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Branding and Marketing Religion
Students explore religious worship. In this marketing religion lesson, students examine their own religious beliefs and practices as they investigate religious outreach practices.
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Myths, Folktales & Fairy Tales
Students relate the myth genre to history and culture. For this myths lesson, students compare culture in the past and present. Students answer critical thinking questions and discuss the unique characteristics of the...
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Handy Map
Students become familiar with the purpose of maps through a hand mapping lesson plan. In this hand mapping lesson plan, students draw their hand and use it to explain directions and labeling on a map.
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Let's Learn Those Facts: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students participate in an adding game. For this adding numbers lesson, students calculate the sum of the dice and remove a number from their activity sheet. Students who first removes the numbers is the winner.
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What's My Rule for Sorting?
Students view objects sorted by one characteristic and name that characteristic. In this sorting rule instructional activity, students explore to find a new characteristic and write a description of that rule. In early grades...
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AIDS, HIV, & Other Microbe Matters
Students conduct inquiry-based research for basic information about microbes, infections, and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. After gathering answers to their questions, students develop a presentation to post on their school's Web site.
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Hide In Plain Sight
Learners view video clips and use the Internet to look for hidden animals. They then use the Internet to print out animal shapes and color them. They create environments on construction paper in which their animals can hide.
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The Ancient Times
Young scholars create a newspaper sharing stories of Cleopatra before her death. They use the internet to research information about her and the time in which she lived. They share their newspaper articles with others.
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Roy G. Biv Has Feelings Too
Students test their memory recall and discuss its association to color. After reading an article, they discuss the natural and psycho-sociological significance of the color red. As a class, they participate in a mood-color association...
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Types of Love (Dat)
Students examine the different types of love. They identify the various types of love and the behaviors associated with each. Although there are many kinds of love that we need to receive daily, most people will experience only one or...
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Stars and Stripes Forever: Researching Veteran's Day and Historical Events
Sixth graders research Veteran's Day and wars that affected the United States. In this research instructional activity, 6th graders work in small groups to create an oral presentation based on Internet and conventional research. They...
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Religion, Culture, and Diversity
Learners study world religions. In this diversity lesson, students interview their grandparents and other older adults about their religious beliefs and traditions. Learners research world religions and discuss the diversity of cultural...
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Castles and Cornerstones
Students become familiar with the style of architecture of medieval times. In this architecture lesson plan, students design a model of a medieval castle including its cornerstone. Students understand scale in their representation.
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Pack Your Bags: Explore South Carolina
Third graders investigate different counties in South Carolina. In this geography instructional activity, 3rd graders are assigned a county in South Carolina to research and identify important facts about the county. Students create a...
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Ethics on the Job
Young scholars examine ethics in the workplace. In this Career and leadership lesson plan, students will pair up to discuss various issues surrounding workplace ethics. This lesson plan includes 3 different activities, and assessment and...
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Shape Tool
Pupils explore various polygons and examine how shapes can be manipulated in a variety of ways. In this shape tool instructional activity, students identify geometric shapes in two dimensions. Pupils identify and draw one line of...
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Bobbie Bear
Students examine how many different outfits can be made out of a given set of different colored shirts and pants. In this word problem lesson plan, students list or graph the possible results of an experiment. Students make a list of all...
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Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students show their knowledge of properties of objects as it pertains to sorting and creating patterns. In this food pyramid power lesson, students show their ability to use whole numbers in different representations by appling...
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Magnify The Monster In Me
Young scholars gradually develop fine-motor movement skills with the mouse, while building on the gross-motor movements they are already able to make with the mouse. It encourages students to look at the same painting different ways, and...
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Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 5: Overview
Students demonstrate fraction symbols. In this fractions lesson, students use paper strips to represent various fractions. Students then use fraction circles to compare various given fractions.
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Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 19: Overview
Learners read different scenarios and discuss how to add fractions. in this addition of fractions lesson plan, students learn how to add unlike fractions and practice 4 problems.
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Mobile vs. Money
Learners research the internet and use the information they find to plot straight line graphs. They use graphs to make comparisons of the various packages offered. Students interpret graphs and solve problems based on varying parameters.
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Designing a Travel Brochure
Students discuss a story they had read earlier about a girl moving from China to New York. Using the internet, they research a country other than their own and take notes on the information they collect. They create a travel brochure...
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What in the World Is Snowboarding?
Students research the sport of snowboarding in-depth, and divide into small groups to create an entertaining, multimedia newsletter on the sport.