Lesson Plan
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The Hawaiian Islands

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders present information of people, places, and environments. They collect, organize, and analyze date to use with these representations.
Lesson Plan
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Grain Seeds and Food

For Teachers K - 1st
Students observe the characteristics of different seed types. They classify, sort, name and write about the seeds.
Lesson Plan
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Sonnet Project

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use the internet to examine how the Gutenberg press affected society as a whole. Using examples of illuminated type, they develop type in three different formats. They share their types with the class and answer...
Lesson Plan
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Pineapple Stars

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students watch a demonstration on how to create pineapple stars. As a class, they review the different types of fabrics and the best ones to use for this activity. They share their creation with the class and ask for constructive...
Lesson Plan
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Mother Earth - Father Sky

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research and write about Cyrus Dillan. They explain one of Dillan's sculptures. Students locate six constellations and two planets. They research and write about the daily life of the Pawnee.
Lesson Plan
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Insect Unit

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use technology to investigate the concept of an insect. They use Kidspiration in order to create an insect. Then research is conducted to match the picture with the correct insect. Then students write a report about the...
Lesson Plan
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the Impact of the U.s. Supreme Court on High School Journalism.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study of the First Amendment, Tinker, Hazelwood and the Colorado Student Free Expression Law. They discuss the ramifications on the student press and recite their memorized First Amendment rights. They discover what can...
Lesson Plan
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Travelogue of a Planet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students randomly select a planet, including Earth. They research key features of the planet including mass, volume, density, gravity, temperature, weather, geology, atmosphere, surface features, location from sun, Earth and other...
Lesson Plan
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M&M Statistics

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners determine the difference between guessing and making a prediction. They discuss what they could graph using a bag of M&M's. They take a Raw data sample and convert it into a sample. They graph the actual results and combine...
Article
Popular Science

Popular Science: Scientists Color Silk by Feeding Silkworms Fabric Dyes

For Students 9th - 10th
Account of experiments scientists are performing to get silkworms to produce colored silk.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sort Bears by Color Graph

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Sorting by color and creating a real graph from the results.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sort by Color

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart to review sorting of shapes by color.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sorting Shapes by Color

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart to review sorting of shapes by color.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: 7 Groundbreaking Inventions by Latino Innovators

For Students 9th - 10th
From entertainment devices to lifesaving medical technologies, Latino inventors have advanced humankind through their contributions. Latino inventors have created revolutionary devices that have transformed our everyday world - and often...
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Jackie Robinson

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn about the man who "broke the color barrier in major league baseball," Jackie Robinson. This article overviews Robinson's sports career, includes images, and provides "related links" for further reading and...
Handout
Other

University of Edinburgh: Glossary of Introductory Computer Graphics Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, from the University of Edinburgh, provides a lengthy glossary of computer graphics terms written by Olin Lathrop, author of "The Way Computer Graphics Work". This site provides simple definitions of basic terms; no graphics...
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Shale

For Students 9th - 10th
Originating as clay or mud, shale is a sedimentary rock formed by deposits of small particles by slow moving water. Wikipedia includes color images and discusses composition and deposition.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Getting to Know You

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In the beginning of the school year, introduce your students to each other by answering the questions on this flipchart.
Interactive
Toy Theater

Toy Theater: Multiplication Chart 1 to 12

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn multiplication by using this versatile interactive times table grid. Users can find the product of two numbers from 1 through 12, color in rows and columns, and look for patterns throughout the chart.
Graphic
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...