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Constructing Earthquake-Proof Buildings

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine different materials and design options that can affect the durability of a building.  In this investigative lesson students conduct several earthquake experiments. 
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Tony's Hat

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, learners solve a riddle that involves a $20 bill and missing change from a sale. The one page worksheet contains one problem with solution. 
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Demonstration of Factors Affecting Soil Temperature

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students examine the influences of water and mulch on soil temperature.  In this investigative activity students complete a soil experiment. 
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All My Sons: Themes (For the Most Part) Quiz

For Students 7th - 10th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on the themes of All My Sons. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this timed quiz.
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Function Junction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify the internal and external components of computers, robots and fan. In this physics lesson, students draw a circuit diagram of their electronic components. They create a battery tester in the lab.
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Volcano Research Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research about different types of volcanoes. In this earth science lesson, 8th graders create PowerPoint presentation on the information gathered. They share findings with the class.
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Morphing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine how organisms adapt to their environment in order to survive. As a class, they discuss the extinction of the dinosaurs and review Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. They select an animal to morph in the future...
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Introduction to Archaeology

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students view a PowerPoint presentation called, Archaeological Terms then discuss the job of an archaeologist and new vocabulary. They view the teacher made "artifact grid" and photograph the grid from different angles. They work in...
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“Father of the CD” Dies

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students read and discuss an article pertaining to the invention of the CD as a life-changing product.  For this ESL lesson, students complete a chart with a partner ranking various tech companies. Students answer true and...
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Mapping Your Neighborhood

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use atlases, maps, and Web resources to generate and examine maps of their own neighborhoods.
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Creating a Map for Future Reference

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use Web and other resources to create maps of either the site of their day trip, their final destination, the entire trip, or some combination of these.
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Stopping Along the Way

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use atlases, maps, and Web resources to plan a day trip to at least one city or point of interest that is on the way to their final destination.
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Earth Day Trash Survey Unit

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students develop an action plan to prevent trash from becoming a problem in the future.
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Earth Day Trash Survey Unit

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students analyze the data from questionnaires to prepare a report. They distribute the report via e-mail or through a report published on a Web page to those who participated.
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Earth Day Trash Survey Unit

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students develop a questionnaire to distribute via e-mail or Web page forms that visitors fill out based on the data they gathered during their clean-up activities.
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Creating a Web Cookbook

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars use software to write a menu, including suggestions based on their own experiences cooking them, cultural and social context for their recipes and pictures or graphics. They shop for and cook the dinner for their families.
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Selecting and Analyzing Recipes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use the Web and other resources provided to select several recipes to combine into a menu they can cook for their families at home. They develop a sense of how food is prepared and kinds of preparation necessary to cook their...
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Share Classroom Fat Data with Other Students

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students research eating habits in different places and in different cultures.
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Comparing Asian and Impressionist Landscapes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students draw on their knowledge of Impressionist and Asian landscapes to reflect on the differences found in the two genres of landscape painting.
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Exploring Homes and Resources

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars search for images of and information about the exchange country's environments and housing, using a variety of sources, and evaluate primary sources of information in terms of accuracy and usefulness.
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Imagining Homes and Environments

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss relationship between environments, natural resources and housing, establish connection with students in classroom or school there, and paint pictures of what they think homes look like based on basic data about environment.
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Art Across the Planet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create drawings of their own homes and those that they imagine might be found in a foreign country, conduct research on that particular foreign country using exchange artwork and questions with another group of students in that...
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Selecting A Destination

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students utilize atlases, maps, and Internet resources to select destinations and places to stop along the way on a day trip. They examine and write about the reasons they want to visit the particular places they chose.
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Letters to Local and State Legislators

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils locate their local or state legislator's address. They write and send letters to their local and state legislators critiquing their voting record on environmental issues and sharing their own views on these issues.

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