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Create a Budget

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students develop a budget spreadsheet to manage finances for their business.  For this finance lesson, students use a spreadsheet program to create a budget with credit and debit columns.  There are step-by-step directions for...
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History of Women in Sports

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine online or hard copy timelines of athletics, discuss what they like and dislike about time tables they have reviewed, research in small groups history of basketball, baseball, gymnastics, or track and field, and create...
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Stamps and Cemeteries as Storytellers

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students discern the difference between commemorative and regular issue stamps while drawing conclusions about the time period. In this Stamps as Storytellers lesson, students design stamps using symbolism and historical data. In...
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World Cup: Did England rig the results?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss a rugby match to understand its world implications. In this rugby lesson, students read and analyze primary documents to find how sports effect world relations.  Students answer critical thinking questions related...
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Oil + Water + Students= Knowledge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create advertising with the intent of protecting wildlife. In this service learning lesson plan, students craft advertisements and write persuasive essays regarding the protection of wildlife.
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Money and Credit: Making Good Decisions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in activities that teach them how to manage money. In this managing money lesson plan, students set long and short term goals for economic success by having discussions, identifying benefits of saving, and...
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Conflict Resolution: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze concepts related to health promotion and conflict resolution. For this character education lesson, students answer discussion questions about resolving conflicts. Students complete a conflict resolution activity using a...
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Linear Motion

For Teachers 4th
In this fantastic physics and math lesson, student pairs create a ramp that will transport a rolling marble in order to learn about linear motion. Students use cardboard, straws, toothpicks, marshmallows, and paper clips in order to make...
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Taking Small Steps

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners write a journal entry about a time when they had to make a tough choice between right and wrong. They read read the newspaper for to find articles about people have been in situations that required them to make a personal choice...
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Customer Service Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Customer Service Day lesson plan, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the...
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Kids Need Natural Resources

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders define renewable and non-renewable resources and give multiple examples of each type of resource. In this environmental science instructional activity, 3rd graders sort picture cards into two categories, renewable and...
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The Robot Ranger

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students participate in an experiment to understand how robotic systems can estimate distances.  In this robotic ranger lesson, students measure the the time it takes for and object to move back and forth.  Students will use a...
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Money and Banking

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students investigate percents and interest. For this algebra lesson, students invest money in a bank account and calculate the interest rate they receive over time. They convert percents to decimals and solve problems using percents.
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Using Old Maps as Tools to Explore Our World

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore historical maps. In this primary source analysis lesson, students uncover the meanings in selected historical maps as they use them to enhance lessons on historical events. Samples for classroom use are provided in this...
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Creating a Story that "Stacks" on Itself and Repeats a Catch Phrase

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore language arts by reading a classic children's story in class. In this story structure activity, students read the Judith Viorst book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Learners discuss the...
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Touring Delmarva

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars plan a trip.  In this trip planning lesson, students use a map to find where they would like to visit with a pretend family of 4. They get a specific amount of money and time and need to decide where they will stay...
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Pumpkins!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discuss emotion, draw pumpkin faces and write about the way their pumpkin is feeling. For this emotions lesson, students make pumpkin faces and match pumpkin seeds to a card with seeds.
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Climate Mime-it

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students pantomime new climate vocabulary words.  In this climate lesson, students go over new vocabulary words and their meanings.  Students form groups and pantomime these word's definitions.
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Survival of the Fittest Microbes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the harsh conditions of Spain's Rio Tinto River and research the microbes that nonetheless manage to thrive there. They synthesize their knowledge by creating a reality television show set in the Rio Tinto with microbes...
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Exile: Cuba and the United States

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers gain an understanding of U.S./Cuban Relations. In this world history lesson plan, students examine the events of the Cuban revolution and their effect on U.S.-Cuban relations and U.S. foreign policy.
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Building a Butterfly Garden

For Teachers K
Students examine the habitat and life cycle of a butterfly. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify the parts of a butterfly, as well as the stages of the butterfly life cycle. Students also plant a garden in which they...
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To Drink or Not to Drink?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders compare water conservation issues as they impact the past, present, and future in Nevada. In this water conservation lesson, 2nd graders perform and ice experiment to comprehend water collection differences. Students...
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Insect Travel Brochure

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of insects and their habitats.  In this insect habitat lesson, students create travel brochures for particular insects.  Learners must include habitat, producers, and consumers with in the vacation...
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Dear Presidential Diary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how a president spends the day. In this presidential history lesson, students research primary sources in order to write their own diaries for presidents that include suggestions of laws, managing personnel, budgeting,...