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Science: Motion Commotion

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine Newton's three laws of motion to discover what causes it and how it changes. They conduct motion experiments by building catapults and constructing balloon rockets. Finally, they conduct peer studies correlating...
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Global Intelligence

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the war in Afghanistan and the conditions surrounding the hunt for Osama bin Laden after reading the article "Bin Laden and Omar: Far Harder to Find" from The New York Times. After the class discussion, students...
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Health Grade 5

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders understand conflict and how to solve them. In this lesson plan about conflict resolution, 5th graders explore different factors that cause conflict. Students are put into groups and develop a list of examples for a specific...
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T-Rex

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the differences between a scavenger and a predator.  In this predator instructional activity students research an animal and study its physical traits. 
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Community Video and Brochure about Horse Therapy

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students research basic information about horses, horse care and horse therapy effects on humans. They identify what horses need to be healthy and research needed supplies and funds. Students work in groups to prepare an educational...
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No Place Like Home?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the impact of the physical environment on an endangered species. They create a plan for the ideal care of the species and develop an advertisement to promote awareness about the need for its protection.
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Something Fishy?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars try to draw and identify a jellyfish from a physical description. After reading an article, they discover new information about cnidarians. In groups, they research and develop dioramas about a specific cnidarian species....
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A Teeth Changing Experience

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars research human health by reading an educational story in class. In this oral health instructional activity, students identify the importance of brushing their teeth and consuming calcium. Young scholars read the book A...
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The City of New Haven

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the geography, politics and history of their local town of New Haven, Connecticut. Using the internet, they explore the neighbors of New Haven and write directions from their house to school. In groups, they research...
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Teaching the Yoshimi Sode-Dako (Sleeve Kite)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore Japanese culture through the art of kite-making. They read several selections on the importance of kites in Japanese to a Japanese holiday and the physics behind flying a kite. Then they work in amall groups to build and...
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Hydrologic Cycle Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the water cycle using educational resources. In this water cycle lesson, students use a global climate DVD to complete a scavenger hunt on the hydrologic (water) cycle.
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What is Magnetism?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate magnetism. In this physics activity, students create a KWL chart about magnetism and research various suggested websites to find out more about magnetism. Students log on to the "BrainPOP" website and view a short...
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My Summer Vacation

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the United States geography using Google Earth. In this U.S. geography lesson, students create travel journals about five U.S. geographical locations. Students research the human and physical characteristics for each region.
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Natural Features

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify natural features on a map. In this geography lesson plan, students identify six physical features and create pictorial definitions for each term. The terms which are listed in this lesson plan are mountain, hill,...
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Hawaiian Hot Spots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe how plate tectonics contribute to the development of volcanoes. In this earth science lesson, students examine the map of Hawaii and explore the physical and biological environment there. They write a story about an...
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Creating Community - A Function Of Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the physical and human impacts of community design. They identify traditional neighborhood design elements and evaluate them with features of conventional suburban development.
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Men In Black

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the concepts related to the review and development of dancing skills. They listen to "The Men In Black" and have the freedom to practice their own dancing steps to the music. Students are then led into specific...
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Geographic Factors and Physical Environment

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss WWII in their classroom. They take a field trip to the National Museum of the Pacific War. Each section of the museum has a comprehension question to go along with it. The Bougainville Campaign Exhibit asks students...
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Summer Olympic Event Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the Summer Olympic Games and the activities that the athletes compete in. They select a topic area to research and complete the assessment piece.
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Rolling Assessment

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students deomonstrate their understanding of the concept of rolling with this assessment sheet.
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Batting Swing

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students complete assessment sheet to demonstrate knowledge about cues that make up the batting swing.
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Overhand Throwing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars gain a better understanding of what they know about overhand throwing by describing the process to an alien.
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Good Stress for Your Body

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Stress the importance of the different types of pressure our mind and body experience in a lesson about how certain types of stress are actually necessary and good for our bodies. As astronauts and people with injuries can attest, not...
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An Investigation of the Effects of Marijuana and Alcohol

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners, in groups, research the physical, psychological and social effects of alcohol and marijuana on the people who use them. They prepare a class presentation with their research.

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