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Stunts & Tumbling Unit

For Teachers K
Students, through play and use of a Hyperstudio Stack, identify animals and the way they walk, and then imitate their movements through a game. They gain motor skills through stunts and tumbling activities. This is mainly for...
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Diet Evaluation Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students record two consecutive days of food intake. They identify which nutrients are below 70%. They compare diet composition between protein, fats, and carbohydrates. They evaluate fat in the diet to fall below the American Cancer...
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Computers At Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop simulated businesses, and identify the ways in which their businesses might use computers. They write job descriptions and help wanted ads for the employees who would be responsible for using computers in their...
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Prewriting 2 Getting Ideas

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a poem or short paragraph and have students picture it in their minds. They relate the topic to something in their experience and illustrate, 4th graders generate questions with a graphic organizer, use Prewriting2...
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Integers in the Weather

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Middle schoolers engage in a clever lesson that combines meteorology with mathematical thinking. They use integers in relation to high and low temperatures that they record. They use a spreadsheet of weather data, a computer, and gain...
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Animal Safari on the Internet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students verbalize, analyze and practice various research steps including using the Internet for searches and how to use bookmarked sites. They use these skills to research animals.
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Career Connections

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students use online self-assessment inventories to aid them in making career decisions. In this career decisions lesson, students visit the given website and identify their strengths and weaknesses. Students complete an online...
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The World of Work: Job Applications

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students use online resources and activities to examine the vocabulary of a job application. In this job application instructional activity, students review and take sample online job readiness exams. Students read a publication about...
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States Database Searching and Sorting

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders search and sort prepared databases for information to use in classroom projects, locate, gather, evaluate, organize, and analyze information.
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Beacons of Light

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research Internet sites for lighthouses. In this lighthouses lesson, students learn facts about lighthouses in the United States. Students complete a related worksheet and share their information with the class.
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The World of Work

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners practice appropriate behavior during a mock job interview. In this interview skills lesson, students identify a career using the given websites. Learners answer questions in preparation for the job interview and read do's and...
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Bridging Communication

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate how to create drawings using a word processing program. They examine the use of draw tools in Microsoft Word. They combine drawing with the patterns they made for a truss bridge projects. They follow the teacher's...
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Taming the O-BEAST-ITY Without Eating Right

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars use the Internet to find out about eating disorders and maintaining a healthy weight. In this eating disorders lesson, students identify eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia and discuss complications. Young...
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Who Are We?

For Teachers 8th
Over the course of a week, class groups interview one another, search for similarities and differences within the group, and then prepare a PowerPoint introduction of their group for the entire class. An interesting way to incorporate...
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Food on the Map

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students work together to examine the tastiest towns in the United States. After discovering the names of the equipment, they identify the seven continents. They take a survey and locate the cities and states of the foods mentioned.
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Career Connections

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students research the characteristics of specific occupations with personal career interests and aptitudes. In this career exploration activity, students select three careers to explore and consider their own interests and aptitude....
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3-D Figures Part 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers explore 3-D shapes. They transition from thinking of shapes as only 2-D. Pupils read Cinderella as a launching activity for their upcoming adventure, and explore a new world of 3-D shapes in this introductory lesson.
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Solid Geometry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review solid geometry and measurement with a partner. They identify shapes and how they are measured then complete a word processing exercise on a computer. They exchange papers for grading.
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My First PowerPoint Presentation

For Teachers K - 5th
Have your class explore the way to create a presentation using PowerPoint. This instructional activity provides a step-by-step explanation to describe how to explain this process to your class. The end product is a presentation on...
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Use the New Internet Library for Adult Learners

For Teachers Higher Ed
Adult learners, examine the Internet to answer life skills, use an online dictionary, evaluate web sites and fill in online forms. They will also write about web sites in this series of activities.
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Writing: Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, and Descriptive

For Teachers 6th - 9th
If you are interested in having a basic framework for teaching expository, narrative, persuasive, and descriptive writing, this resource may help; however, you will have to find information on the different forms of writing to share with...
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"Reality Math: Fact or Fiction"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the use of math in everyday life. They investigate several occupations and pay scales. They complete spreadsheets that show how monthly bills can be organized using technology. They use word processing software...
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Ecology

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify the steps of the different cycles of matter, while learning to use WP utilities.
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Discovering Differences Between Internet Search Engines

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils explore the differences in search engines available on the Internet. Most users are unaware of the differences between search engines. Some sample larger or smaller portions of the World Wide Web than others.

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