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Have I Been Hacked?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate how effective SNEAK strategies are in detecting hackers. In this technology instructional activity, students explain the ethical issues about hacking. They graph and analyze their experimental results.
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What Is a Business?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover how to maintain successful businesses as they assume the roles of owners and drivers of their own ice cream trucks.
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Model Penguin Project

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students research and build model penguins. For this penguin lesson, students examine the anatomy of penguins by creating models and completing coloring pages.
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Finding Rhyming Words in a French Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Explore rhyming in this phonemic awareness and French lesson. Listen to the poem "J'Adore la Pizza" by Karen Kransky and identify rhyming words. Compare grapheme spelling patterns with like phonemes, and sort word cards according to...
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Classroom Potlatch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers study the history and purpose of potlatches. The listen to two stories about potlatches, then design a potlatch that they will host for their family members. They must come up with the gifts they would give, the...
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Report on Desert Plant or Animal

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to desert plants and animals. They demonstrate that the name of an organism does not always match the object. Students perform a guided internet search in order to complete a report.
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Scribbleboy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the text, SCRIBBLEBOY, discussing the cover page for clues to the genre. They discuss the ordinary surroundings contrasted by the graffiti and the words and phrases used to provide information about the...
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Aerospace Engineering

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students are introduced to aviation history and aerospace engineering achievements. They assemble a class aviation history timeline from individual student research on people and events.
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A Story of Philanthropy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Help your class define philanthropy and recognize philanthropic activities. Ask them to identify examples of philanthropy in literature and explore the philanthropic deeds of themselves and others. To wrap up, create a class display with...
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The Journey to Civil Rights

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners investigate the concepts that surround the Civil Rights Movement. They conduct research with the help of the teacher and use chart paper to create posters about major people involved. Students also complete a timeline graphic...
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A Bill Becomes A Law

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how a bill becomes a law. In this Legislative Branch lesson, students discuss how a bill makes its way through the House and the Senate. Students author their own bills as well.
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A Bill Becomes A Law

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover how a bill becomes a law. In this Legislative Branch lesson, students simulate a bill making its way through the House and the Senate. Students author their own bills in this simulation.
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Poetry Creations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students produce iMovies to share their thoughts of friendship along with poetry creations in this technology-based lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. The lesson includes a link to a "create a poem" site and requires computers...
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Modern Love

For Students 8th - 10th
In this modern love worksheet, students, with a partner, discuss and complete a variety of activities associated with modern love, weddings and long-lasting relationships.
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Christmas: Fun and Games

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Christmas fun and games worksheet, middle schoolers answer eight statements as true or false, unscramble ten words associated with Christmas and make as many words as they can from the letters in the word Christmas.
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First Nations: Analysing Sources

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the lifestyle and culture of First Nations people. They investigate and analyze primary and secondary source documents.
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October 14th Rainforest Week Brownie Meeting

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students talk about the destruction of the Rain Forest and learn a Rain Forest Song. They start the meeting off with a tropical forest coloring sheet. They relate to the plight of the Rain Fores and understand the importance of saving...
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Cooperative Classroom Text Features Activities

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine text features and create a PowerPoint presentation. In this text features lesson, 5th graders go over Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures and text features before they choose one to include in a book and...
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Shakespeare Analysis

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders focus on the Shakespearian sonnet as a form and analyze the sonnet in terms of structure, the particular rhyme scheme of the quatrains and the rhyming couplet, the rhythm of iambic pentameter, as well as any figurative...
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Post Civil Way Reconstruction

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research different documents pertaining to the reconstruction era. They present their findings to the class in structured presentations and unstructured discussions. Students compare and contrast their findings about...
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Where Am I? Navigating Around the Globe

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review spatial sense learned in grades one and two. They measure distances using map scales. They use atlases, and on-line sources to find geographical information.
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Survival

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
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Revolutionary News Network

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study events leading to, during and resulting from the American Revolution. They review elements of a political cartoon. They create and dramatize a scene from a Revolutionary War novel.
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Back to School Night

For Teachers K - 5th
Come prepared for your next Back-to-School Night with an organized and informative presentation for your parents. Here you'll find a sample PowerPoint that includes such highlights as the teacher's homework expectations and...