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Integrated Social Studies and Art Lesson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the Civil War and the Underground Railroad. In groups, they create coded quilts like those used in the Underground Railroad. They review secret codes used, plan a phrase they would like to use, and paint quilt...
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Building on Ground Zero

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research safety feature and building code changes that were recommended in response to major disasters, including fire, hurricanes, and terrorist acts. They understand how knowledge gained from disasters has influenced changes...
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Fundamental Algebraic Skills

For Students 8th - 9th
In this fundamental algebraic skills worksheet, students solve 11 various problems that include various algebraic skills. First, they use the coded wheel to answer 2 questions about a message. Then, kids substitute the given numbers for...
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The Mission of the Prophets

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars examine the purpose and significance of the Manifestations of God. They create a code-breaker chart and uncover a hidden message in a puzzle, read a story and answer discussion questions, and write a reflection and...
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Exploring Ethical Issues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn about ethical issues and its connection to journalism. Students examine examples of ethical issues some journalists have faced. in small groups, students collaborate to write a code of ethics for their school newspaper....
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Electric Circuits

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders build a simple circuit which transmits Morse code using a battery, bulb, wire, switch, and tape. They analyze problems that arise while transmitting their messages to each other.
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Binary and Communication Systems

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in an activity that introduces them to the concept of binary coding as a language. They decode messages using special boards that has its own code for different letters. They create new codes by rearranging wires...
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Condon Bingo

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use COndon Bingo to decipher genetic codes. Students practice transcription and translation of codons while playing the game. They enjoy playing the game, while actively participating. Students develop an increase proficiency...
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The Good, the Bad, And the Ethicist

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore their own code of ethics by writing and talking about ethical dilemmas from their own lives. They examine how a professional ethicist addresses ethical dilemmas by reading and discussing "The Ethicist: No Edit."...
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Word Problem Primer

For Students 9th - 12th
In this word problem worksheet, students are given directions and guidance as to how to solve word problems. They are given the variables used in word problems, the math codes, how to change letters into formulas and 5 steps to solving...
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An Introduction to Mathematica and the "Birthday Problem"

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders determine the probability of two people in their class sharing the same birthday.  In this determining the probability of two people in their class sharing the same birthday problem lesson, 12th graders use...
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Art -- The Secret to Freedom

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a coded message in a quilt. In this art instructional activity students demonstrate the communication used by the Underground Railroad. Students work in a group to make a quilt with a code in it.
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Smart Move!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners visualize a communication system. They encode, decode, transmit, receive and store messages. Students use a code sheet and flashlight for this process. They will also maintain a storage sheet from which they can retrieve...
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Juggling (Day 1)

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students demonstrate the juggling code, and 2 and 3scarf/ball juggling, utilizing the scoop underhand throw, Accurate Toss Zone and criss-cross pattern. They participate in an initiative task called group juggling, attempting to pass as...
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Using Technology To Teach Parallel Lines With Transversals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the relationships between angles formed by two lines cut by a transversal when lines are and are not parallel. They define key vocabulary terms, then using a camera take pictures at their school of parallel lines with...
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Protein Synthesis

For Students 9th - 12th
In this protein synthesis learning exercise, high schoolers identify the proper amino acids given the mRNA codons. They also identify the mRNA codon given the DNA code and the amino acid it codes for. Students answer questions about...
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Caesar Ciphers: An Introduction to Cryptography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners brainstorm and discuss the concept of cryptography, the science of secrets in today's world and then focus on a system for sending secret messages used by Julius Caesar. They make a Caesar wheel assessing encrypting and...
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Alchemy and Chemical Symbols

For Students 7th - 11th
For this alchemy worksheet, students read about how alchemists kept their experiment notes in secret code. Students design their own secret code for the given elements. This worksheet has 2 problems to solve.
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Fifty Dollar Word$

For Students 5th - 6th
In this proving words have an exact value of $50 worksheet, students use the "Secret Coded Letter Values" to encode each word and use any math operation in any order or combination. Students encode 5 answers.
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Goldentail's Rounding Railroad

For Students 5th - 6th
In this number puzzle worksheet, learners solve 24 equations in each of two sets of multiplication and division problems. They circle each answer and round them to the nearest whole number. They use the secret code that is shown in a box...
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Harriet Tubman

For Teachers K - 4th
Students sing the song "Harriet Tubman" by Walter Robinson. In this African-American history instructional activity, students review code words that were used during the slave trade and listen to the song "Harriet Tubman". Students...
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Pie Chart: Favorite Animal at the Zoo

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these three interpreting a pie chart and answering questions worksheets, students use the data provided to label and color code the blank and outlined pie charts, read and interpret a completed pie chart, and then answer questions...
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Taking the Mystery Out of Mesopotamia

For Teachers 1st
Students locate Mesopotamia on the map and explain the importance of its location. In this Mesopotamia lesson, students understand why the new discoveries of Mesopotamia were so important to civilization. Students participate in...
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Sing Out Loud: The Slave Spirituals Historical and Cultural Implications during Reconstruction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify, summarize and present facts about cultural, educational and political inequalities of Reconstruction, explain hidden codes of slave spirituals and their importance in slaves' communication, and create poetry based on...

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