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If Hornets Could Talk
Fifth graders create a school newspaper. In this journalism lesson students write articles for a school newspaper. They also create an informational website. the projects are both on-going.
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Science and the Envrionment
Students utilize a digital camera to record interesting objects in their environment. In this ecology instructional activity, students participate in a mini-field trip around their campus as they take 2-3 pictures of the school...
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More for my Money
Students solve problems involving ratio and proportion. In this algebra instructional activity, students analyze the currencies found in different countries. They create formulas to convert between the different currencies and use ratio...
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An Introduction to Functions
Students investigate the growth and decay of an exponential function. In this algebra activity, students apply properties of exponent solve problems. They identify any patterns they see in the graphs.
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Topic 2: Graphing 2-Variable Linear Equations
Students explore the concept of 2-variable equations and expressions. In this 2-variable equation and expression lesson, students translate 2-variable word problems into 2-variable equations and expressions.
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The Need for Government—A Cinematic and Literary Perspective
Students examine the philosophy of government. In this types of government lesson, students explore literature and movie clips to determine the value of rules in lawless societies.
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The Need for Laws
Students consider the presence of authority in their lives. In this law lesson, students compare forgotten laws that function in their lives to forgotten instructions in making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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Classical Conditioning Experiment
Pupils define classical conditioning and identify its four parts.
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Two by Two Guitars!
Students play three simple chords on guitar while singing American folk songs.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLANS--Maintaining Employment
Students analyze payroll deductions from their pay stubs to view a variety of government services and company benefits. After defining the vocabulary words on the board, they associate those words to certain sections on their pay stubs.
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The Aging Population of Canada
High schoolers analyze age-group population data and make inferences on the impact of the aging population in Canada. They, in groups, focus on health care, social programs and labor issues.
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Inside Money
Learners watch a video of a fictional country that is facing monetary problems. They work to answer questions that help solve the countries economic difficulties.
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What Burns When a Candle Burns? an Introduction to Using the Scientific Method
Middle schoolers use the scientific method to discover the role of a candle's wick and how radiation allows candle wax to change from solid to liquid to gas. They work in small groups to use the steps of the scientific method approach in...
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'P' Is for Poetry
Learners write rhymes for each letter of the alphabet. In this rhyming lesson plan, students come up with various words that could rhyme for each letter. Once they come up with rhymes for each, they publish them in a book along with...
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Justice in America
Eleventh graders analyze primary sources for evidence of intent and purpose. In this American government instructional activity, 11th graders compose a one-page response explaining their understanding of "justice." Students read and...
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The Fifty States
Students research to find information about the U.S. States. In this fifty states instructional activity, students choose a state to research and locate it on the map. Students research to find the population of that state and record by...
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Famous Americans
Students investigate famous Americans. In this American history and research lesson plan, students choose a famous American to research, collect information from a variety of sources, and create a related PowerPoint presentation.
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Endangered Animal Power Point
Students construct a Powerpoint presentation on endangered animals. In this technology lesson, students use the Internet to gather research notes on an endangered animal. Students use an outline to create a Powerpoint presentation on...
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More of U.S.
Explore graphical representation of a real-life data set and determine the exponential regression model for the data in your classroom. High schoolers also compare the estimated value to the given value by determining the percent error.
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Priorities and Goal Setting
Students discuss their goals and the steps needed to achieve their goals. They list the internal and external forces that may help or hinder their goals. Students prioritize the forces that hinder and/or help them to achieve their goals.
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Counting Calories
Students evaluate the health of breakfast foods. They create and solve word problems using cereal nutrition data. They solve additional problems formulated in class and write short essay on what they learned.
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Earth's Changing Atmosphere
Learners examine the constant changing of the Earth's atmosphere. After labeling the layers of the Earth, they identify various processes inside the Earth that can cause gases to be emitted. Using the internet, they research how the...
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Images of Our Changing Earth
Pupils identify and explain that remote sensing can detect changes on the Earth's surface that occur over time, and name at least three: urbanization, deforestation, and succession. They select a global change issue to investigate and...
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The Political Spectrum
Tenth graders learn the political spectrum through a template. They learn the definitions of the following 5 words as they each relate to change: reactionary, conservative, moderate, liberal, and radical.