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Keys To Trees: Dichotomous Tree Identification

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders gather samples of different tree leaves in their neighborhoods, and on school grounds, and identify several species of common South Carolina trees using leaf and growth characteristics with aid of dichotomous key.
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Acid Stomach

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of how aspirin works and how understanding it's interaction with other chemicals in the body aided doctors in medical research. They complete a lab that compares the reaction of regular aspirin and...
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"Teaching escape plan with Get Down Low and Go Go Go"

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students recall the flashcards from the day before, to aid in memorishing this procedure. They recall the sound of a smoke alarm. Sudents are taught and use the fire safety procedure of Get Down Low and Go, Go, Go. They demonstrate their...
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Investigating the Method by Which the Body Defends Against Pathogens

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore disease caused by bacteria and viruses, how they are transmitted, and how they exert their effects on their hosts. They explain how diseases, such as AIDS, are spread by exponential growth.
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Picture This!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice the strategy of visualization to aid in their reading comprehension of text. They paint mental pictures from readings from their history books, "The World and Its People: the US and It's Neighbors," and short stories...
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Short Vowels With Clifford

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
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Stacking the Deck on Nutrition

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore classification. In this science lesson plan, students arrange a variety of foods into their proper food groups. This and other related activities will aid in the development of the learners' critical thinking skills.
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Bees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners design an experiment. In this bees lesson, students research pollination and work collaboratively to discover how bees aid in pollination.  Learners use tomato plants and create experimental designs. Lesson adaptations...
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Concise Directions: Pictures in School

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners practice giving directions. In this descriptive writing activity, students create maps and other visual aids that provide sets of directions for learners to get from one location of their school building to another. 
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Painting Botanicals by Computer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students increase their computer graphics skills and trace and paint botanicals from digitals photographs they take of prairie plants using computer-aided artistic techniques.
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Students Analyze Data With Scatter Plots

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Scatter plot lessons can help students create different types of graphs by hand or with the aid of technology.
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Multiplying Decimals Lessons

For Teachers 4th - 6th
By using visual aids, and explaining mathematical language students can get a concrete grasp of how to multiply decimals.
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Please Ex-Planet!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
What is most useful about this lesson plan is the "Student Explanet Worksheet," a set of instructions for collaborative groups to use to collect information about an assigned planet. After students have researched and organized their...
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The Aging Process

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students evaluate the concepts of life course and life events. They role play how life events can shape who we are. They develop coping skills that aid in dealing with life events.
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Applying Reading Strategies to Aid Comprehension

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice their reading skills. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read articles about fast food topics using the wordstorming strategy described to prepare for reading the text.
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Investigations in Aid: Identifying the Need

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners investigate the needs in emerging nations. In this emerging nations lesson, students research the conditions for needs in the given countries. Learners are assigned to the country groups of Honduras, Nigeria, Bosnia, Cambodia,...
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VH1 AIDS: A Pop Culture History Lesson 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners observe and discuss the relationships between music, media, and popular culture.
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Career Education for Early Elementary Grades

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
It's never too early to connect children with the real world meaning of their work. A series of four one-hour sessions, plus a field trip, make up this unit on college and career readiness for first and second graders. After viewing a...
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Multiplication of Whole Numbers

For Students 3rd - 5th
Rather than simply have your scholars memorize multiplication facts, be sure they understand the process behind each equation. There are four arrays of objects here; mathematicians write a multiplication sentence for each. Next, they...
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What is the Water Cycle? Activity B

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Curious physical scientists follow a lesson on the properties of water with this lesson on distillation. They observe a miniature water cycle model that filters dirty water into clean water. These two lessons combined are an enriching...
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1850-1874 Homestead Act Signed: Who were the Settlers?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Life in the great, wide-open spaces of the West! Scholars analyze the reasons behind the vast movement to the Great Plains after the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Homestead Act. Using photographic, document, map, video, and...
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Make a Plan. Build a Kit. Stay Informed.

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
What is an emergency, and how can having a plan help make emergency situations safer? Pupils are tasked with creating a short presentation that can help teach younger children about emergencies, community helpers, and first...
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The Tools to Build Your Financial Dream

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When it comes to all the ways money management and financial responsibility weave into our daily lives as adults, make sure students are prepared to locate resources for managing their finances, such as a financial advisor. 
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Student Loans

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If your learners are college bound, they'll need a lesson about student loans and personal finance before they step into their dorm room. A four-day lesson guides high schoolers through the process of budgeting for college, as well as...

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