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Build a Cardboard Bridge That Can Hold Potatoes

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars identify the characteristics of a bridge and build with junk materials.  For this bridge building lesson, students use cereal boxes, paper towel or toilet paper tubes and tape to create their bridges. ...
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Trigonometry in Automobile - Accident Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 12th
For this accident reconstruction worksheet, high schoolers use trigonometry and vectors to determine the speeds of automobiles in a car accident.  They compute the speed at which a car skidded before a crash.  This one-page...
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Circles

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore and define the radius and diameter of a circle. In this geometry activity, 10th graders calculate the circumference and area of a circle using real world objects and shapes. They discuss chords and lines...
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Are All Children at the Same Starting Gate?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the education experience around the world. In this global studies lesson, students research education standards and practices in developing and developed nations. Students share their research findings in a class project...
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Mission Assignment: Create a Sustainable Car

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students find their dream car by looking in car brochures and magazines. In this language arts lesson, students discuss what their dream car is. Finally, students get into small groups and rank their group's dream cars from highest to...
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Is the Brady Bunch Biased

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine gender bias on television and in the movies. In this social science lesson, students watch various shows and when an instance of stereotypical behavior, or gender bias situation occurs, students think about the problem....
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Woman Power!!! Mathematics Camp

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore mathematics by researching stereotypes. In this gender bias lesson, students participate in discussions where they identify traditional careers according to their own gender. Female students attend summer camp and...
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Land, Liberty and the Struggle for the American Dream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate equality by reading a historical fiction book in class.  In this civil rights lesson, students read the story Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry with their classmates and define the Jim Crow Laws that kept blacks...
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Breaking News English: Google's New Car

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Google's new car learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Breaking News English: California Abduction

For Students 6th - 12th
In this Jacee Lee Dugard worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Breaking News English: Toyota Cars

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Toyota cars worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Breaking News English: Star Wars

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Star Wars activity, learners read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
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Imaginary Wealth and a Magazine Article

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore economics by writing a fictitious news article. In this personal wealth lesson plan, students participate in a role-playing activity in which the year is 2025 and they must write an article about their extremely wealthy...
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The Role of Public and Private Sectors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the role of government in the economy market. In this economics lesson, students analyze the decision making and how it takes into consideration additional cost, benefits and public awareness of what they are trying to...
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Calculating rates

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II learning exercise, students solve verbal problems in which they calculate rates using the appropriate unit of measure.  The one page learning exercise contains a combination of seven multiple choice and...
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Arthur Miller and The Crucible

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the dramatic elements of The Crucible. In this drama instructional activity, students explore the elements and themes of the Arthur Miller play as they read the play and watch performances of some of the...
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Corridos About the Mexican Revolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the meaning behind Mexican corridos. For this Mexican Revolution lesson, students discover details about the war and its leaders as they read, analyze, and write their own corridos.
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Tall Tales Today

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the attributes of American tall tales. In this folklore lesson, students read several tall tales, describe the elements of tall tales, and then use hyperbole to write their own tall tales.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Government Motors

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the General Motors bailout and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Conserve More or Drill More?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events learning exercise, learners analyze a political cartoon about oil drilling and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Gas Pains? Been There, Done That

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about gas prices and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Calling 9-1-1

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students analyze emergencies. In this safety lesson, students discover when and why they should dial 9-1-1. They discuss as a group various scenarios in which they would need to call 9-1-1 and then role-play those situations. This lesson...
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Which Car Should I Buy?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use gas mileage of different cars to create T charts, algebraic equations, and graphs to show which gets better mileage. For this gas mileage lesson plan, students use the graph to see which car they should buy.
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Ocean Grazers: Class Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars explore biology by participating in a field trip. For this oceanography lesson, students define the survival characteristics of bottom dwelling creatures also known as ocean grazers. Young scholars attend a class field...

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