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Shooting Baskets-Relay Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Students demonstrate how to shoot baskets during a relay race. In this physical education activity, students work in teams and shoot basketballs into the hoops as fast as they can. Each person must make one shot. The first team to finish...
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Inside the Vault-Entrepreneurship

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore entrepreneurship. In this economic study lesson plan, students take a pretest on attitudes, review characteristics that make up an entrepreneur, review a list of famous entrepreneurs, and create a 5 minute oral...
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Sales Tax

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of sales tax. In this sales tax lesson, students work in groups to spend $500. Students calculate the discount and sales tax on each item. Students buy between 5 to 10 items.
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Happy Feet=Healthy Body

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the benefits of regular exercise.  In this physical health studies lesson, 4th graders create visual demonstrations to track their progress with physical fitness related goals.  Students discuss various...
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And the Beat Goes On...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students respond to the Indian folktale, The Drum. In this philanthropy lesson, students reflect upon the folktale and demonstrate ways one person can make a difference in the world. Students construct a Powerpoint presentation as a...
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Imperialism and Expansion: Part 1

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars explore the era of imperialism and expansion of the United States. In this American history lesson, students play a game regarding the U.S. attempts to expand the nation in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore personal finances. In this money management lesson, students read The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze. Students examine the spending habits of Brother Bear and Sister Bear. Students analyze opportunity costs as...
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Mistaken Identities, Misrepresentations, and Changes of Mind

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study a play and then discuss the mistaken identities, misrepresentations, and changes of mind that occur. In this discussion of plays lesson plan, students learn new vocabulary words and discuss and differentiate between...
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Dogfighting and the Community

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discover the threats to dogs by investigating dogfighting.  In this animal cruelty lesson, students read the state laws pertaining to animal safety and dogfighting.  Students compile dogfighting facts into a poster and...
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A Mars Bar Fraction Hunt Lesson for Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use their knowledge of fractions to decipher word puzzles. In this fraction lesson, students use common fractional parts to divide words into the letters needed to make a new word. They complete 28 examples to find a clue that...
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Life Cycle

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders make a collage of the human life cycle. In this life cycle lesson students study the human reproductive system and the general concepts of pregnancy. Students receive detailed information about the human life cycle and...
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Bad Bard/Good Bard: Coming to Character through Preconceptions of Shakespearean Acting

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice their own acting skills. In this Shakespeare lesson plan, students participate in choral readings and reenact scenes from The Taming of the Shrew. Students then discuss the difficulties of Shakespearean acting.
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Letter to a Leprechaun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a persuasive writing paper telling a Leprechaun why they should share their gold with the student. In this persuasive writing lesson plan, students write about what they would do with their pot of gold.
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Phosphate Testing Contract

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine how to prepare an experimental procedure.  In this scientific method lesson students conduct an investigation on phosphate.
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Hammurabi's Code

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore philosophy by analyzing a historic quote. In this fairness activity, students read a quote by Hammurabi which discusses whether law is for punishing the bad or rewarding the good. Students examine the Ten Commandments...
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U Boat Hunt

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students recognize patterns and sequences in numbers. In this geometry lesson, students create rules to define the sequences and patterns they obsere. They translate coded messages as they dicuss navigational terms.
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Hector's World: Heroes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students observe child safety by viewing an educational video regarding the Internet. In this digital privacy lesson, students view a short film based on a young person who falls victim to bad decisions on the Internet. Students complete...
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introduction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson that is intended for the first days of school. They are led through introductions and how the class is organized for working on a daily basis. They sign behavior contracts and other paperwork as directed...
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Rolling in Dough

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate how to work cooperatively in groups. In this philanthropy lesson, students work cooperatively to create play dough and are rewarded time to play with the play dough cooperatively.
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Why Should I Do Philanthropy?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students consider the benefits of philanthropy as well as noting opposing viewpoints.
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Introduction to Materials: Properties of Materials

For Teachers K
Students explore the properties of matter. In this properties of materials lesson, students examine wood, metal, rubber, Styrofoam, and plastic. Students identify the attributes of each of the materials.
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Harry the Dirty Dog

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate the parts of a book by reading a story about a dog.  In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students utilize their memory to place pictures from the book Harry the Dirty Dog in order from start to finish....
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Action Verbs and Linking Verbs

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this action and linking verbs worksheet, students label words as either action and linking verbs. Students label 12 words and underline subjects and verbs in 8 sentences.
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Multo - game (all, Mathematics)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice multiplication using a fun game called "Multo." They write numbers in boxes using a grid similar to one found on a Bingo card. They score when their numbers are called. The smallest number possible is zero and the...