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The Walker Social Skills Curriculum
Students, who are considered delinquent, prepare for the behavioral demands and expectations in society. They develop skills needed for social support networks, friendships and adjusting to social situations.
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An Ounce of Prevention...
Students discuss current H.I.V. prevention strategies and adapt these strategies to address the spread of H.I.V. in developing countries. They analyze the results of an international AIDS conference called "The Urgent Search for an AIDS...
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Community Helpers Wheel
Students play a game to reinforce the understanding that some community helpers are producers of goods, and some provide a service. Students identify community helpers and their jobs.
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This Rock is Your Rock, This Rock is My Rock
Learners develop good observational skills. They examine how rocks are made up of one or more minerals.
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Shoe Shuffle
Young scholars review the "word choice" writing trait, and recall how to use descriptive words to paint a picture. They write a description of one of their tennis shoes without sharing it with classmates. They place a shoe on display...
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Homophone Practice
Fourth graders practice their spelling skills by completing a spelling homophone activity. In this homophone lesson, 4th graders discuss easily-confused word spellings. Students write sentences using homophones. Students complete the...
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Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
Equip your chemistry class with the tools to properly understand endothermic and exothermic reactions. Young chemists collect, analyze, and graph data to determine how the Law of Conservation of Matter is applied to chemical...
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Sharing Beliefs and Ideas
Eleventh graders examine how cultural ideas and thought were exchanged as travelers and traders of the Silk Road met, interacted, and traded with different peoples from different regions and cultures along the Silk Road.
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Measuring "pHacts" about Acid Rain
Sixth graders gather and graph information regarding the pH of rain. Working cooperatively with an internet partner, 6th graders gather and record information about the pH of the rain in their local area. They graph this information...
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All I Want for Christmas is a Nice, Clean Earth
Learners observe properties of items, determine time it takes for organic/inorganic items to decompose, identify differences/similarities between decomposition, identify practical uses in litter/garbage control, & establish reasons...
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Monetary Mania
Students participate in an online quiz program that reviews economic concepts and vocabulary. They apply concepts learned through the International Money Fund Center.
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50 State Quarter Game
Students, using their knowledge of place value and number sense, play this counting game in small groups, or as a whole class, to see who be the first person to reach 50 cents.
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"Getting to Know You": Discovering the Role of MPs in Canada and the Netherlands
Students learn the role of Canada's MPs compared to that of the Netherlands using a partnered school program.
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Probes, Exploration & Application
Students explore how a surface can be described without seeing it.
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Critical Thinking Strategies
Students explore critical thinking strategies. In this critical thinking lesson, students evaluate multiple choice answers. Students note similarities between incorrect answers and discover how to compare and contrast incorrect and...
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Presidential Interview: a Panel of Presidents
Eighth graders identify and analyze domestic and foreign policy. They develop analytical questions to ask a panel. They develop a sequence of events of each presidential office holder.
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Who's in the Bag?
Students express personal characteristics with items from home. They introduce themselves to one another.
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Knowing Ourselves And Others Through Poetry
Students become familiar with word usage and synonyms.
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Mars Fraction Hunt
Students gain practice in the use of fractions, changing fractions, using equivalent fractions, and paying attention to detail. They divide a word into appropriate fractional parts and use equivalent fractions to correctly divide words.
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The Art Miles Mural Project
Students create over twelve hundred miles of themed murals for an art project. They discuss what they want their theme to be and practice drawing the pictures before painting the mural.
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Coin Comparisons
Learners analyze and compare symbols and their meanings on ancient Greek and contemporary coins.
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Identity and Religion
Students view and discuss the public television program, Wide Angle: Young, Muslim, and French. They research and write a position in favor of or against the headscarf ban in France, and examine the influence of media in shaping...
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Breadline
Students examine the breadlines during the Great Depression. They view a short video about different country's responses to mass unemployment. They interview family members if possible who lived during the Depression.
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Lewis and Clark Encounters with Native Americans
High schoolers research what the exchange was between the various Native American groups and Lewis and Clark. They are able to write reflections after truly considering the issue with the help of research.