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Candy Quakes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, using a candy bar, gum, and Twizzlers, demonstrate the effects of deformational forces on the earth's crust. They examine the processes of rock and fossil formation.
Worksheet
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Homonyms and Homographs

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this homonym and homograph instructional activity, students use a word bank to answer a set of 5 questions about homonyms, then do the same for 5 questions about homographs. An answer key is included.
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Computer Applications: Web Design Basics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers become familiar with the workings of Windows 3.11 especially Program Manager, File Manager, and MS DOS Prompt. They open, develop, save, and copy a text file within the windows environment. They become familiar with...
Lesson Plan
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M-N-M COMMITTEE

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research present day monetary policy and read about future suggestions for money. They then create a plan that describes the physical look of money in the future and how it will be distributed in the next millennium.
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Portrait and Figure Drawing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the self-portraits and figure drawings of famous artists such as Käthe Kollowitz, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt and others following their own attempts to create their expressive original drawings.
Lesson Plan
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Science: Coral Reef Food Pyramid

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students construct numbers pyramids using fictional data from a coral reef. they tally the numbers of carnivores, herbivores, and producers. Students next build a pyramid shape in which they put their numbers of producers, herbivores,...
Organizer
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Arthropods

For Students 9th - 12th
In this arthropods worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by reading characteristics of the different classes or subphylum and writing in examples for each of these groups.
Lesson Plan
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Roads to Refuge: Refugees in Australia

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify terms asylum seeker, refugee and migrant, and discuss differences. Students examine significance of persecution in refugee context, explore concept of human rights and discuss some key articles from Universal...
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Atlatl Lesson Grades 4-12

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the weapons of the Aboriginal people. In this tenth grade mathematics lesson, 10th graders investigate how throwing with an atlatl increase the speed of the dart as it is thrown. Students calculate the speed for...
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Candy Quakes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use candy to show the effects of deformation forces on the earth's crust.  For this rock and fossil formation lesson students construct models and simulations to describe and explain natural phenomena.
Lesson Plan
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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" War Address. Students read the original first typed draft of the speech, and compare handwritten changes with the original to determine whether the changes strengthened or weakened...
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Creating a Disaster

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars construct a volcano model. In this earth science lesson, students determine the structure and build of their volcano. They explain the danger of volcanic eruptions.
Worksheet
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Basic Body Internet Hunt

For Students 4th - 8th
In this body worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about the body to find the answer and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 9 questions total.
Interactive
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Soldering

For Students 10th - 12th
In this soldering worksheet, students answer 13 questions related to soldering, soldering irons, soldering guns and the proper process for soldering metals together.
Lesson Plan
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Manufacturing Technologies: Making a Picture Frame

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use cereal boxes, paint, buttons and glue to design and make a frame for a photograph. They consider the different processes involved in making the frame and discuss how their observations apply to manufacturing systems that are...
Worksheet
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Plant Reproduction

For Students 5th - 7th
In this plant reproduction worksheet, students follow the steps to complete a science investigation and then respond to 2 short answer questions and complete a data table regarding the investigation.
Lesson Plan
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COOPERATION BLOCKS

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students follow oral instructions in order to make a pattern with wooden blocks.
Unit Plan
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Classicication of Joints

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive presentation on the classification of joints provides a great overview of the three types of joints and their functions.
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Elated Communications: Understanding Image Formats

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial looks at the three common image formats used on the web: GIF, JPEG and PNG. You'll learn how these image formats work, and where to use each type of image in your web pages.