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Outdoor Survival

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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101 Math Journal Topics

For Students 4th - 5th
For this math worksheet, students examine the topics available to complete a daily math journal. They repeat the procedure for future lessons.
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Complex Analysis: Analyticity and Harmonic Functions

For Students Higher Ed
In this harmonic function worksheet, students summarize the theorems on analyticity, differentiability and the Cauch-Rieman equation. They identify the characteristics of a harmonic function. This three-page worksheet contains...
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Complex Analysis: Harmonic Functions

For Students Higher Ed
In this harmonic function activity, students explore harmonic functions and construct a harmonic conjugate. This three-page activity contains three problems, with explanations and examples.
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Visible Pulse

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars record their pulse rate. In this circulatory system lesson, students use a piece of clay and a straw to make their pulse move visible and easier to accurately count and record.
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Algebra: Linear Equations

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the concept of linear equations. In this linear equations lesson, students examine graphic organizers on steps to solve linear equations. Students then practice solving linear equations as they play a math game.
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Solids and Liquids

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete activities to study the properties of solids and liquids. In this states of matter lesson, students investigate the melting and freezing of a range of materials in a virtual experiment. Students melt the substances and...
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Visual Pictures of the Buffalo National River

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create art in a Buffalo National River unit. In this Buffalo River art lesson, students create woven rugs, make baskets, create pottery bowls, build log cabins, and construct tipis. They create a bulletin board where the...
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Native American Research Project Presentations

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research various Native American tribes. In this Native American history lesson, students follow the provided rubric to create research presentations on the cultures of selected Native American tribes.
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Out & About: Waterways

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils visit science museums. In this hands-on science lesson, students visit the Leith Conservation Trust, Catalyst, and the River and Rowing Museum in person or online to study Britain's waterways.
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Why Nations Trade

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of international trade. In this economics lesson, students read the 2 provided handouts about international trade and then discuss their content. 
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Writing Session: Evaluative Writing

For Teachers 8th - 12th
This evaluative writing PowerPoint provides a framework for developing the critical thinking skills needed to critique literary selections. Deductive and inductive reasoning skills are featured as well tips for building a good argument...
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Evaluative Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore current event issues. In this evaluative writing lesson plan, students collaborate to write summaries of articles they have read. Pupils focus on writing pieces that avoid pejorative language.
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I Am a Person on Character

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the portrayal of males and females in mass media. In this language arts lesson, 6th graders create a digital collage and write a description about themselves using similes and metaphors.
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Power Blackout Assessment

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of power grids in power generation. In this physics lesson plan, students explain the impact of power failure. They investigate the power blackout in 2003 and discuss their findings.
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Mountains of Erosion

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the changes in land formations caused by water erosion. They work in groups to build a model of a mountain composed of materials that will best withstand water erosion.
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Gymnastics Sequence

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform a sequence of combined movement skills. They make smooth transitions from one movement to the next and choose the sequence they would like to exhibit.
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Syncopation and Rhythm in Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Rap Music

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize and clap the syncopated rhythmic beat of a rap song and identify recurring rhythmic pattern in the excerpt of "Dance of the Adolescents" from Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
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Constructing A Food Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and explain the relationships within a food web. They use index cards to glue pictures of producers and consumers. On the back of the card, students name the organism, list the type of biome in which it is found.
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Edible Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students determine what part of a plant they are eating when they eat different fruits and vegetables.
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Bat Fact Page

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate unusual bats and draw their own interpretation of the bat. They use rhyming words to write a creative story about bats. Facial features of microbats and megabats are observed and then classfied in groups.
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Super Sellers

For Teachers 2nd
Practice listening skills with the novel Max Malone Makes a Million written by Charlotte Herman. Read a chapter a day and answer daily questions such as predicting how Max makes his money.
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Who? Who? Whoooooooo?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read Poppy by Avi and then dissect an owl pellet. They complete a KWL chart and play vocabulary games to prepare for the dissection. They examine what the pellet can tell us about the owl's life.
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Follow the Pattern

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students survey patterns and relationships and then predict outcomes in real-world situations.