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Facing History and Ourselves

Confirmation and Other Biases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
As the investigation into the reporting of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, continues, class members consider how bias influences perception, how the tendency is to collect evidence that supports preconceived notions. The big idea...
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Effective Speaking In A Debate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students confront stage fright and recognize their speaker strenghs and weaknesses. They develop ways to control and direct their fear of speaking.
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Semiotics and Set: Year 9

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore semiotics and the meanings of stage sets.
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Discovering a Law of Space Physics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use data collected by an astronomer to determine the relationship between the time it takes the planet to orbit the sun and the average radius of the planet's orbit around the sun. Students use trial and error to find the...
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Mapping the Local Community

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars review the symbols and legends of a map. In groups, they follow a set of directions to create a map showing the route to a specific place. They present their map to the class and review the basic components of a community.
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A Guilty Gertrude: Performing Speaking and Silent Moments in Hamlet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Gertrude's (in Hamlet) behavior, lines and thoughts for what it reveals about Ophelia's madness. They synthesize what they know about Gertrude to perform her character in a scene. They write stage directions and discuss...
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Life Cycle of a Cockroach

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this science learning exercise, students label the stages of the Cockroach's life cycle by naming the stage of development. They list the 3 stages of development and describe each stage on the blank lines at the bottom of the page.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing the life cycle of a butterfly worksheet, students label the stages of development and name and describe the stages of development. Students write 13 answers.
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Sequence Writing: Life Cycles - Plant Life

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the stages of plant life. Students create a K-W-L chart. They describe six main stages of the plant life cycles. Using stickers, students create a life cycle flow map.
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Art & Creativity

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students take notes on how to teach art. They determine if they are right or left brained and experience the frustration of teacher-directed art and trying to stay in the lines of a coloring book. They experience different art...
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Writing for a Purpose in Senior College English

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders are introduced to the proper way to write a paper. As a class, they examine and review the four stage process for writing about any topic. Using the topic they choose, they begin to identify the relationship between...
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Animated Video Productions - Life Cycles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders compare/contrast the life cycles of free-living organisms to that of parasites. They conduct Internet research, illustrate the stages of a specific organisms's life cycle, and direct and produce a mini-video production.
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Water, Water Everywhere (Pond Animals)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the characteristics of animals who live in a pond environment. In groups, they describe the various stages in the life of a frog and identify the characteristics of other pond animals. Using this information,...
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Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students estimate how many different species of organisms inhabit the Earth. In groups, they match the pictures of embryos at the different stages of development. They compare and contrast animals from the sky, land, and water and...
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WINDMILL POWER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study operations with real numbers using mental computation or paper-and-pencil calculations. They judge the reasonableness of numerical computations and their results. They set up and solve proportions for direct and inverse...
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Shapes Galore!

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore two-dimensional shapes. Individually, children follow directions to draw shapes. Learners use shaving cream, geoboards, yarn, marshmallows, and toothpicks to create shapes. As a class, 1st graders brainstorm...
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Grasshopper Mark and Recapture (GMR)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students estimate the density of a population of insects (grasshoppers) at a given life cycle stage in a given type of habitat.
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"Filler-Up" with Premium Fuel

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate nutrition guidelines and recommendations to present what the information to their class. Based on their assessment of current habits, they determine which areas they would like to improve to reach goals for...
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Weather Forecast

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the vocabulary for making statements about the weather in various cities. They respond with the use of the appropriate interpretive strategies to show the directions in the taget language for placing weather symbols on...
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John F. Kennedy Center

Acting Up, A Melodrama: Performing Like Jo March and Her Sisters in Little Women

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Lights, Camera, Action! Pupils read Little Women and create, act, and direct a melodrama that Jo March and her sisters would enjoy. The lesson plan comes complete with resources for the educator on melodrama as well as examples...
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Integers and Words

For Students 4th
In this math worksheet, 4th graders will practice converting integer values to and from words. The teacher can select either or both directions. Additionally, the teacher can select the highest place value that is used in the conversion,...
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Physics: Bounce - Projectile Motion and Collisions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students conduct and observe experiments in Newtonian mechanics, kinematics, and projectile motion. They analyze the motion of a ball rolling off a table, falling, and then bouncing. Students answer a series of questions analyzing the...
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Caribbean Cooking

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students complete a unit that explores the cultures of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba through cooking. They follow step-by-step directions of a variety of recipes, create a Caribbean scrapbook or cookbook,...
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Echinoderms

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this echinoderm worksheet, students will explore the characteristics of echinoderms including their body structures and larval stages. Then students will match the five classes of echinoderms to their descriptions. This worksheet has...

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