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Environment: A Day Around the Bay

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine various scenarios about pollution around bays and discuss their reactions to them. Among the situations they investigate are construction site soil washing into a tributary, oil from motor boats leaking into...
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Olympic Training Center

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students decide on an activity like running, swimming or skating for a performance analysis. They have friends or family members videotape them as they exercise, then review the video to see how they can improve their performance.
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Survival of the Fittest

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create their own "never before seen" marine creatures and examine how not all creatures in the sea swim, not all have sharp teeth
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Is It Safe To Go In?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine acceptable levels of toxins in swimming areas. Working in groups of four, students dilute a salt or sugar solution to 1 part per 1,000,000 (ppm) solution. Students taste test their diluted liquids and record at which...
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The Drag of Drag

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars are introduced to drag. Then they summarize drag by saying that the drag is proportional to the square of the velocity. Students then solve problems an example of such a problem: Explain why swimming underwater is faster...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Transportation and Travel

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students practice identifying pictures and words that represent different signs and symbols that deal with different types of transportation/travel (enter, exit, push, pull, men, women, caution, no smoking, no swimming, arrows,...
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Fun Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform activities to practice locomotor skills. They walk for a specified number of steps and then do jumping jacks. Students grapevine, swim, and perform the crawl stroke.
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Aquatic Exercise - Object Retrieval

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to a variety of exercises to do in the water. In groups, they swim in the deep part of the pool to retrieve objects at the bottom. To end the lesson plan, they practice techniques to help them breathe and grab...
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Grammar

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this grammar worksheet, students add -ing to the verbs in eight sentences. For example, "The dolphins were swim...and play...in the ocean."
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Water Bug Coloring Page

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this coloring worksheet, young scholars examine a cartoon-like picture of bugs having fun in a swimming hole. Students color the picture.
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Mister Seahorse: Bulletin Board Idea

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a paragraph about what makes their school so special. They create collage seahorses and display their work on a bulletin board decorated in the style of illustrator Eric Carle.
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El verbo "gustar"

For Teachers 6th
Cómo se dice en español? Spanish speakers use the verb gustar to express the interests of themselves and others. The verb is introduced in its infinitive before it is conjugated and used in various sentences. After being presented with...
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What Do You SUBpose?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Submarines are the fous of this math and science lesson. In it, learners explore the world of submarines: how they work, and what they are used for. They engage in hands-on activities, watch video clips, and work in cooperative groups in...
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Wagons Ho! Hard Times! Hard Choices!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
You have just hit the lesson plan jackpot! This isn't just a instructional activity, it's a ten-day unit covering westward expansion, pioneer life, and the Oregon Trail. Activities include baking, model building, role-play, newspaper...
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Science-Observation Skill Builders

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils explore observation while making connections between observation skills and careers (like how farmers observe the weather). They view a variety of nature photographs on the computer and practice their observation skills by...
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Ghostbusting in the Chesapeake

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Ghost pots, fishing gear lost during crabbing expeditions, continue to trap crabs that are never collected. Increase your budding ecologists' awareness of human impact on the environment as well as conservation efforts using this...
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Fish Communities in the Hudson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learning to read data tables is an important skill. Use this resource for your third, fourth, or fifth graders. Learners will will study tables of fish collection data to draw conclusions. The data is based on fish environments in the...
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Fish Shape

For Teachers 4th - 7th
A fish's size, fins, and shape can tell us a lot about them! Learners explore fish anatomy to see how species use camouflage, scales, shape, and coloration to survive. The lesson includes advanced vocabulary such as fusiform shape,...
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Can - for Ability

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
You can do it! Practice action verbs and using can for ability with a series of activities designed for English learners. Kids jump, stomp, and turn as they discuss the things they can and can't do.
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In Other Words: Using a Thesaurus

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Help your young writers stay engaged with their writing through the practical use of a thesaurus. They work to reinforce the use of synonyms as a way of making writing more interesting and to determine word meaning by finding synonyms....
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Map Coordinates: Monkey Map

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here's an engaging, meaningful, and clever lesson on map skills for elementary schoolers. Pupils combine story writing with mapping skills to create an original piece of work. They utilize a worksheet embedded in the plan to guide them...
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Blubber Mittens:Adaptation to Cold Climates

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students get a first hand look at the benefit of a "blubber layer" in cold climates through a simulation using vegetable shortening and icy water. Through this simulation, students examine how adaptations help organisms survive.
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Our Natural Resources

For Teachers K - 3rd
Your class will learn about natural resources and man-made items and differentiate between them. They chart resources from seven pictures and explain how each natural resource is used.
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Specialization and the Decathlon

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Michael Phelps, the economist? Scholars research the economic advantages of specializing in one kind of service, and how it relates to athletes doing the same in their respective sports. They evaluate absolute advantage, production, and...

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