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Tag, You're Sick

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students play a game to model how the immune system works. In this health and wellness lesson, the teacher explains how the immune system works, then students play a game of tag trying to stay away from germs, viruses, and bacteria and...
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Newspaper Layouts

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners create a newspaper layout. For this journalism lesson, students view different types of newspaper layouts on various websites. Learners use oaktag to construct a new layout for their school newspaper. Each student presents their...
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Healthy Snacking: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate healthy snack foods. In this healthy snack foods lesson, students discover what good snacks consist off and how healthy snacking can improve health. They design the perfect snack machine using the associated...
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Smoking: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the pros and cons of smoking.  In this smoking instructional activity, students navigate websites to find information on smoking and then participate in a discussion with specific discussion questions.
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Smoking: Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students navigate websites to discover the reasons not to smoke.  In this smoking lesson plan, students research and answer questions about the bad effects of smoking.
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The Iditarod: The Last Great Race

For Teachers K
Students investigate the Iditarod. In this last great race lesson, students explore and research the Iditarod race which takes place in Alaska.  Students explore a variety of websites and images to gather background information. A...
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Nested Similar Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Nested triangles have been created so that they share a common vertex and vertex angle. Learners drag the endpoints of the side that is opposite the common angle to discover the conditions that make the nested triangles similar. When...
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Pythagorean Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Oh that Pythagorean Theorem is so useful. Learners engage in a 45 minute learning activity that requires them to solve for missing angles and sides of a right triangle. They'll use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the rations of sides and...
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Hand Washing: I can handle it!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine microorganisms. In this germs lesson, 6th graders observe and record data on the positive and negative aspects of microorganisms.  Students complete activities, view a film, and explore websites. 
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A Vacation Expedition: Universal Design and Differentiated Instruction Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students plan a vacation to either a mountain, deep-sea location, rainforest or to the moon. In this vacation planning lesson, students research information about the location of their choice. They watch video clips on the SMARTBoard,...
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Urban Ecosystems 3: Cities as Population Centers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discover that throughout history cities have been centers of population but that human exploitation of fossil fuels was key to the growth of large cities worldwide. They research urban growth through a number of websites.
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read Beverly Cleary's book "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" and then complete a series of extension activities. Students explore cause and effect, sequencing, related websites, grammar lessons and comparison skills.
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Marching For Freedom

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students appreciate the sacrifices that people from across the country made to ensure that all citizens could exercise their constitutional right to vote. They access excellent websites and documents imbedded in this plan to guide their...
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Flips, Sides and Turns: Exploring Transformations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use an online dictionaries to define key geometric terms. They explore several websites to help them differentiate the terms reflections, translations and rotations as they apply to geometry and then complete an assessment...
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America's Involvement in World War I

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate online websites on German U-boat naval warfare, conditions in the trenches and the effects of poisonous gases. They write three entries in a diary from different perspectives.
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The Discount is Right

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students visit various websites and calculate various prices of five items. They estimate the sale price of five items using the original price and discount rate, use percent to calculate the rate of discount and the original price, and...
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Sunflower Sundance

For Teachers 1st
First graders study sunflower plants and identify its parts. They plant sunflower seeds and watch them grow and make sunflowers out of paper plates and colored paper. They watch videos and visit websites about sunflowers.
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The Rock Family

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research the characteristics of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks using the Internet. They evaluate websites for use before they organize the research information into a table. They use software to complete a concept map.
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What's in a Word?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete a unit on words, their origins, and their usage. They explore various websites, create a word ladder online, develop a list of anagrams, write a story using homonyms, and create a list of vocabulary words.
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate various careers in the field of oceanography. They create a resume, develop a hypothetical company, create a brochure or web page, plan an ad campaign, or write an article about a teacher that has influenced them.
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Solar System Search

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students research topics related to space and the planets using the Internet. They explore various websites, construct scale models of the solar system, and create a travel brochure using HyperStudio computer software.
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Transformations, Tessellations, and Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a unit about transformations and tessellations. They explore various tessellation websites, determine which shapes tessellate, complete a log about which website activities they complete, and create a tessellation...
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars complete a unit about career choices. They conduct research on a selected career that interests them, conduct an interview, explore various websites, create a five-page HyperStudio stack, and write ten checks that relate...
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Let's Take a Trip!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders plan a trip for a family of four choosing their travel plan by studying maps to decide upon a route and visiting Websites to get airline and travel schedules. They use ratios and proportions as well as converting fractions...

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