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Border Art: the Study of Artworks Responding To the Border Between the United States And Mexico

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the concepts of immigration and migration and explore their own family's history. They examine the media's presentation of the Border Art Project and then incorporate their own views into what they have studied through...
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Hopper Hunt: IPM Decision-making in Alfalfa

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars describe migrations and life cycle pattersn of a key alfalfa pest, the Porato Leafhopper. They define the Economic Inquiry Level and Economic Threshold. Students evaluate data in relation to profit as it applies to IPM. ...
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Runaway Journeys Migration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Runaway Journeys site maps and image resources in rounding out their study of the slave migration. They access an excellent multi-media narrative imbedded in this plan.
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Urban Centers and African-American Migrants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read narratives about the experiences of 19th century fugitive slaves that fled to urban centers. They conduct further research on the African-American urban migration movement and present their findings to the class.
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The Second Great Migration

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine causes of The Second Great Migration and the impact it had on its destination communities.
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Transportation and African-American Migration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine an aspect of either railroad or marine transportation (for example: routes, Pullman porters' work routines, or African-American merchant sailors) and evaluate their impact on migration in the United States.
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Costa Rica's Sustainable Coffee

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students experiment to see if birds prefer to eat bird seed with additives vs. no  additives.  In this experimental lesson plan students test to see if birds notice a difference between additive and no additive food. 
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Reading Research!

For Teachers K
Students investigate the life of an animal and how it responds to winter. The lesson's focus is on reading and research skills using pictures to assist in the understanding of the information presented.
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Roots: The Ancestry of Modern People

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the models for the origin of modern humans and the conditions that facilitate speciation and evolution. The classification and nomenclature of hominid species is also examined.
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Coming to America: U.S. Immigration

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Analyze primary source documents relating the conditions under with prompted American immigration. Learners will analyze information in order to create a six-panel pamphlet. Much of the lesson is not available but the key objectives are....
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Time Zones and Migration Patterns of the Leatherback Sea Turtle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify the different time zones by plotting the migration patterns of the leatherback sea turtles. They discover that traveling around the worlds includes passage through different time zones.
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Animal Movements

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will explore animal movements. They will compare movements and relate them to where animals live and how they obtain food.
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Observing Fall Migrants

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils observe the migration of monarch butterflies. They collect data regarding the number of monarchs they see, the location, the butterflies' behavior, the temperature and the date and time. Then they send their data to a university...
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Mapping Twentieth Century African-American Migration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop their analytical skills when examining maps by comparing, contrasting, and sequencing information. They assess how geographical features such as the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River impacted settlement.
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Duck, Duck, GOOSE!

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the migratory cycle of Canada geese, and explore the reasons that some birds have stopped migrating and become residents of an area. They identify the ways which geese are considered pests and explore ways to control...
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Behavior Adaptations

For Students 9th - 12th
In this behavior worksheet, students review different types of behavioral adaptations including migration, hibernation, and communication. This worksheet has 10 matching and 10 true or false questions.
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Homeschooling Lesson: Sea Turtles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners write down the names of common turtles and observe pictures of various types. In this sea turtles activity, students review names and features of these animals, label and draw a picture. Learners research habitat, migration,...
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Miracle of Winged Migration

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the life cycle of insects by researching butterflies. In this insect migration lesson, students identify the Monarch butterfly, where they inhabit, and what their migration consists of. Students utilize the Internet to...
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Whale Migrations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use whale migration patterns to determine sex and age of whales and determine where these whales can be located during different seasons. They use mapping skills to plot the migration patterns of four unknown whales.
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Using DNA to Trace Human Migration

For Students 9th - 12th
Can scientists trace all humans back to a small region in Africa? An intriguing lesson turns back time to reveal artifacts leading scientists to believe human life originated in Africa and dispersed from there.
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The Real Eve

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research about human migration during a specific time period. In this physical science lesson, students watch a video about human evolution. They prepare a presentation on human migration and share it with the class.
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The Monarch Butterfly Watch

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students explore monarch migration through the Journey North web site. In this butterfly lesson, students use the internet to identify a butterfly's migration pattern. Students write in electronic journals.
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Pioneer Perspectives-Diverse Opinions on Westward Migration

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the Westward Migration and expansion of the United States from the perspective of a family migrating westward. They analyze pictures, and in small groups write and present a script based on a photograph, expressing the...
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Imagination and the Second Great Migration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties. They access websites imbedded in this plan to research, then write about past struggles for gender and racial fairness.

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