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Viruses/Infectious Diseases: What's Really Bugging You?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Middle school life science or health classes listen to an audio, visit websites, read different articles, and participate in a class-wide simulation about the spread of viruses. The lesson doesn't get into the mechanics of how viruses...
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Physical Fitness: Lesson number 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are assessed on the amount of improvement they make over a period of 6 weeks. They keep track of their improvement on an Excel spreadsheet so they can also see their improvement. This lesson focuses on leg and arm strength.
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World War I

For Teachers 10th
Eleventh graders investigate propaganda used during World War I. In this World War I activity, 10th graders examine propaganda from the war and analyze war posters. Students then create their own propaganda posters on listed topics.
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First Day Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students participate in a first day icebreaker activity. For this icebreaker lesson, students are paired up and film their partner doing something unique. Students continue to film eachother while conducting a short interview.
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A Civil War Lesson

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research information about the US Civil War using the Internet in order to complete a worksheet. They complete the worksheet using accurate research information after studying background information from their textbooks.
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Photoshop for Fifth Graders - Autofixes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete Photo-shop activities. In this technology integration lesson plan, 6th graders open a picture in Photo-shop and complete several adjustments using the program.
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Second Graders on the Map

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the various types of maps. They examine the differences between street maps and aerial photographs. Students identify various features on each map. They use cardinal directions and the compass rose. They write...
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Lincoln Meets Gates

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research historical figures and create presentations for their research using technology tools. In this historical figures lesson, students use the provided links to research historical figures in America. Students then use...
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WebQuest- What is Poverty and Who Are the Poor?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to a variety of easily accessible data about poverty. The search activity performs double-duty in exposing students to the nature and magnitude of world poverty and in confronting them with different types and...
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Classroom Identity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore fingerprints. In this finger prints lesson, students investigate how to classify fingerprints. Students study large pictures of fingerprints and circle the patterns they know how to identify. Students then take their own...
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Core Democratic Values of American Constitutional Democracy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the ideas found in the core democratic values. In groups, they design and create a brochure explaining how the values relate to other ideas that Americans accept as a nation. They share what they know with with...
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Progressive Newspapers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a newspaper on local, state and national issues in the muckracking style of progessive era journalism. They research the style by reading articles from the time period on women's sufrage, child labor laws and political...
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What's Wrong With This Computer?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students, while in the computer lab, view a PowerPoint Presentation that addresses routine hardware and software problems that may occur with everyday usage of a computer. They identify and solve routine problems by checking connections...
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3A is Going Batty

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students share their knowledge of bats. In this video production lesson, students use Internet and print resources to research information regarding bats. Students prepare bat questions and answers, record them on video, and produce bat...
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What's In A Name

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write a paragraph about their findings on what their name represents. In this writing lesson plan, 2nd graders will research their name and why they were named that. They will draw a picture that represents them along with...
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Computer Security:

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students watch a video on computer safety and then complete activity sheets about the characters in the video. For this safety lesson plan, students are provided with the worksheets.
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Graphing Changes in Weather

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars graph current temperature and weather conditions for three days.  In this weather lesson, students go to the Weather Channel's website and look up weather for their zip code then graph the conditions and record the...
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The Last Spin

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders watch a video about gangs and how they solve their problems. They role play the role of reporters and in groups they try to figure out why a teenager committed suicide.
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Cinderella Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore their creative writing skills. In this Cinderella writing lesson, students compare perspective as they read and discuss 2 versions of the "Three Little Pigs." Students then watch "Cinderella" and use their creative...
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Math Instructional Technology Information

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the correlation between education and salary. In this business lesson, students analyze the salary rate for different jobs to determine if there is a correlation between the two. They graph their findings and...
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My Five Senses 2

For Teachers K
Students investigate the five senses. In this five senses lesson, students answer essential questions about the use of the five senses as they interact with their environment. They use a computer software program to make a concept web...
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Populating Deerfield: A Workday for Researching the Colonial families

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore who were the colonial families that populated Deerfield and what evidence can be gathered that reveals a part of their life stories to the researcher.
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Nonprofits Are Necessaary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research community nonprofit organizations. They identify their purposes and graph them. The search telephone books, websites, and magazines for information on local organizations. They write in journals how nonprofit groups...
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Pesticides in Schools

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the practices their school uses for pest control. Depending on their findings, students may suggest alternative, non-chemical methods. They present a pest control plan to school officials. Great, real life lesson!