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How The Weather Effects Us
Students discover how weather affects their lives. They review the climates of Florida, Alaska and New York. They need choose the place they would most like to live in based on the climate of that state.
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Bird Flu Worries Humans
Students examine what the bird flu is and how it spreads through an interactive program and videos. They discover why doctors are concerned about a pandemic. They examine other pandemics in the United States and how to prepare for them.
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Creating an Oasis: Water Development And Funding in Utah
Students explore the importance of water. They examine how human activities shape the earth's surface. They apply geographic concepts to interpret the past and to interpret the present and plan for the future. They write a defense for...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Effective Telephone Communication
Students identify and incorporate how to use a telephone book, a calling card and analyze their telephone bill and pay their telephone bill while reviewing the vocabulary list on the board. In addition, basic utilities are covered in...
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Triangulation
Students calculate the triangulation of a box. In this triangulation lesson plan, students participate in an activity to find the calculate and then perform triangulations. They create a box and use formulas to determine the...
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Energy Flow - How Much Biomass do Plants Produce?
Learners explore the concept of biomass. In this plant instructional activity, students conduct a scientific investigation that requires them to observe plant growth and biomass.
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Dimension in Art
Third graders consider space and the techniques artists use to create three-dimensionality within a painting or drawing. They examine works by Millet, Bruegel and Demuth and then create original drawings that explore the effects of...
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Drip, Drip, Drip
Students gather scientific data and be able to utilize the data to generalize results over a long period of time. They use the appropriate tools to measure quanities of liquids and analyze the data to determine the cost of a leaky faucet.
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Creating a Landmark Calendar-An Enterprise for Your School
Students scrutinize the steps necessary to produce a school calendar featuring local architectural sites and landmarks.
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Secretary of State Powell
Students study the life of Colin Powell who was Secretary of State during President Bush's first term. They investigate the workings of the US State Department by researching a number of websites.
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Missing Vowels
Young scholars fill in the blanks with the missing vowels and write sentences using the words. They then examine how to identify words, spell them correctly, and write sentences using them.
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Skates
Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates.