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I Scream for Ice Cream!
Students perform an experiment. In this combinations instructional activity, students complete an experiment where they find out how many ice cream cone combinations they can make with 5 different flavors of ice cream and 4 types of...
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Black Death
Students examine the diseases of Europeans in Medieval times. In this plagues lesson students examine plagues of the past and some new modern ones.
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Tricky Traps
Students create identify properties of trapezoids. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the area of given trapezoids and review the area formula for parallelograms. They draw a correlation between the area of a trapezoid and that...
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Force and Gliders
Students explore physics by creating data graphs in class. For this flight properties lesson, students read the book Flying Machine and identify the force, resistance and construction necessary to keep a glider in the air. Students...
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Com-Post With Us? Learn About Recycling While Having Fun
Students examine the importance of recycling to help the environment. In groups, they make a compost bin on the school grounds recording how the material changes from week to week. They collect other materials for recycling like cell...
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Investigate the Role of Cholesterol from Cholesterol-rich Foods in the Human Body
Eighth graders assess fat content of different food samples. In this biology lesson, 8th graders create a flowchart showing the transport of cholesterol in the bloodstream. They perform tests for the presence of lipids on food samples.
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Community Construction Kit
Students engage in a lesson designed to be used with the Print Gallery section in the Community Construction Kit. The Print Gallery is a library of photographs, which provides students with an auditory description of each dwelling...
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How Did Civil War Soldiers Battle Boredom?
Young scholars create a Venn diagram to show how they and combat soldiers during the Civil War dealt with boredom. They discover what the soldiers did to help time pass. They use the Internet to gather information.
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Children's Media and Censorship
Students examine the point of censorship when dealing with Students. They explore essays by Stephen King.
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Consumer Choices
Young scholars identify and discuss the issue of sustainable fishing. Students research a seafood product available in their community. Young scholars assess and defend a position about whether a seafood product for sale in their...
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Will It Rain Today or Tomorrow?
Students examine how to forecast weather. They examine the different types of weather and learn the correct vocabulary.
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Pulse Rates
Pupils answer the question, "How will the intensity of exercise effect your heart rate?", using physical workouts and AppleWorks, or similar spreadsheet program. This lesson can conclude with the creation of a graph of data collected.
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Powder Magazine
Third graders complete activities in which they discover powder magazines and the history of South Carolina. They practice using new vocabulary and complete a worksheet after visiting the museum. They examine how families and...
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Match the Environment Group with the Correct Sector
Students identify different types of environmental organizations. They connect each organization to one of three economic sectors. They examine how each organization is different in their goals and purposes.
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"how To Think Like an Archaeologist" Suggested Pre-visit Activity for Historic Jamestowne
Students study grocery receipts to simulate the archaeological activity of classifying items. They discuss the receipts as if they were find lists.
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Montana Reservation Governments
Third graders examine the types of governments on Indian reservations. In groups, they research the responsibilities of local and tribal governments. As a class, they discuss how the state of Montana meets the needs of its citizens...
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A Look At Spending
Middle schoolers use an outdated budget to examine what the county spends its money on for its citizens. Using county information, they describe how the Board of Supervisors make budget decisions and how it can shape public policy. ...
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THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale : Integrating Visual Art and Social Studies
Students comprehend how the use of color impacts a work of art. They research how a theme can be rendered in a variety of ways (words, music, visuals). Students analyze how an artist's choices affect the aesthetic quality of artwork.
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Tadpoles to Frogs!
Third graders observe the tadpoles/frogs and draw a picture in their journals every week to monitor its growth with 100% accuracy. They observe tadpoles/frogs and record at least two changes or the observations the tadpole undergoes...
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Observing Fruits and Seeds
Third graders discuss what they think the word "observation" means and discover different ways that we observe. They observe as the teacher demonstrates how to use a hand lens as a tool for observing tiny details. They then use hand...
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Goobers. Goobers? Goobers!
Students begin the lesson by noting the many ways in which to use peanuts. In groups, they use the internet to research the work of George Washington Carver. They discover the allergies and nutritional information of the peanut and...
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