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Summer Research Program for Science Teachers

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze the optical region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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To Go Where No Student Has Gone Before

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in interactive video teleconference with employees of NASA Johnson Space Center. Students visit inside of space station module, take video tour of Russian-built Service Module by Astronaut Bill Shepherd, visit...
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Ancient China: Student Created Word Search Puzzles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders classify and organize information about ancient China. In this Chinese history lesson, 6th graders create word search puzzles and record the processes they used to create them.
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Fish, Fish: Teaching K Students About Things That Live in the Sea

For Teachers K
Students participate in activities designed to help them connect the words to the animals they are studying. Octopus is reinforced through playing a game, "Octopus Tag." Students play a cooperation game of passing bean bags from student...
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The Lion as Predator - Agile as a Cat LESSON OVERVIEW In this lesson, students will learn about some key adaptations that make the mountain lion an effective predator. They will do this by comparing the ability of mountain lions to perform certain actions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss some key adaptations that make the mountain lion an effective predator. They compare the ability of mountain lions to perform cetrain actions, such as jumping and listening, with the ability of humans to perform the same...
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Organizers for Students

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners . In this organization lesson, students have a general discussion about sports cards and make a chart to answer the questions. Learners read the baseball card story from USA Today. Students watch a web video about sports in New...
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A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Shemini Atzeret-Simhat Torah

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Jewish traditions through Jewish art. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students research art by Moshe Rynecki, Chaim Goldberg and Emmanuel Levy. Students replicate the artistic styles in their own pieces.
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Students Solutions - Saving Our Surroundings

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the environmental impact of humans on the plants and animals in their state. In this environmental impact lesson, students use digital cameras to photograph plants and animals in their state. Students investigate the...
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Activating Students Through Storytelling

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders produce a podcast of a elements of a Chinese folk tale. In this Chinese folk tale and podcasting lesson, 4th graders watch as the teacher performs Peach Blossom Spring: A Chinese folk tale. They decide on who will stay in...
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CSI: Chemistry Student Investigators

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study chemistry.  In this laboratory lesson students watch the CSI episodes and investigate their laboratory techniques and discuss what they saw.
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Teaching Students To Follow Directions

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice following directions. In this listening activity, students play a game of "Follow the Leader" while coloring in an activity page. They must color their page according to the directions given by the teacher or leader.
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Human Rights: What Will Students and Teacher Do?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars analyze the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights." For this human rights lesson, students explore the text of this document and watch Amnesty International videos about human rights. Young scholars then locate and...
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Pedestrian Safety for Students

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a spreadsheet. In this spreadsheet instructional activity, students take the responses they received from a pedestrian safety survey to create their spreadsheet. Then they turn this information into a graph.
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Introduce Students to the Marooned Project

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students work together to survive on an uninhabited island. For this critical thinking skills lesson, students determine how they will survive and establish communities as they participate in a marooned project.
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Roaring Twenties: The Impact of High School on its Students Over Time

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders compare the American high school experience of the 1920's to today. In this historical perspectives lesson, 11th graders examine surveys from 1924 high school students and then create their own surveys for today's high...
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Basic Government for Primary Students

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a T chart to answer if they would like to run for office or not and then write a journal entry about if they would or not. In this government lesson plan, 1st graders learn new government vocabulary by...
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Film Festival: An ESL Lesson Plan to Get Students Talking About Movies Part II

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students discuss movies currently playing in theaters. In this class discussion, students practice their oral dictation, retelling of information and the ability to carry a social conversation. Students also complete a worksheet...
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Teacher Preparation Notes on Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore genetics through various hands-on activities. In this biology lesson, students predict the probability of offspring genotypes and phenotypes using the Punnett Square. They explain the causes of genetic abnormalities.
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Extracting DNA from Your Cells - Teacher Preparation Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students extract their own DNA from cheek cells. In this biology instructional activity, students explain the replication process. They identify the structure and composition of DNA.
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Thinking About Diversity: One Student's View

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars are asked how would you describe your yourself (Racial/Ethnic). Students read Little Boxes, where it is discussed that the author describes that backgrounds of her parents. They continue to read where they still need to...
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State Project Student Worksheet 1

For Teachers 5th
In this social studies worksheet, 5th graders look up the population and the land area for two different states as the first step to a larger state project.
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Teachers on the Horizon

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders are given the opportunity to serve as cadet teachers for fourth and fifth-grade gifted students. In this career choices lesson, 12th graders discover how meaningful being a teacher can be.
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I'm the Teacher

For Teachers 1st
First graders simulate being the teacher and giving P.E. commands to the class. They each write a sentence and take turns reading their sentence to the class, and after each sentence has been read the class performs the activity...
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The Role of the Teacher

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students study the role of the teacher in various cultures and societies through in-class discussions, literature investigations, and personal reflection. Lesson extensions include a "Living Portraits" activity and a "Student becomes the...

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