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Celebrating Diversity
Young scholars gain a better understanding about cultures. They find similarities and differences between cultures. Various resources ranging from web sites to trade books to email addresses of people are provided. This instructional...
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Think Before You Drink!
Students complete an online quiz about their familiarity with water issues. As a class, they watch a demonstration by their teacher and work together in groups to make water change into its various states. To end the lesson, they test...
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Assessing Children's Learning and Development
Students assess children's learning and development so that their preschool can be developmentally appropriate. They participate in creating file folder games to use with their preschoolers in the future. These games help the children...
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The Olympics
Young scholars study about the ruins of Ancient Olympia along with telling about what games are traditional in the Olympics. With the teacher using a PowerPoint to the sites, students label a map of their own. For the final project,...
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Web Design
Using Microsoft Word, students will construct a "web page" with hyperlinks to real sites. Students will learn Internet terminology, search strategies, and design techniques. Teacher may also use TechnoLink, an external computer...
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Graphing the Past Using Today's Technology
Eighth graders research and gather information from such sources as Microsoft Encarta, World Wide Web sites, and other sources using computer software to collect data.
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Texas Estuary Project
Learners practice the proper lab techniques of coring, seining, taking temperatures, and salinity. Students analyze and graph data. Learners write a 3 part essay and correctly draw and label a food web of their field site.
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Recipes from Africa and Asia
Seventh graders research Internet sites that provide recipes from Asian and African countries. They compile the recipes in a database. After compilation, they can sort the database for similarities and differences in ingredients.
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Firstgov for High Schoolers
Students inspect the FirstGov.gov website to complete a worksheet about Federal sites and organizations. They increase their practical use of Internet research skills.
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Soil, Forest, and Land Conservation
Students discuss the demands on the rainforest and devise a management plan that satisfies competing uses. They then construct a diorama to show the location of the various sites.
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The Persians and the Phoenicians
Seventh graders take notes on a teacher lecture and PowerPoint presentation on the rise of the Persian and Phoenician Civilizations. They compare the Phoenician alphabet with our alphabet. They use the Phoenician alphabet to write a...
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GIPSE Lesson Plan
Young scholars participate in a Chemardy game that shows what they recall from the previous year of Chemistry. They use the computer lab and various web sites to explore other areas of chemistry. Students discuss if they think that...
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CETACEANS: Baleen Whales ? Scavenger Hunt
Students view different web sites to find information about Baleen Whales. They are asked what are some of the largest animals in the world. Students are explained that whales can be divided into two groups: Toothed Whales and Baleen...
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Homework Help In A Hurry
Pupils discover strategies for getting immediate help with their homework, including online sources in which an adult is available for assistance. They work through a simulated situations in which they visit one of these sites to gain...
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Mirror/Matching Tag
Students travel around the provided space avoiding the "taggers" using a teacher chosen locomotor pattern.
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Adding Flags and States to you State Report
Third graders word process, edit text and add images from the Internet to a document. They explore copyright, fair use, how to evaluate web sites and citing sources.