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Using Imagery To Introduce the Endocrine System

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students listen with closed eyes to a story that starts in a relaxed tone and ends in a scream. They list the body reactions they experience: fast heart rate, shaking, etc. and hypothesize the reason for the reactions. They explore the...
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St. Patrick's Day Snack

For Teachers 1st
First graders decide on and prepare a nutritious snack that is green.
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Rights and Responsibilities in History

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners research rights and responsibilities in historic themes using primary source documents. They produce an iMovie including appropriate images and sounds.
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A Living Alphabet

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students have a greater familiarity with the letters of the alphabet and use letters for other alphabet projects..
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Stunts & Tumbling Unit

For Teachers K
Students, through play and use of a Hyperstudio Stack, identify animals and the way they walk, and then imitate their movements through a game. They gain motor skills through stunts and tumbling activities. This is mainly for...
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Body Awareness and Cooperation

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use their bodies to make assigned shape or letter. They click an icon from hyper studio template and cooperate with others from group to use their bodies to make the assigned shape or letter.
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Marmots: Groundhogs of the World

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students research 14 groundhog species found around the world, including the woodchuck. They use the internet to research groundhogs and students organize their information using a graphic organizer.
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Sumerian Creativity

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine Sumerian inventions. Using the internet, 6th graders view images of the inventions and create a poster of the images. They create a PowerPoint presentation, with video clips, of Sumerian inventions to share with the...
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Figuring Somepin 'Bout the Great Depression

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students conduct research from primary and secondary resources in order to help with comprehension of the time period of The Great Depression in American History. The examination of literature is also used in this lesson.
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Finding Your Pulse Rate

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders demonstrate how to find their pulse and count the beats after a certain amount of time. In cooperative pairs, 5th graders use a stopwatch to keep track of their partner's heart rate in seconds. Pairs make a graph from their...
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Deliberating in a Democracy

Violent Video Games

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine violence in video games. In this American history instructional activity, students read an article on the link between video games and violence. High schoolers respond to discussion questions and debate the topic.
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University of Southern California

Wave Erosion Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Using a stream table, erosion enthusiasts examine how the density of sediment and how the slope of land contribute to the amount moved by waves. You will not be able to use this entire resource as is; there are teachers' names and...
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Making Sense of Our Senses

For Teachers K
Students participate in activities about the five senses. They explore objects, listen to stories and discuss the senses with classmates.
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Inflation and Unemployment

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders are introduced to the relationship between inflation and unemployment. They define the employment and unemployment rate and practice calculating the figures. Analyzing minimum wage laws, they model a process for...
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60-30-10

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use ratios and proportions to represent quantitative relationships as they investigate the concept of how percentages are used by designers. Students decorate the same room using three different percentages of colors.
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Mountain Biking - Riding Downhill

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Mountain bike riding, zipping up and down dirt trails, flying through the air, the smell of trees all around, the sound of birds chirping, this is idyllic! Yet it is also a lot of hard work. Balance is the key, whether going uphill,...
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The National Math Trail

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore the many applications of mathematics in their environment . They formulate and solve mathematics problems. Students describe geometric elements, shapes and relationships. Young scholars use technology such as...
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I'm Thumbody!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write positive statements about themselves. They brainstorm ideas of what a positive thinker looks like and sounds like. Students compare and contrast positive and negative thinking. They complete a worksheet. Students...
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Goldie Girl and There, Their, and They're: Homophones and Homographs

For Teachers 8th
Instruct your class on homonyms and homophones. Learners take a pre-test and examine a list of homophones. They also play online word games to practice spelling and usage and write a fairy tale in which they use at least 10 homophones....
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The Little Red Schoolhouse

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read about the history of the one room school house and complete language arts activities to go with it. Students answer comprehension questions, role play, group discuss, and more.
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Flower Power Quiz 1

For Students 5th - 10th
In this flowers worksheet, students complete a quiz on flowers and things associated with them in the 1960's through 1990's. Students complete 14 short answer questions.
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Art and Literature Quiz 1

For Students 9th - 12th
In this art and literature learning exercise, students answer short answer questions about famous authors, plays, and characters. Students complete 31 short answer questions.
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Run-On Sentences

For Students 9th - 12th
Have you seen run-on sentences in your learners' writing lately? If you're looking to address this issue, you might use this run-on sentence handout as a reference sheet. This handout lists examples of run-on sentences as well as...
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Making Your Point Using Dialect

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Explore the sounds, importance, and effectiveness of dialect in literature.  Active participants read, listen to poetry, and explore dialect by developing a formal definition, discuss the benefits of its use, complete a Venn diagram...