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Diverse Voices -African American Ventures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore acts of kindness through the eyes of the black community. For this philanthropy lesson, students understand that even under inhumane circumstances, people can perform for the common good. Students relate to their good...
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Butterfly Pavilion

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners learn about butterflies through books and observation in a butterfly pavilion. In this butterfly pavilion lesson, students use hand lenses to observe the metamorphosis of the butterfly and record in their journals. Learners feed...
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Fractions, Decimal, Percent Relationships.

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems involving fractions, decimals and percents. In this algebra lesson, students examine the relationship between fractions and percents and between decimals and percents. They convert between percents, decimals and...
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Killer Wrapper

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars examine the importance of food safety and the impact it has on their lives.  In this health lesson students complete an oral report on food poisoning and design a low cost "safe" packing material for bread.
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My Own Private Idaho; Using Social Studies to Explore Idaho

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students engage in several activities to explore Idaho and Social Studies themes. Using an variety of media, students become familiar with Idaho's geography and geology.
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Making a Circle Graph of a Sample Budget

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars examine a sample budget and categorize the entries as a group. Then in small groups they convert budget category totals to percents and degrees to make a circle graph related to a sample budget.
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How a Bill Becomes a Law

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars examine Article I, Sections 1, 7, and 8, of the U.S. Constitution and discuss the authority and restrictions placed on the Congress in making laws.
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Graphing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars investigate graphing.  In this bar graph lesson, students view an informational website about graphing, then construct a class birthday bar graph outside with sidewalk chalk. Young scholars choose a survey topic, then...
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Order, Order

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice creative writing by making a book.  In this book publishing lesson plan, 3rd graders investigate the steps needed to publish anything by researching the Internet.  Students collaborate on a list of 5...
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A Day on the Farm

For Teachers 1st
First graders, with a collection of various art supplies, plant a seed to observe it growing and record specific data on a data record sheet. They create a collage from various magazines of ten different foods farm animals eat and make a...
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Making Sense Of A Round World On A Flat Surface

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the development of geography skills. They take part in a number of activities that center around finding and traveling to different locations. The lesson has resource links that can be...
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What Does Average Look Like?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concepts of range, median, mode, and mean through the use of graphs drawn from models. They use manipulatives to represent data they have collected within their groups, and compare the differences between mode,...
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Should vs. Would Rather Exercise

For Students 5th - 6th
In this should vs. would worksheet, students look at the two listed activities and create a compound sentence stating what they should or what they would rather do.
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Verb Review

For Students 4th - 6th
In this verb review worksheet, students determine correct verb tense usage in sentences. Students fill in the blanks writing eighteen answers.
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Should vs. Would Rather Exercise

For Students 4th - 6th
In this should vs would rather learning exercise, students create compound sentences using pairs of phrases. Students create ten compound sentences.
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Activity Plan 3-4: It's a Zoo in Here!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a classroom zoo for large-group science learning. In this early childhood science lesson plan, students develop their language, science, creativity, and fine motor skills as they research zoo animals and create classroom...
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The Perfect Principal

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars demonstrate their understanding of math skills. In this data analysis instructional activity, students complete a worksheet requiring them to calculate mean, median, and mode, and create and interpret graphs. Lesson is...
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Good Health

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete a unit with cross-curricular activities to learn about a healthy body and maintaining their health. For this health lesson, students complete 8 lessons to learn about good health, a healthy diet, healthy foods, healthy...
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Building a Memorial to the Underground Railroad

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Underground Railroad lesson, students examine the attributes and function of the Underground Railroad in order to...
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Problem Solving Involving Two People with Incorrect Watches

For Students 8th - 11th
In this problem solving worksheet, students calculate what happens when two people plan to meet but their watches are wrong.  The solutions with explanations is provided.
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Civilizations of the Ancient Near East

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate ancient civilizations by creating a research project.  In this world history lesson, 6th graders investigate historic civilizations developed close to important rivers of the near East.  Students...
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Studying Snow and Ice Changes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare the change in snow and ice over a 10 year period. In this environmental science lesson, students use the live data on the NASA site to study and compare the monthly snow and ice amounts on a map of the entire...
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Chart Trivia

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice addition and subtraction problems and answer questions using greater than and less than. They chart information to create a graph on the computer.
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Powder Magazine

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete activities in which they discover powder magazines and the history of South Carolina. They practice using new vocabulary and complete a worksheet after visiting the museum. They examine how families and...