reproduction
Disease prevention or designer babies? Use a set of slides to introduce the growing practice of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, or PGD. Teens read related articles and then break into groups to address different scenarios. Afterward,...
Personal Genetics Education Project
Genetics, history and the American Eugenics Movement
A poignant 20-slide show introduces high schoolers to the amazing accomplishments of genomics and raises the question of eugenics. This instructional activity is only for mature audiences, as it deals with rape and other sensitive...
Habits of Mind
Haileybury Habits of Mind Learning Resource Book
Imagine a learning community committed to using Costa and Kallick's Habits of Mind as the basis of curriculum design. The resource book is packed with lessons that are designed for and identify the standards and...
Broward County Schools
Women's Contributions to the United States
Betsy Ross, Toni Morrison, Sacajawea, Amelia Earhart, Maya Lin, Sally Ride, Judy Baca. No matter the subject area or the grade level you teach you will find much to value in a manual that focuses on the contributions U.S. women have...
Curated OER
Social Studies and Economics
Learners investigate the products agriculture provides in raw materials. In this agriculture products lesson, students make a list of common items used and foods eaten. Learners work in teams to categorize agriculture products based...
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Science Methods
Students study games. In this environment activity, students discuss which games are damaging and which are not damaging to the environment by inventing games which are not harmful.
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Food Makes the World Go Round
Fifth graders investigate the origins of foods they eat while they consider social justice issues. In this food sources lesson, 5th graders play a game and then research food distribution, food security, and hunger in the world today....
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Nonviolence and Conflict: Its Importance to Building Community
Young scholars study nonviolence and the values associated with nonviolence. In this social science lesson, students identify the six steps of nonviolence and the six principles of nonviolence as put forth by Martin Luther King, Jr....
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Early America
Young scholars explore what a leader represents. For this social science lesson, students discuss what the traits, qualities, or characteristics are of a leader. Young scholars also understand that leaders existed in America's past and...
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The Treasures of Two Worlds
Students discuss the contributions made to both European and Indian cultures as a result of the voyages of the explorers. In this social science lesson, students write a paragraph describing one of the contributions. Students then share...
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Mine Field Challenge
Young scholars discuss what it means to work together as a team. In this social science lesson, students examine community and that community represents having people depend on each other. Young scholars then role play what it is like to...
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Bible: Effects of Sin
Students view the website known as http://www.kids4truth.com/eng_creation.htm and read the story of Creation. In this social science lesson, students discuss what the world looked like when it was perfect and then discuss the way looked...
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The Stamp Act/Taxation Without Representation
Fourth graders discuss the Stamp Act and the preamble. In this social science lesson, 4th graders examine protests and show that the colonists reacted to the Stamp Act by protesting. Students study various cartoons and state...
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The Middle Ages
Students discuss the Middle Ages. In this social science lesson plan, students role-play that they are medieval lords, knights, and ladies who keep diaries. Students write what they would have put in their diaries and decorate their...
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Water Cycle: Social Studies Online
If you need a presentation that describes the 3 elements of the water cycle then this PowerPoint could be a good starting point. This resource is basic in its presentation and formating, and only defines the words evaporation,...
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Social Class, Social Change, and Poverty
Learners demonstrate how sociological research and literature can add to our understanding of poverty. They explore poverty and its implications on society and future organizations.
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Environmental Changes
High school scientists reasearch and illustrate changes in the local environment and consider relationships among agriculture, industry, economy, natural events, and social interactions. They construct a timeline to discover if there are...
University of Georgia
Resumé of an Element
Class members use the provided worksheet to create a resume for one element from the periodic table. The activity teaches learners about all of the properties of elements and how to read the periodic table.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Lincoln: A Photobiography
Students read Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the life of Abraham Lincoln, including, but not limited to, the Civil War. Included are reading, art, math,...
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Life in a Hurricane Zone
Students investigate the social effects of hurricanes. In this social studies lesson, students assume the persona of residents of the Dominican Republic and write diary entries and letters regarding the devastation caused by Hurricane...
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Clothesline Sleuth
What fabrics are our clothes made of? Where do those fabrics from? Lead your pupils to discover the answers to these questions and more. Class members have a chance to play with various fabrics, invesitgating the materials and...
BBC
Identity
Ethnic diversity is the focus of the political science instructional activity presented here. In it, pupils discuss the variety of ethnicities they see at their own school. They share their knowledge, or personal experiences of the way...
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Solar History
Using the sun's light as a source of energy is not a new concept. Give your environmental studies, engineering, or physical science class this list of how humans have used solar energy throughout history. Assign groups a certain time...
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Bee Pollen Popular
The world would be a much different place without the help of pollinators. Read about the important role bats, hummingbirds, and various insects play in plant reproduction, exploring the interdependence of living things in an ecosystem....
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