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Summing It All Up

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars summarize a selected piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read silently, students read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using a concept map and the process outlined by the...
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The Five Senses

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore and study about the five senses. They focus on their sense of smell and interact with certain ingredients, including white vinegar. Each student also helps to create and share a concept map on the sense of smell...
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Personal Fitness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research important personal fitness and sport concepts through note taking, internet research, data collection, and the website Quia. Development of concept maps are also encouraged.
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Jigsawing with Nebraska Golden Sower Award Books

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students investigate the Nebraska Golden Sower Award and nominated titles for the current year. They explore the Nebraska Golden Sower website, read a chapter from a Golden Sower book using the jigsaw method, and create a concept map and...
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Plot and Conflict

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students review the literary elements of plot and conflict. In this plot and conflict lesson, students read a story and answer questions about the plot and conflict within. Students create a concept map for the novel to identify the...
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Op Art and Contrast

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create Op art designs by reading web information through FlingIt, mapping learned concepts with PicoMap, and creating how-to examples of their own Op art design by using Sketchy. They complete the lesson by creating their...
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Life as a Pioneer

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners examine historical documents and research why early pioneers settled on the Iowa prairie. They review maps, describe the impact of railroading, describe life in pioneer times, and identify the effects of drought, prairie fire,...
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Cooperative Comics

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create comics identifying conflicts and their resolutions. In this conflict resolution lesson, small groups of students follow specific mapping instructions to illustrate a conflict and its resolution. Students present orally...
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The Long Walk

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson plan, students read an article that challenges them to consider African-American contributions to social justice.
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Generations: An Exploration of our Families Through Literature

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete a unit of lessons on families. They read and analyze various stories, label a map, assemble sentences, write letters to grandparents, analyze character traits, and write and illustrate a sheet for a class book.
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Short But Important

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review the concept of silent reading. They listen to an article and, through guided practice and modeling, create a concept map of what they hear. Then, in groups of two, they read another article on their own and map it the...
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Alternative Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the five major alternative energy sources. In this physical science lesson plan, students assess the advantages and disadvantages for each type of energy. They complete a concept map using information they researched.
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CASTLE ROCK PUEBLO: A TRIP THROUGH TIME

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners use a map to respond to a series of questions. They determine how much time it would take to travel to Castle Rock Pueblo from different pueblos and locate modern pueblos on the Indian Country map.
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Following a Monster

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students follow tracks of a monster who has walked through their classroom to see what he has done. They discuss sequencing vocabulary before using computer software students sequence the monster's visit using a concept map. In a word...
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Independence Movements: India and Africa

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the events of the independence movement of India. They listen to a lecture and complete a concept map of the independence movements of the 20th century, watch an excerpt from the movie "Gandhi," and answer...
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Mapping Lab and Lead Poisoning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to GIS and its uses. They make predictions before viewing the actual lead poisoning cases by location of Dade County. Pupils use actual Miami-Dade County spatial data to explore basic principals. Students
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Using Maps to Make Public Health Descisions Case Study: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Gulf of Mexico

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to GIS and its uses. Students participate as public health scientists to deliberate a course of action to explore possible research questions. Pupils interpret spatial data, and make predictions based on GIS data,...
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From Restriction Maps to Cladograms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop a matrix to determine the number of differences between each set of primate species. They determine closely related organisms then complete the cladogram and answer a set of questions.
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MAPPING THE BLACK ATLANTIC

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the geographic characteristics of Western and Central Africa, the impact of geography on settlement patterns, cultural traits, and trade. They compare political, social, economic, and religious systems of...
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Learning from Maps and Timelines Time Travel

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create timelines depicting the important events in the lives of the groups that arrived at the Fort St. Louis. They include the fate of La Salle and the colonists.
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Your Map of Rights

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students explore the Bill of Rights, which rights have limitations on them, and how these rights apply to their personal lives. They write their own Bill of Rights for the class community.
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Sonar Mapping

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use a shoe box to create a seafloor model and use cardboard for layering inside of the shoe box to simulate the ocean floor. They probe the ocean floor to simulate sonar echoes. Finally, students graph their data to get a...
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Mapping the Homunculus

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the relative number of nerve endings located in the skin. By calculating the reciprocal of these measurements, students have the appropriate data for predicting the relative size of the homunculus found on the cerebral...
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Creating Life Maps (Elementary, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars create a personal life timeline to better explain how a historical timeline is effective in studying history. They also write a poem about themselves.

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