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Alex: As Large as Life a Poster of a Human Body System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a student led exploration of the systems of the human body through art and self-expression. Groups will cooperatively develop a poster, the size of a fifth-grade student, and will accurately depict the assigned system of the...
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Alex: Showing the Difference Between Erosion and Weathering

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In the lesson, the learners will be learning about weathering and erosion. They will see examples of weathering and erosion and the difference between the two. They will be performing experiments that show weathering and erosion. This...
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Alex: How Light Travels

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, the students will be experimenting to show how light shines in a straight line. They will also be experimenting to see how light reflects using mirrors. The students will be working in cooperative learning groups to carry...
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Alex: "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will have the opportunity to learn names of many parts of the human body and how they help the body function healthy. Students will put a skeleton together to create a full human body.This lesson plan was created as a result of...
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Alex: Seeds: How They Grow

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The students will be collecting, germinating and planting seeds to show the process of plant growth. The students will be recording the information in their science journal. In addition, the students will be observing the water cycle as...
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Alex: What's Your Guess? (Probability)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will allow the student to experience a series of informal comparisons, The student will explore the chances of various outcomes of an event. The student will use vocabulary associated with probability.This lesson plan was...
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Alex: "Shape Up or Ship Out"

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this activity, students will identify shapes that architects use to build houses. Students will then explore these shapes by building a model "dream" home.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and...
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Alex: I'm Into Money!!!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Many students come to third grade needing to review and/or be retaught counting money and making change. This lesson will begin with a review of counting money. It will then introduce making change.This lesson plan was created as a...
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Alex: Making Measuring Meaningful!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This activity helps students recognize that measuring tools can come in many different shapes and sizes. The student's will develop creative-thinking, math, and social skills as they use nontraditional and traditional measuring tools....
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Alex: What Can Shapes Be

For Teachers K - 1st
This is a hands-on lesson that will help students explore shapes in their environment. Students will work in diverse groups to complete this activity. Students will make a class book of their findings.This lesson plan was created as a...
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Alex: How Fast Can You Go?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students will experience force and speed by constructing model cars in cooperative groups. The students will explore ways to move their cars at different speeds. Each group will do a PhotoStory describing their cars.This lesson plan was...
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Alex: Maybe Maybe Not

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a beginning lesson on the concept of probability. Through a series of informal comparisons, the student will explore the chances of various outcomes of an event. The student will use vocabulary associated with probability.This...
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Alex: 3,2,1 Spinoff

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
As part of the study of Space, the students will do research on and create a podcast/vodcast about spinoffs developed from space exploration. In groups, students will use various websites to acquire information about technological...
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Alex: Fraction Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The students will participate in a hands-on lesson about dividing a whole object into parts. They will also practice simple addition.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U...
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Alex: Hurricanes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson starts out with a short video clip of Hurricane Ivan and shows the pattern it followed. Emphasis is placed on the fact that Hurricane Ivan struck and the eye traveled over Alabama. Discussion of hurricane facts follow....
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Alex: Tulip Graphing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will create an on-going graph using units of measurement correctly. This graph will represent the growth of a tulip (or other type of flower).This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science,...
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Alex: To Infinity and Beyond Magazine of Planets

For Teachers 5th - 6th
This is a student led activity in which students have to accomplish the task of choosing the most entertaining way to relay written expository information. Art/self expression along with technology are utilized to develop a classroom...
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Alex: Those Cells Look Good Enough to Eat.

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This is a student led activity utilizing visualization and association to memorize the parts of animal and plant cells. Students will work cooperatively to develop drawings to connect the parts of cells to one of their favorite things:...
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Alex: Mr. Crocodile's Busy Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will listen to the book What Time is it Mr. Crocodile? by Judy Sierra. The students will read and use Mr. Crocodile's schedule to answer questions as well as read analog and digital clocks to the hour.This lesson plan was...
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Alex: Understanding Fractions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson the children will demonstrate parts of a whole using a candy bar (or fruit), and piece of paper. The activities are used as instructional plans to help students better understand shapes and parts of a shape up to a whole....
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Alex: The Five Senses How They Relate to Our World

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This instructional activity will demonstrate and incorporate the use of the five senses. Through hands-on and exploratory experiences, students will gain an understanding of the importance of the five senses. Students will also gain an...
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Alex: Telling Time to the Hour

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson helps children make a connection between the digital and analog clock. In general, the number system is based on units of ten which can sometimes make it difficult for children to realize that time is based on cycles of...
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Alex: The Shape of Things!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
With this instructional activity, students will recognize and use the 4 basic shapes to create objects that they find in their environment. The students will then use their "shape creation" and recreate it on the computer.This lesson...