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Inventions Change the World: The Enigma Machine

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore WWII by analyzing technological advances. In this invention instructional activity, 3rd graders discuss the use of the Enigma machine which decoded private German messages that communicated with U-boats. Students...
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Philanthropy Play

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students simulate and role play people involved in the act of helping others.
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Careers in Philanthropy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare businesses that are nonprofit and for profit. In this philanthropy lesson, students sort photographs of local businesses into profit and nonprofit businesses. Students construct a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the...
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Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners create a presentation based on the primary sources they have researched about the Japanese Americans that were held in internment camps during World War II. For this Japanese Americans lesson plan, students read different points...
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Introduction to Genealogy - Time Travel with EuGENEus!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students participate in introductory level genealogical activities in this series of lessons. They complete the timeline and quiz online.
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Rock-A-Bye Pendulum

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders analyze the effects of force on an object in motion and its relationship to a change in speed. This lesson uses a pendulum to demonstrate the principle.
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Roller Coaster Fun

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review the effects of gravity on how objects move. In groups, they design a roller coaster and share it with their classmates. Using materials given to them, they build their roller coaster and let a ball roll on the...
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Opening the Olympic Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the history of the Olympic Games, including the opening ceremonies. In small groups, they create Olympic flags using symbols that represent their country and communities. In phase two of the lesson, learners work in...
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Google Earth Landforms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, Google Earth Landforms, students research a landform that has been studied in class. Students explore Google Earth and record everything they find about their landform. Students have the opportunity to extend their...
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Bike-Sharing Catches On

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discuss how people are reducing their fuel consumption, then read a news article about a new bike-sharing program in Washington, D.C. In this current events and alternative transportation lesson, the teacher introduces the...
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Archaeologists Reveal King Tut's Mummy

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students look at pictures of a sarcophagus, then read a news article about King Tut's mummy. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion, pictures, and a vocabulary activity, then students read the...
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Scientists Breed See-Through Frogs

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students participate in a pre-reading activity, then read a news article about the breeding of transparent frogs. In this biology and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a question and a vocabulary activity,...
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Paper Bag Book Report

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read books and write a unique kind of book report. In this literature instructional activity, students use paper bags to construct projects about the books they read. Students present their projects to the class.
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What Do We Learn From Fossils?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate what a fossil is and how it came to be.  In this fossil lesson, students examine pictures of skeletons and identify characteristics that can and cannot be determined by a fossil.  Students complete diagrams...
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African Wildlife

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the wildlife of Africa. In this animal science lesson, students view the video "National Geographic's African Wildlife" and visit websites to research additional information on the wildlife of Africa. Students...
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All Aboard The Campaign Train!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore campaign politics. For this political campaign lesson, students investigate multimedia sources in order to examine the structure of political parties and platforms from previous presidential elections. Young...
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The American Turtle, 1776

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders evaluate David Bushnell's 1776 American Turtle. In this history instructional activity students analyze and make predictions about the first submarine invented by David Bushnell after view pictures. They compare the drawing...
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Mock Investigation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore detective investigations. In this introduction to mysteries lesson, students role play eye witnesses and investigators related to a "crime" committed in their classroom. Students collect evidence and record information,...
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Hands on Biome-Building

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore Earth science by participating in an environment activity. In this biome lesson, students discuss the importance of a healthy ecology in order to sustain life, both animal and plant. Students utilize a cardboard or wood...
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Hands on Biome-Building: Build a Forest

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners explore Earth science by identifying environmental factors. In this biome lesson, students discuss the importance of a functioning ecology and design a biome diorama. Learners utilize images of trees and plants which represent a...
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Savanna Hands-On Biome Building

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in an interdisciplinary project related to the Savanna biome.  For this biome building lesson, 5th graders display the elements of the Savanna biome such as the geography, animals and plants, and...
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Let the Phone Get Them Talking! Using the Yellow Pages as a Teaching Resource

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students categorize information in the Yellow Pages. In this Let the Phone Book Get Them Talking! lesson, students find pictures in the Yellow Pages and thus gain a better understanding of how the book is organized. Students locate local...
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Poems for Every Season

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read and explore autumn poetry. For this poetry lesson, students read Autumnblings and are introduced to different poetic forms. Lesson includes ideas for exploring the poetic forms presented in the book and cross-curricular...
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Benjamin Franklin- Philanthropist

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research and read a profile of Benjamin Franklin. In this philanthropic lesson plan, students research the projects of Benjamin Franklin and determine which were philanthropic, which were governmental and which were business...

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