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Volleyball Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore their physical abilities by participating in a sport. In this volleyball lesson, students discover the different techniques and skills needed to play volleyball by moving from different stations with small groups....
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What Makes a Fable?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore fables. In this fables instructional activity, 3rd graders use Venn Diagrams to organize information about 2 fables they will read. Students work in groups to fill out the diagrams and share their results with the...
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Chalkboard Relay-PE Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In the lesson, Chalkboard Relay-PE Lesson, students benefit from physical and mental activities. Students will compete in teams using running and addition problems as the determinant factors of which team wins. Moreover, students will...
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Happy Habitats

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore different habitats. In this habitat lesson plan, students investigate four different habitats through participating in a WebQuest. Students create an animal web using Kidspiration or a video documentary upon completing...
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Women's Role in the War Effort

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Did you know that many women were Confederate spies during the Civil War? The resource focuses particularly on the important role women played for both the Union and Confederacy. It uses exercises such as a discussion, video, analyzing...
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Tinkering with Tops

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Get kids' heads spinning by challenging them to design a top that will rotate for a minimum of 10 seconds without leaving a 30-cm circle. Groups of learners collaborate through a planning stage, testing stage, and evaluation stage. Some...
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Teamwork Towers

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students, in groups, create a free standing tower of straws and pins in ten minutes. They view a video of the cooperative groups working and list the things they could do as individuals to improve the cooperative effort of their group.
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"How to Think Like an Archaeologist" - Suggested Pre-Visit Activity For Historic Jamestown

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how archaeologists use artifacts to explore other people and their cultures. They discuss types of artifacts, analyze receipts for clues, and discuss how what the items bought reflect about people.
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Building a Journalism Team

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Learners play a granola bar relay to learn about the importance of teamwork in a journalism team. In this journalism team lesson plan, students use granola bars to participate in a relay activity to improve their communication as well as...
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Clifford the Big Red Dog: Work Together

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of cooperation. In this literature lesson, students read Clifford's Busy Week and discuss teamwork as they create "Lost and Found" journals and build paper trains.
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FUN-damental movement!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners move within the gymnasium area while working on color/shape recognition, change of speed and directional movements, and cooperation/teamwork. In this FUN-damental movement lesson, students work in partners on a treasure chest...
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Maestro Creativity Challenge

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students work in small groups to write an article using the maestro group format. In this journalism instructional activity students break into groups and randomly choose an item that must be incorporated into...
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Spider Web

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils work together to get all of their team mates through the holes of an obstical course called the spider web while not touching the rope. In this team work lesson plan, students focus on working together.
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Second Star To the Left and Straight On 'Till Morning" - Spreadsheet Driven Exploration of Pacific Asian Geography

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the geography of Pacific Asia. The class is divided into two groups to participate in a role-play activity where they act as European explorers. Students utilize mathematics, spreadsheet and internet technology...
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Electric Messages: Then And Now

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the history of communication devices that are used today and in the past. They practice using morse code as a look into the past and then cover the modern subjects of...
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Evolution of Mass Media after 1920

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study the importance of media through American History.  In this American History instructional activity, 11th graders develop teamwork skills discovering information regarding an assigned time period. ...
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What time is it, Mr. Clock?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice telling time through movement, teamwork and cooperation - as they demonstrate how a clock represents time. They play a game of telling time in order to master the lesson objectives.
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Monitoring Oxygen Level

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students measure oxygen percentages in room air and air exhaled after they perform various activities. They explore various websites, and record and analyze the data from the experiments.
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Passport to the Word Field Day

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners experience physical educational activities from various cultures. In this field day lesson plan, students participate in multi-cultural activities such as soccer and the Greek Torch Relay.
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Farm Animals: blind folded

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students yell out their farm animal noise while being blind folded and have to find their animal group. In this group activity lesson plan, students learn how to work together to achieve a common goal.
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Inside the Egg, Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students conduct an egg candling activity to show the life inside a fertile egg. Students discuss the needs the egg has of the hen, as well as similarities and differences between plants and animals. Students complete a life cycle wheel...
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Healthy Haunted House

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students participate in a fitness activity that relates to the time of year. They rotate to stations participating in P.E. activities with seasonal names.
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Fun Through Fitness Day

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students engage in an entire morning of physical fitness activities called Field Day. Events such as dashes, water relays, hoop pass and obstacle course are some of the ideas.
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ESOL: Obtaining Employment

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students study how to present a positive image and conduct job interviews. They simulate job interviews in pairs and complete an activity sheet. They practice body language and other behaviors to communicate how to ask and answer...