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History Lesson 10: Plyler v. Doe: Can States Deny Public Benefits to Illegal Immigrants?
Students consider the rights of illegal immigrants. For this illegal immigration lesson, students analyze the Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe and determine whether illegal immigrants should have access to public benefits. Students...
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Lesson: The U.S. Westward Movement
Students research the U.S. Westward movement. In this U.S. history instructional activity, students research the topic, complete a creative writing activity for the instructional activity, and a design activity for the instructional...
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Bon Appetite Arcade Lesson
Students research nutrition by examining the food pyramid. In this culinary lesson, students identify the concept of a balanced meal by researching the different groups on a food pyramid. Students utilize the web to play a game titled...
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Pyramid Panic Lesson
Students research human health by identifying fatty and sugary foods. In this food choices lesson, students discuss the five food groups and examine the healthiest choices from each group. Students utilize the web to complete a health...
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The lesson: Walter Tull
Students explore the accomplishments of Walter Tull. In this role models lesson, students track the news about celebrities for a week. Students compare the news about he celebrities to the achievements of Walter Tull, former football...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 1, Lesson 1: Gee Quiz!
Second graders are introduced to geometry by a teacher made puppet called Geo George.
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English Lesson for Grade 11
Eleventh graders role play a scenario where they have to make a decision. In this english lesson, 11th graders interpret graphs. They research about the life of different historical figures.
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Lesson #6: Sea Surface Temperature and Coral Bleaching
Fifth graders examine the concept of coral bleaching and sea surface temperature. They view a teacher demonstration, interpret sea surface temperature data, explore a website, and complete worksheets.
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The Yesterday's Tomorrow Teacher's Guide
Students explore the future and the importance of the past. In this futuristic lesson, students create a future city and identify traditions of their heritage that they feel should be passed on to future generations. They also assess the...
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Ardipithecus ramidus: A Prehistory Lesson Plan
Students discover details about the genus Ardipithecus. For this prehistory lesson, students listen to a lecture about the attributes of Ardipithecus. Students then conduct further research on either Ardipithecus ramidus or...
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Bullying Lesson Plan
Learners will brainstorm and write about their feelings and experiences with bullying. In this preventing bullying lesson, students watch a Power Point presentation and video clips about bullying. Learners engage in...
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Ponzi? An April Fool's Day History and Economics Lesson Plan
Learners explore the concept of a Ponzi Scheme. In this economics lesson, students invest in a product called Thin-Cups. Learners invest money in this product over the course of a couple weeks. Students discover how a Ponzi Scheme works...
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Civil War Photography Lesson Plan
Students explore photographs from the Civil War Era. In this Civil War lesson, students consider how photography impacted public opinion of the war as they analyze the provided photographs and discuss the evolution of early photography.
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Conversation Lesson – Music
Students discuss the type of music they listen to and discuss a set of music related words put on the board by the teacher. For this music lesson, students work in pairs to discuss words and complete an activity asking questions of...
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Food Labels Lesson
Students analyze nutrition by completing an interactive activity with classmates. In this food choice lesson, students discuss the importance foods have on our daily lives by keeping us healthy and giving us energy. Students examine food...
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An Introduction to Mental Models
Students discuss what mental models mean to them. In this teacher learning lesson, students read some articles and share what they learned with their group. They explain how mental models can help in education.
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Measuring Earthquakes
After a brief discussion on earthquakes, make a makeshift seismograph to record the shaking of the table that it sits upon. While the background information will be useful to you as a teacher, the seismograph does not seem like it would...
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Smart Snacking Ideas
Educate parents on obesity prevention using these discussion points, specifically geared toward families of preschoolers. You will need to add to this, as it is mostly an outline of topics and objectives. Concepts include healthy...
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Dissolved Gases in Water
Using different types of water, earth science explorers set out to prove the ocean's ability to absorb greenhouse gases. They shake, heat, and freeze the water samples to examine gas content. This instructional activity is useful during...
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Environmental Changes
High school scientists reasearch and illustrate changes in the local environment and consider relationships among agriculture, industry, economy, natural events, and social interactions. They construct a timeline to discover if there are...
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Plant Growth and Carbon Dioxide
Young scientists show how carbon dioxide in the air affects plant growth. This math and science instructional activity provides a good platform for learners to combine scientific knowledge with mathematical representation of data. A...
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Simple Light Scattering
Young scientists show the effects of light scattering by particles; which is similar to the scattering of light by volcanic aerosols. Groups of learners work together to conduct this simple, but illuminating demonstration. The follow-up...
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Temperature of the Pacific Ocean
Young scientists demonstrate how the Earth's temperature has varied gradually in the past. They attempt to answer four questions which all pertain to how the Pacific Ocean's temperature has evolved over time. Internet research, and a...
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The Pacific and El Niño
El Nino, and the climate changes that go along with it, are the focus of this Earth Science lesson. Learners pay particular attention to the wind patterns that are established on Earth, and look at weather maps to see how El Nino can...