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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Come Prepared for Discussions

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This is a collection of 14 discussion opportunities. Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Balloon Blast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the following instructional activity students are asked to devise a plan to measure the distance of a balloon's flight, predict the direction a balloon will travel as it deflates, learn about Newton's Laws of Motion, experience...
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NOAA

Noaa: Be a Shipwreck Detective [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Use your skills of investigation to examine a list of items recovered from a shipwreck. Draw conclusions about the ship and its demise based off of your observations.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Why Circulate?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan students will observe the dispersion of a drop of food coloring in water, draw conclusions about the movement of dissolved substances, and develop explanations about the importance of organisms' internal transport...
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US National Archives

National Archives: Confronting Work Place Discrimination on the Wwii Homefront

For Teachers 11th - 12th
African Americans were not able to take advantage of the booming industries as Americans were mobilizing for WWII. The FEPC was established to make sure Roosevelt's executive order providing for equal opportunities in defense industries...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Personal or Social Tragedy? Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will challenge students to weigh the textual evidence for and against the claim that Ethan's woes lay in staying in Starkfield-and not in the details of his personal relationships. In the process, students will close read...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Heart Rate Monitoring

For Teachers 8th
In this task, 8th graders are asked to draw a graph that represents heart rate as a function of time from a verbal description of that function. Then they use the graph to draw conclusions about the context. Aligns with 8.F.B.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Sse the Physics Professor

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students are asked to study the structure of an algebraic expression, draw conclusions, and explain their thinking. Aligns with A-SSE.A.1 and A-SSE.A.1.b.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Faulkner's as I Lay Dying: Form of a Funeral

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
William Faulkner's self-proclaimed masterpiece, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, is a fascinating exploration of the many voices found in a Southern family and community. Students will explore the use of multiple voices in...
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Brigham Young University

Byu: Mark Davies: Scientific Methods and Empiricism

For Students 9th - 10th
These college professor's notes give an overview of empiricism as the cornerstone of the scientific method. It is the approach he uses to analyze linguistic phenomena in class.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement:charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper" Writing Women

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A close reading of "The Yellow Wall-paper" employing the analysis of such literary concepts as setting, narrative style, symbol, and characterization. Students will write an essay discussing what the story suggests about middle-class...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Esperanza Rising: Learning Not to Be Afraid to Start Over

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this instructional activity students will explore some of the contrasts that Esperanza experiences when she suddenly is forced to leave the life of a wealthy landowner's daughter surrounded by servants to become a servant herself...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Discovering Psychology: Research Methods

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, you will explore how psychologists draw solid conclusions from the complex and often ambiguous phenomena they study -- how you think, feel, and behave.

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