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A Colony is Born : Lesson 4 - What Went Wrong?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast two early colonies and make a T chart. They list examples of worked well and what did not, and significant historical events. They use higher order thinking skills by deducing how different scenarios...
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Mystery Photo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research the effects of soil erosion and pollution in the soil.
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Colonial Migration

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students, in groups, create a student book for an assigned group of immigrants to the Colonial United States (Huguenots, Scots, Irish, Africans.) They create drawings for the book and rhyming text that depicts three struggles that...
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Dream Catchers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after researching legends and the origin of Native American beliefs and thoughts about the use and importance of dream catchers in Native American cultures, create a Native American dream catcher. They use similar...
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All About Me Brochure

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a prewriting activity to gather information about themselves. They create a brochure using their prewriting activity that will introduce themselves to either a prospective employer or their freshman teachers.
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Way to Go! Create a Road Map Game

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create a travel game of one of the United States. They research a state of their choice and create a travel game using a common road map. They interpret map symbols as they calculate map mileage for their games. They create...
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Let's Take a Trip!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders plan a trip for a family of four choosing their travel plan by studying maps to decide upon a route and visiting Websites to get airline and travel schedules. They use ratios and proportions as well as converting fractions...
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Bill's Number Plates

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create license plate number combinations using a maximum of six characters, numbers or letters. They discuss personalized license plates, and in small groups create original license plate letter and number combinations to...
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Facing History and Ourselves

Emmett Till: Confronting the Murder

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The 1955 murder of Emmett Till is often regarded as the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century. Learn more about the brutal crime—and, as many believe, the miscarriage of justice—that began a national conversation...
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Building a Volcano

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students research volcanoes and then build one out of salt dough. Before the final step is completed, they find main ideas about volcanoes, write sequential steps to building, use correct grammar, to gain knowledge about them. There is...
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Making a Colorado Brochure

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Learners create brochures reflecting the state of Colorado. In groups, they write about tourist attractions, important people, major cities, and statistical information. After writing, they create their brochure importing clip art and...
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Health Wheel Self-Care Plan for Diabetics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners help create a Health Wheel: a personal, inspirationally based, self-care plan for preventing or managing diabetes in daily life. They (student or client) researches the causes of diabetes, and creates a "health wheel" that...
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A to Zap!

For Teachers K
Students are given a play telephone, the students correctly dial their phone number 3 out of 5 times. They use the computer program A to Zap!, students complete the telephone activity by correctly clicking on the numbers of the phone...
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Simple Machines

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students focus upon the concept of bicycle gears and develop the answers to the 2 questions at the bottom of the page.
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Working with Scientific Notation

For Students 8th - 10th
In this scientific notation learning exercise, students are given directions to add, subtract, multiply and divide using scientific notation. They complete twenty four problems and express their answers in scientific notation.
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Friendship Portraits

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students explore sculpture. In this lesson about sculpting, students create a portrait bust. Students choose a classmate to make a bust of and apply all of the necessary elements to their bust. Students will have a better understanding...
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Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit. In this converting instructional activity, students explore temperature conversions. They use a thermometer to determine the temperature of given items.
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From Slave to Entrepreneur: The Life and Times of William Ellison

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this South Carolina history lesson, 8th graders examine sources that require them to examine the life of William Ellison, a black slave owner.
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Using Primary Sources to Discover Reconstruction

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover how reconstruction had an impact on racial issues in the United States. For this Reconstruction lesson, 5th graders are introduced to primary vs. secondary resources and then rotate through stations to view...
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Random Album Covers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners design a random album cover. In this album design lesson, students display their photo manipulation skills as they make a cover for an album. They examine covers of albums from classic bands before designing their own.
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The Number Tool Box

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this solving a math terms crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the clues across and down and write the math terms in the blanks. Students write 19 answers. 
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Portrait of Nadine Dumas

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore a portrait and then create their own portrait as a gift.  In this bust art lesson, students use model techniques to create a three dimensional bust portrait.  Students analyze the elements of the design and write about...
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Fruity Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve one step linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students manipulate their variables and numbers to answer each problem. They make sure the equations stay balanced at all times.
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Comparing Linear and Exponential Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Teach your class how to differentiate between linear and exponential functions. They use exponential properties to solve problems, graph them using the TI-Navigator, and make comparisons.

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