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Investigating Our Multicultural World

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students compare and contrast a perceived view of life in Australia with the reality. In groups, they identify examples of stereotypes and how they can lead to misconceptions about a group of people. In groups, they complete a...
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How Tragic!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners study and interpret a classical tragedy and role play a character from the play.  In this tragedy lesson, students discuss a specific work to discover the form, structure, and characteristics of the genre and interpret the...
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Electric Field Mapping / Equipotential Lines

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students determine the equipotential lines surrounding a charged object. In this physics lesson, students draw lines to identify areas. They relate the spacing of the field lines to the strength of the charge.
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Great North

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students view a video about the Arctic Circle, North Pole and Northern Europe. They locate areas using a map. They create a drawing of the countries where the Inuit live.
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Listen to a Shape

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify basic shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle) and describes the attributes of each. They use magazines to find examples of each shape, and then make a collage.
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Take a Survey!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss proper uses of the Internet. They complete the 8-question survey by selecting their favorite answer for each question. They click one time in the white circle to choose an answer and click Next at the bottom on...
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Environmental Mathematics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine food that they would need to survive in the wild. They graph the best foods for their environments and rate the survivability rate for each member of their group.
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Science: Spider Models

For Teachers 1st
First graders create spider models to discover its anatomy. They use construction paper and sequins to make their spiders and use pictures as examples for their models. As an alternative, 1st graders make posters of the spider's parts....
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So -- What's Happening Here? On this Old Christmas Tree Farm

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars take a field trip to an old Christmas tree farm near their school. In groups, they gather data at the site and analyze the data in an attempt to discover what happened to the area. They identify human activities that led...
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Creative Story Telling

For Teachers K
Students listen to the beginnings of creative stories and then invent their own creative endings. Students use flannel boards to illustrate their stories.
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Owl Pellets: A Fowl-Up, Chuck!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discover the world of owls as predators. After watching a video of owls hunting and eating, are introduced to owl pellets. Students dissect their own pellet and match the prey's bones to a bone diagram.
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What Happens When A Cell Divides?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the cycle of mitosis. In this biology lesson plan, students discuss the different stages of mitosis through cell reproduction. They further their investigation through laboratory analysis.
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in a lesson that covers the life cycle of a butterfly. They use the Kidpix software to create a drawing of the life cycle with the help of an illustration given by the teacher as a guide. Then students discuss the...
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Glitter Germs

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in a fun experiment involving glitter that teaches young children the importance of why they should wash their hands with soap and warm water. They explore that germs can easily spread if they don't properly wash...
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Reading Music Notation

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders develop an understanding of music notation and become proficient at reading rhythms by sight. They explore rhythms base on divisions of two and four and triplets.
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Let's Catch Some Dirt From the Air

For Teachers K
Students create "catchers" that collect dirt particles from the air. They observe the particulate matter that is collected from the air and discuss the effects and causes of air pollution.
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Discovering the Oasis

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students focus on the types of vegetation and animal life living around local water sources. This lesson can be adapted to any local water source, whether it be a lake, a river, stream or ocean. It has a particular focus on the bird...
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ndirect Measurement Technique: Using Trigonometric Ratios

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders find the height of an object that would be difficult or impossible to measure directly. They construct and use a Clinometer to measure the angle of elevation (or depression). Students create a sketch of the measurement...
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Who says I can't be Sherlock Holmes?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create a "crime scene" in their classroom and have to tell what's out of place. The class is given a set of cards that are all face down and have to play concentration. If they get a matched pair, they get both cards. Whoever...
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Beautiful Butterflies

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the life cycle of the butterfly through this series of activities. They create projects, play games, and observe butterfly characteristic that contribute to their survival.
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Doodles

For Teachers K - 8th
Here is a fun drawing activity that is sure to develop listening, shape recognition, drawing, skills and eye-hand coordination. The class doodles over an entire page based on the instructions they are given. This resource includes...
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Run for it!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students play a game inside the 'base' of dome cones. They attempt to run to any cone outside of dome cone and back to base to earn a point. If a student is tagged by a noodle, he/she simply returns to base and starts over with zero...
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Angles and Arcs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss the sum of central angles and use string to create them on circles. They find the measure and length of both minor and major arcs. Students give examples of concentric, similar, and congruent circles and congruent arcs.
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Inscribed Angles

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students analyze inscribed angles and intercepted arcs and explore the relationships between the two. They investigate the properties of angles, arcs, chords, tangents, and secants to solve problems involving circles.