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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Read Aloud as a Springboard to Writing

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Using "Thunder Rose" by Jerdine Nolen, this lesson plan explores elements of tall tales. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Umea University: The Analytical Chemistry Springboard

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to pages with information and techniques on analytical chemistry.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Driving With Djikstra

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to one of the prominent algorithms in graph theory used to find shortest paths -- the Djikstra Algorithm. The lesson includes four graphs of increasing...
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Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Looking at Ourselves and Others

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Adapted lesson plans, used by the Peace Corps to prepare their volunteers, are divided into three suggested grade grouping: 3-5, 6-9, 10-12. These activities introduce students to the concepts of perspective, culture, and cross-cultural...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: How to Write a Personal Narrative

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A learning module that teaches students how to write a personal narrative with five mini-lessons: Introduction, Consider a Slice of Your Life, FOCUS!, Develop Your Central Idea, and Wrap Up and Springboard to Writing.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Riding the Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the idea of vector fields. While no "formal math" is done in this lesson, students will learn to follow a vector field both forward and backward to see...
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University of Kansas: Lithograph

For Students 9th - 10th
Using Richard Parkes Bonnington's Tour du gros horloge, Evreux as a springboard into discussion, this site outlines the printmaking process using lithograph. The drawing materials used in lithograph printmaking are also discussed.
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Groundhog.org: The Official Site

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site from Groundhog.org provides activities for all ages to celebrate the dubious but delightful holiday of Groundhog Day! Teachers will find some great activities for the younger students like coloring pages, math activities, word...
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Groundhog.org: The Official Site

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site from Groundhog.org provides activities for all ages to celebrate the dubious but delightful holiday of Groundhog Day! Teachers will find some great activities for the younger students like coloring pages, math activities, word...
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Apa Style Central

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this comprehensive resource to learn about APA style. Students and teachers can use this site as a springboard for any questions they may have concerning APA Style.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Exploring Social Studies Through Playwriting [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th Standards
In this instructional activity, 6th graders use photos of people in real-life events from the Zapatistas Movement as a springboard to write a dialogue between the people in the photograph. Students then work in pairs to create a scene...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this lesson, students use photos that relate to a social studies concept (i.e., country of study, historical person, natural disaster, geographical landmark, religion, or governmental strife) as a springboard to write a first-person...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dr. Seuss on the Loose

For Teachers K - 1st
In Dr. Seuss' first published children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Marco, inspired by the passing of a horse and wagon, imagines a series of increasingly incredible sights on his way home from school. This...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters: World War Ii Conversations [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this lesson, students use photos of people in real-life World War II events as a springboard for composing dialogue between the people in the photographs. Students then work in pairs to create a scene set in World War II and present...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters: Paul Revere [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students explore the life of Paul Revere through the lens of a painting of the Midnight Run. Using the painting as a springboard, students write and enact a poem illustrating the event.
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International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee: Diving

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Check out colorful drawings and animations that inform you about the diving competition at the Summer Olympics. Learn about the size and height of diving boards, the phases of a dive (departure position, take off, dive, entry) and six...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Mystery of Roanoke

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be a great springboard for discussion about the lost colony of Roanoke.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Georgia Authors, a Sampling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an informational flip chart that can be used as a springboard to broaden students familiarity with authors having strong Georgia ties. A suggestion would be to view one page a day and read a...

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