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Creatures from Planet X: Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are given a description of some fascinating animals from "Planet X". They follow the descriptions given to illustrate one of these animals paying careful attention to introduced vocabulary such as 'appendages', 'receptors', and...
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Facts, Feats and Folklore: Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students review and discuss a variety of sayings, folklore and superstitions about spiders. They discuss this information and choose either an interesting fact or appealing foklore tradition to illustrate.
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Economics: Property Rights and the Rule of Law

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars examine the economic value of property rights. In a classroom activity, "You're the Economist," they analyze actual research data from establishing land holding titles in Para, Brazil. They assess several case studies...
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Does This Belong to You?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine legislation that has been passed to protect the rights and religion of Native Americans. In groups, they discuss their feelings on others taking artifacts from Native American sites and what they do if they find...
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Trees-whiz

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discover the importance of trees to the environment. After seeing trees in nature, they sketch various examples and collect all of them to create a book. In a journal, they develop questions they would want to ask a tree if it...
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The Constitution

For Teachers 1st
Students determine that the rules that we follow in America were written in the Constitution. They study a copy of the constitution and discuss how it compares and differentiates from the plan the class has written. They recite our...
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Dietary Guidelines Multimedia Presentation

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students create a powerpoint presentation highlighting the USDA Dietary Guidelines. They are create a ten slide presentation demonstrating their knowledge of the food pyramid. Students are provided with printable materials to aid in...
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Social and Cultural Issues in the Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the society and culture during the times of the Civil Rights movement. They view video clips and answer comprehension questions. They work together to research different authors and musicians sharing their information...
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Interest Groups in South Carolina

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explain the work of interest groups and give examples of South Carolina interest groups. They identify positive & negative influences of interest groups in U.S. & S.C. politics. They take and defend a position on...
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The Bill of Rights Today

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the Bill of Rights, They read the Bill of Rights and clarify the meaning of the material using different reading strategies. In groups, students brainstorm to compare and evaluate their conclusions with those of...
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Presenting Your Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the history of a notable building and prepare a Power Point presentation to be used on the online scrapbook. They research the location of the building in the community, the architectural style and the date of...
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The Importance of Water

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the importance of water. They discuss why water is important and students design an experiment that evaluates the water quality and methods of improving water quality. Students perform testing and report their findings.
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Revising The Constitution

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Student review the Constitution using Dataviewer. Students discuss each Amendment in the Bill off rights and what each one means to individuals and their freedoms. Students break into groups and brainstorm about Amendments they think...
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A Thoreau Look at Our Environment

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write journal entries o school site at least once during each season, including sketched and written observations of present environment. They can use sample topographical maps and student's own maps. Students can use...
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THE ORPHAN OF ELLIS ISLAND: A TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book together and imagine what it was like to come through Ellis Island as an immigrant to the United States. They write a story describing the process at Ellis Island from a first person perspective. They share...
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My Diary From Here To There: Understanding Mexican Culture Through Research and Diary Entries

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the adventures of an immigrant as she comes to the United States. They discuss the difficulties the immigrants had and they research the Mexican culture and society. Students create a diary of their own.
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The American Dream

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students expand their knowledge by researching on the Internet the African American civil rights movement and compiling a timeline of events and heroes. In addition to the civil rights timeline, students identify the key historical sites...
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he Inauguration and the Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read, review, and write about the presidential inauguration as it appears in the media. They use local local and national newspapers to gain information about the inauguration. Students develop their own editorial on the...
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GEOGRAPHY OF FOOD & FIBER

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students will explain the ways geography determines the crops grown in the United States and other countries, and the resulting trade relationships.1. Discuss trade routes, both ancient and current. Discuss why the most direct route from...
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Inquiry and the Nature of Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations, design and conduct a scientific investigation. They also use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
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Writing Block Buster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars interact and strive for personal-best keyboarding speed in a competitive setting. Then they, using a common text copy and computer station, the first student takes a seat and keys the first line in the twenty-seconds...
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Eyewitness-History of the World

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students, after given the opportunity to us the software Eyewitness-History of the World, research a given topic, abstract the main ideas, and ultimately present the findings to the class. Inevitably, the students design three quiz...
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Earth From Space

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners watch a series of programs from NASA titled "Earth From Space". After viewing the program, they identify ways NASA is researching the reasons why the Earth is changing. They discuss the various levels of the atmosphere and...
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Vectors

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars describe motion by the use of adding vectors. They identify the difference between the x and y components of vector quantities. Students are given the Paper Bridge Building handout and the instructions as to where to...

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