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Establishing a Global Perspective: Do Values Cross Borders?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore values in global perspectives. They discuss values in popular films and complete a timeline of their personal, societal, and key events. They design a photograph that reflects the concept of values. They create...
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Olympians Don't Quit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss challenges they have faced, They then discover life challenges faced by former Olympians who could have given up but chose to preservere and compete in the Olympic games.
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Understanding The Milling Machine

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the importance of a milling machine. They identify the major components of a milling machine, explain its importance to the industry and proper maintenance. In groups, students gather information about the milling...
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Machine Technology

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students work in pairs to manufacture a product for a potential customer. They interview potential customers and collect data. Students develop a customer interview profile. They manufacture drill drift part to customer's specifications...
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Getting Started With Rhino

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students draw and print two-dimensional objects, by accessing commands and short cuts and options. They customize their modeling environment, create basic graphic objects - lines, circles, arcs, curves, solids, and surfaces, and draw...
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Skeletal Structures

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students relate the location and the function of individual skeletal parts. Students identify and discuss skeletal differences between species. Students identify and define related terminology. Students individually complete a written...
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Basic Measurement for Welding

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students accurately measure pieces of metal. After reviewing basic math principles, groups of students identify proper and safe use of measuring devices. They discuss the safety procedures for other devices in the classroom. After a...
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Growing Flower and Vegetable Transplants From Seeds

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students grow flower and vegetable transplants from seed in the school greenhouse. They properly plant seeds, transplant seedlings, and care for the plants by using recommended culture methods. In addition, they identify the various...
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Dendrology

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work as a class-size unit as well as in small groups to become proficient in observing tree characteristics to facilitate species identification. They identify most common tree species by observing leaf, flower, fruit and bark...
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What Makes Ten

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the concept of ten and how it is part of the real number system. They find the quantity of ten using as many combinations as possible. They can count using manipulatives, write on paper, or by doing mental math.
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Write Me a Mystery

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders, in groups, pre-write, draft, edit and revise a murder mystery short story to hone their skills in short story drafting, editing and revision, group collaboration and computer usage. They also evaluate writing for both...
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Sharks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a model or drawing of a shark species showing its specific adaptations. In small groups, they research the shark species on the internet looking for adaptations of teeth, body shape, coloration and fins. There is a...
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Service Learning Project-American Civil War

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study the American Civil War. As part of a service learning project, they volunteer to help preserve or promote a local Civil War site. They conduct research and write letters or lobby legislatures on behalf of historic...
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Becoming a Professional Social Studies Leader

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the development of skills needed for the teaching of Social Studies. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used to solidify the importance of...
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ESL Error Correction and Editing Worksheet- Extra Words in The Text

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL error correction/editing worksheet, students examine a piece of text about human cloning to locate the extra words. They remove the extra words to show an understanding of the structural and lexical forms of text. There is an...
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Advanced Paragraph Correction #3

For Students 5th - 7th
In this proofreading worksheet, students read a paragraph containing several errors. Using multiple choice options, students correct all 8 errors.
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New Year's Topics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work in small groups to dialogue about New Years topics. In this research lesson, students answer questions with the opinions about the new year, then choose a topic to research and report their findings to the class.
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Contrails and the Climate

For Students 8th - 10th
For this contrails and climate worksheet, students read a short article about the effects of contrails on the weather and the climate. They answer 5 questions about the article.
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Marsquest

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students play a role as a travel guide to Mars, they are broken up into groups or different roles.  In this exploratory lesson students play a role in helping travelers to Mars and create some kind of presentation, for example a...
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The Ultimate Classroom: Presentations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a classroom floor plan. In this ultimate classroom lesson, students create a floor plan to scale, determine a materials list with cost, and write a summary of their results. They create a PowerPoint presentation...
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Some Words Need Capitals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine when to use a capital letter. In this spelling lesson, 4th graders discuss which groups of words need a capital letter. Students then apply that knowledge by proofreading a short story and determining which...
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Robotics Reading Hour - Robot Dog

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a robotic dog for story time. In this story lesson, high school students bring a robotic dog to an elementary school. They read the story Robot Dog by Mark Oliver and then show their robotic dog. 
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Volume of a Stair-Step

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders calculate the volume of a stair-step. In this volume lesson plan, 6th graders apply their knowledge of the formula for finding volume. They practice their use of math language since this lesson plan is presented in a...
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Reflect & Celebrate

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete activities to learn about service learning. In this community service instructional activity, students answer reflection questions about community service. Students create thank you cards and letters to sponsors,...