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The U.S. & Navajo Bills of Rights
Students are introduced to the United States and Navajo Bill of Rights. In groups, they compare and contrast the two documents and take notes to share with the class. To end the lesson, they write in their journals about their own...
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Eyewitness-History of the World
Students, after given the opportunity to us the software Eyewitness-History of the World, research a given topic, abstract the main ideas, and ultimately present the findings to the class. Inevitably, the students design three quiz...
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Research Based Writing
Eighth graders practice researching and exploring given websites and writing a paragraph on the content of each. As a class, they determine the value of each site, discuss plagiarism, and the need for paraphrasing information. Students...
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Research-based Writing
Eighth graders explore the steps for research based writing. In the computer lab, they examine approved, given websites. After observing a chosen site, 8th graders write a paragraph describing the websites' content. They discuss...
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Bridges
Ninth graders use model-building to help comprehend the forces and phenomena at work in the world around them. They describe gravity as a universal force that pulls everything toward the center of the earth. Students distinguish between...
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Feedback and Flowcharts
Sixth graders explain what a negative feedback system is and they distinguish it from a positive feedback system. They describe examples of how negative feedback is used in both nature and technology. , Students define homeostasis, and...
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What Is It?!
Working individually or in groups, 4th graders are presented with unusual or at least unfamiliar objects and are asked to speculate on what they are and/or how they are used. The intention is to get students to make careful observations...
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What Floats Your Boat?
Students discover the Archimedes principle through a buoyancy experiment. They measure the water displacement of a lump a clay which is denser than water then reshape the clay into a bowl which floats but displaces more water.
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Star Sullivan by Maeve Binchy
Students read, analyze and discuss the novel, "Star Sullivan," by Meave Binchy. They research information about the author, outline the setting to the novel, and complete an extract assignment from Chapter 1 to be turned in on a specific...
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How To Change Your Life In 7 Steps by John Bird
Young scholars read, analyze and discuss the book, "How To Change Your Life In 7 Steps," by John Bird. They evaluate what the author states as one begins to get started, taking each of the steps one by one, learning to change and how to...
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Screw It, Let's Do It
Students examine the possible application of the lessons drawn from business life in personal life. They are told that each section of the book has a heading indicationg a lesson Richard Branson has drawn from in his life. Students work...
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Woman Walks into a Bar
Students create an imaginative response to a book title as a way to anticipate what the book is going to be about. They explore the use of humour to make a serious point. Students are asked what they think that statement 'Woman walks...
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Someone Like Me
Students investigate what sort of person the author is. They listen as the teacher use her notes to introduce Tom Holt briefly. Students are asked if anyone has read any of his books. They work in pairs to find more about Tom Holt as a...
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The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope
Students read, analyze and critique the novel, "The Book Boy," by Joanna Trollope. They brainstorm if you can tell a book by its cover, construct a character map, explore cultural differences and investigate how a family hides a family...
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Blackwater by Conn Iggulden
Students read, analyze, critique and discuss the novel, "Blackwater," by Conn Iggulden. They brainstorm and evaluate what's in a name, follow the clues to solving the mystery and explore what happened next to the main character from this...
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The Thief by Ruth Rendell
Students read, examine, critique and discuss the novel, "The Thief," by Ruth Rendell. They explore the creation of the characters in the novel, crime writers and analyze an extract from Chapter 1 to fully assess the overall meaning to...
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Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle
In this literacy worksheet, middle schoolers look for the words that are related to the theme of the worksheet. They also work on the skills of spelling and word recognition.
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MEANINGFUL METRICS with DRAMATIC DEMONSTRATIONS
Tenth graders study the metric system. In this metric lesson students complete a lab activity and several metric worksheets.
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Laetoli Trackway Puzzle
Young scholars try to reach a "best explanation" after viewing diagrams. In this trackway lesson students complete several worksheets, make observations and hypothesize.
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Primate Classification 2006
Students examine groups of hierarchy and see how primates are categorized. In this primate classification lesson students view video and slides then examine the taxonomy of primates.
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The Flag of South Africa
In this South African flag worksheet, students read a short passage about South Africa, then color the flag of the Republic the correct colors. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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The Constitution and The Bill of Rights
Students explore the Constitution and The Bill of Rights including the process of the Convention throgh a variety of websites that examine the framers, venets leading up to and after the convention games and more.
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The constitution and The Bill of Rights
Students explore an Internet site that introduces the Framers, court cases, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and even games and quizzes.
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The Constitution and The Bill of Rights
Studnets learn about The Constitution and The Bill of Rights through a series on Internet pages that include such things as the framers, court cases and games.
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