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Geometry House!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use computer drawing tools to create a house of geometric shapes.
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Mimics Survive -- Camouflaged Reptiles

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars examine mimicry as a survival strategy in repiles. They examine examples of the Mexican milksnake and the coralsnake in attempt to distinguish the differences in them. They discuss other species that use mimicry.
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Using "Student Power" to Generate Electricity to Run a Portable Compact Disc Player

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners conclude that magnets and magnetic fields can produce electricity. Students also understand how a small motor works and how gears work. Learners describe how energy can transform along a pathway.
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Geo-Folder

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a Geo-Folder based on geometric terms and concepts. They make a Table of Contents that guides them through the process of assembling a folder of completed activities.
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Geometry Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students use the digital camera, identify geometric shapes (in nature as well as man-made), and gain a better understanding of geometric vocabulary. They search for and recognize geometric shapes in unusual settings
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Rotations

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars discuss the concepts of reflection, rotation, and translation. In this rotation activity, learners investigate rotations through examples on an overhead projector. No additional worksheet or student assignment is included.
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Bean Bag Fitness Fun

For Teachers K - 5th
Students move a bean bag in a variety of activities aimed at increasing flexibility.
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Estimating Area

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, after being given a variety of word problems to solve, find patterns to solving 3 out of 4 times. They break it down into smaller parts 3 out of 4 times and tell the method of solving 3 out of 4 times. Students complete...
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Radio Program #14-The Back to the Land Movement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify the impact of the "Back to the Land" movement on the Appalachian area. They interview people who have moved back or know someone who has moved back to the Appalachian area. Students graph out profiles of "typical"...
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Properties of Fractals

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Pupils build a working definition of regular fractal, look carefully at the concepts of dimension and scale, and are introduced to logarithms. They solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and error and using logs.
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"Anything We Love Can Be Saved" -- A Contemporary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare authors Rachel Carson and Mary Eliza Church Terrell. They read an introduction by Alice Walker and summarize the main points. They also identify the language she uses to persuade readers. They write their own activist...
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"A Grain of Rice" by Helena Clare Pittman

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students solve the problem that comes up in the story. They realize the explosive growth of the powers of 2.
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Venn Diagram Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use Venn diagrams in order to classify different objects and numbers. They then use "Venn Diagram Shape sorter" applets on the computer.
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Reading Art

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils compare and contrast different works of Asian sculptural forms and use visual clues to analyze those works. Evaluation for this lesson is done on the second class day with each student creating a drawing of an American sculpture.
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Understanding Flashback

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the definition of "flashback" in that writers use it when they want to reveal to readers something that happened in the past. Then Students write a short story using a flashback scene and then move back to the...
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The U.S. & Navajo Bills of Rights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils are introduced to the United States and Navajo Bill of Rights. In groups, they compare and contrast the two documents and take notes to share with the class. To end the lesson, they write in their journals about their own ideas...

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