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Choices That Adolescents Make

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the different types of information available to adolescents. They analyze the decision making process of adolescents and examine the basis for egocentric thought. They analyze to what degree peer pressure affects...
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Slavery in the United States

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate the personal accounts of slaves in the United States. They participate in various activities according to grade level to examine the role of slavery in the South.
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Genetics 4 Mutations

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students identify and illustrate how changes in DNA cause mutations and evaluate the significance of these changes. They illustrate a chromosomal mutation such as duplication, deletion, inversion, and translocation.
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Crossword: First Settlements

For Students 4th - 5th
In this elementary social studies activity, learners complete a crossword puzzle with 14 words related to settling the first U.S. colonies.
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Homes And Villages

For Students 4th - 5th
In this crossword worksheet, students demonstrate prior knowledge of colonial homes in the U.S. by completing a crossword. There are 18 words which fit into this puzzle that has no word bank.
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The Birchbark House: Chapter 1

For Students 9th - 10th
In The Birchbark House chapter questions worksheet, students complete a series of short answer questions over chapter one that advance their understanding of the text.
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Early Discovery & Settlement (5)

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive American history instructional activity, learners respond to 21 matching questions regarding colonial America. Students may check their answers immediately.
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Spark Super Stepper

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars measure their steps with pedometers. In this pedometer lesson, students attempt to take as many steps as possible during an assigned time or during recess. They walk around track monitoring their progress.
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A House Divided: Slavery in the United States

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the history of the United States and slavery. In this slavery lesson plan, students view primary sources, complete journal writing, view videos, and answer short answer questions.
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VS.3e

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore, examine and identify the importance of the arrival of Africans and women to the Jamestown settlement. They review the groups of people in Virginia during the early 1600s and explain how having a government brought...
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Drugs in Schools: Preventing Substance Abuse

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students evaluate substance abuse problems at their school and then create solutions for the problems.
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People Who Care

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders brainstorm how they care about certain people in their lives. They discuss how they take care of those people or pets. They draw a picture of the people who care about them.
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One, Two, Three. TMV

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils, in groups, design their own experiments to determine how the mode of application of the virus extract affects the various plants that students have grown from seed.
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Breaking News English: Kate Moss Axed over Drug Scandal

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Kate Moss Axed over Drug Scandal," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lesson 2: What Is Money?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars describe the functions of money as a medium of exchange, a store or a measure of value. They determine a number of characteristics of money by completing an activity in which they assign common items the value to buy...
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The Industrial Revolution

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the time period of the Industrial revolution in American history.  In this American History lesson, 8th graders read the chapter on this time period.  Students create a presentation on this time period to...
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Knife River: Early Village Life on the Plains

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students discover the complex culture and trading economy of the Hidatsa and Mandan tribes in North Dakota during the 18th century, as seen by anthropologists and artists.
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Isolation of Synthetic Chemicals from Plant Leaves

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners isolate and identify a dye, which represents a synthetic pesticide, from plants.
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Pregnancy, Day 2

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students listen to explanations of what can go wrong in pregnancy and why problems arise. They complete worksheets and define terminology.
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Toxicology 2: Finding the Toxic Dose

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners brainstorm with group partners to decide upon a chemical they would like to test, and outline a procedure for their investigation. They then present in groups their ideas to the rest of the class as well as the chemical they...
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Breaking News English: Cigarette Packets to Carry Gory Pictures

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Cigarette Packets to Carry Gory Pictures," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Ethics In The Science Classroom - Fraud In Science

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are given a fictitious case study to read in preparation for the class. This lesson plan can also be readily adapted for a role-playing classroom exercise. They discuss the ethical issues of the case.
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What Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and classify them according to whether or not they are controllable. They discover how to reduce the probability of high blood pressure through diet and exercise.
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Nicotine Why is it so hard to quit smoking?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interview both smokers and nonsmokers to get their point of view on the topic. They prepare bar graphs based on the data accumulated by the class during the interviews.

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