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What Is Special About Polyethylene Food Storage Bags?
Students participate in an investigation in which they compare a polyethylene bag designed for recycling or disposal with a polyethylene food storage bag. Students use hexane to determine the differences between the low density...
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Building Wealth
Students explore budgeting. in this building wealth lesson, students examine ways to invest and save money. They set financial goals and determine methods to reach the goals. Students discuss managing debt, credit...
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Oh, the Places You'll Go
For this "Oh, the Places You'll Go" worksheet, 3rd graders engage in various activities before, during and after reading. Students demonstrate knowledge of comprehension, respond to the story and set their own goals necessary to succeed.
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Addition Speed Drill
In this addition speed drill worksheet, students drill and time themselves on how fast they can solve fifty simple addition equations. Students set a goal to answer 100% correct in five minutes or less.
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Case Study - Tragedy of the Commons
Students role play being a fisherman and fulfill the goals they are given from a description sheet. Other students observe the fisherman and record their behavior and actions. The class then discusses how this activity was an example...
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The Bank of Good Habits
Students explore investing and saving. In this investing instructional activity, students identify their own financial goals and hurdles to success, calculate interest, and simulate banking and investing transactions. Incentive...
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Makiko's New World
Students analyze the internal and external causes of the Meiji Restoration. They look at the goals and policies of the state and their impact on Japan's modernization. Students also assess the impact of Western ideas on Japan and realize...
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The Freedmen's Bureau: Success or Failure?
Students analyze causation concerning Reconstruction policy. They evaluate the success of the Freed men's Bureau concerning land distribution. They examine several documents relating to the Freedmen's Bureau's goal of providing land for...
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Million Dollar House
Fourth graders use a combination of calculators and spread sheet software to furnish their own million dollar horse without going over the specified amount of a million. The goal being to create a house that came to the exact amount of...
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Take Time to Save Now
Young scholars brainstorm reasons to save money, investigate impact of saving regularly using interactive, on-line calculators, explain how compounding interest affects savings, explore different strategies for saving money, and write...
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Bringing Young Architects to Surface
Students work in pairs to design a building. In this architecture lesson, students take on the role of head architect to design and construct a 3-D scale model a building for a client. Students' goal is to meet the...
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Reported Speech Soccer for ESL
Learners explore English by participating in a class trivia activity. In this group speech lesson plan, students collaborate in small groups and identify phrases and terms on flash cards which they keep track of. Learners utilize their...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
You might not be able to put a girdle around the earth in forty minutes but you can generate interest in A Midsummer’s Night Dream in that length of time. As an introduction to Shakespeare’s comedy, pairs of students assume the roles of...
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Making Connections
Fourth graders investigate visual imagery to aid reading comprehension. In this reading strategies instructional activity, 4th graders discover how visual imagery helps in comprehending a story. Students use a reader's notebook to record...
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Exploring Career Options Distance Learning Offline Activity
It makes sense that people who choose a career that matches their interests are happier than those who don't. But the big question is, how does one find a career that matches their interests? High school seniors explore career options by...
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Spain – Culture and Famous Landmarks
Introduce your class to Spain and liven up the class period with some Spanish pop music! Learners view a presentation about Spain and take notes on the information before watching a couple of music videos in Spanish. They use listening...
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The Economy
Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...
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The Growth of a Nation
Young historians explore the identity of the early United States in this four-part lesson series. Working in groups of three, students research the political, economic, and cultural atmosphere of each member of the...
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My School Job
Second graders discuss why classrooms have helpers to complete everyday tasks. In groups, they participate in a role-play activity in which they complete the assigned tasks. To end the instructional activity, they complete a worksheet in...
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Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Fourth graders examine the statistics when it comes to teens and drug and alcohol abuse. In groups, they research the side effects of four different drugs. Using the information, they perform a skit, or puppet show to share their data...
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The Career Project
High schoolers research different careers they are interested in. They plan goals in those careers and present their findings to the class. They are scored on their presentation by a rubric that is included in the lesson.
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Transition Needs
Special Education pupils practice setting a goal and following through with it. They learn skills needed for transitioning into a different part of their life.
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Adult ESOL: Obtaining Employment
Students consider setting goals as a part of a job search. They discuss values and skills to help establish employment goals and what working conditions are important to them. They discuss the goals they have and sentences using...
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Team Handball
Students play a team sport. In this handball lesson, students learn the strategies for goal keeping and shooting. Students play practice games.