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PE Video Slide Show

For Teachers K - 6th
Students participate in various class activities and are captured on camera to show at various special times or events throughout the year. They choose a picture of a fitness testing for their first slide and add some music to it to...
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Interdisciplinary Approach to Investigating Popcorn

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct a lab experiment using the scientific method. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, students will test the difference in popping white and yellow corn. Students will write their lab report in their science, math,...
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World Religion At A Glance

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research and assigned religion and fill out information they gather on their "Special Assingment Instruction Sheet." They create a sample brochure about the religion they researched, edit the brochure with another student...
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Rainforest Adventures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the vegetation and types of animals that live in the rainforest. They role-play their favorite rainforest animals and write letters from the viewpoint of their favorite animals. After writing their letters, they view a...
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Vocabulary Lesson-Pre-K Through Grade 2 and ESL

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students say the name of pictures of simple objects, people and places, choosing 15 to use for the lesson. Students glue pictures in a scrapbook and write the word for each picture beside it. Students complete word recognition worksheets...
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Teaching Students to Run Their Own IEP Meetings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils who have IEP's for emotional/behavioral disorders are trained how to participate in and even conduct their own IEP meetings. They study the purpose of the IEP, definitions of special ed. related concepts, and the components of the...
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Give me Food!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars study the food guide pyramid and use it to create their own eating program.In this health lesson students visit websites to calculate their BMR, activity level and weight then create a nutrition plan
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Fitness Stars

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students participate in an at-home physical fitness program. They draw "fitness slips" and complete the activity on the slip at home. The activities include fun sports-like activities, but also household chore activities like vacuuming...
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A Cat-and-Mouse Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view an animated PowerPoint program that teaches possessive vocabulary in Spanish. They review English grammar. Students access high-frequency verbs and additional vocabulary.
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Tuck Everlasting: UDL Team Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a differentiated lesson about Tuck Everlasting. In this Tuck Everlasting lesson, students work on comprehension strategies that are leveled for their reading ability. They focus on the ability to tell the main...
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Volcano Above the Clouds

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students develop a travelogue to describe the distinct ecological regions of Mount Kilimanjaro. They describe the health issues that may affect climbers, and any necessary equipment or safety precautions that the team may need at each...
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ESL Autobiographies

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students develop collaborative skills while creating a vocabulary word list. They work together to take each others photos using a digital camera. Students access a website to copy and paste their photos into a word document. They create...
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Astronomy and the Cold War: How the United States Used the Moon to Target the Soviet Union

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine how astronomical observations were used to help target sites in the Soviet Union during Cold War and why such targeting was needed. Students then make predictions and observations of same astronomical events for their...
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Understanding Adjectives

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify adjectives in sentences. In this grammar lesson, students define what an adjective is and identify them in sentences written on the board. Students complete a worksheet as an assessment.
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Key Figures of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students gain general knowledge of the goals, route, participants, and significance of the 1899 Harriman Expedition. They link names of glaciers, fiords, mountains, flora and fauna with names of the 1899 Harriman Expedition...
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If .... Then Probably

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to the concepts of probability and chance. Using data given to them, they organize and create a chart to display the information. Using this chart, they calculate the percentage of chance and probability and...
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Sorting

For Teachers K
Students sort a variety of manipulatives and use a software program that provides more sorting practice.
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Rhyming Words

For Teachers K
Students practice reading and spelling by identifying rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson, students complete a worksheet to pair rhyming words.
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Understanding Nouns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define what singular and plural nouns mean. For this nouns lesson, students complete a worksheet converting from singular to plural and recognizing the plural forms of nouns.
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What's in My Kitchen?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners examine a variety of kitchen utensils.  For this wood and alternative materials lesson, students view examples of kitchen utensils, sort kitchen utensils, discuss the benefits of using one utensil over the other and...
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Let's Travel

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups to research various locations across the United States. They present their findings to the class, participate in a travel fair, make phone calls to tourist agencies and write letters to state tourism...
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Preparing a Balance Sheet

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners prepare a balance sheet. In this balance sheet lesson plan, students learn the parts of a balance sheet and how they are represented. Learners use a formula to calculate equity.
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Preparing an Income Statement

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders discuss the contents of income statements.  In this accounting lesson, 10th graders are introduced to the parts of an income statement.  Students practice filling out the four parts of an income statement, and...
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What in the World..?!?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students photograph mystery images. In this observation skills lesson, students gather everyday objects and place them under a digital microscope. They magnify the image and take a photograph of it. The image is then displayed on the...