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Peter The Butterfly
Pupils complete an interdisciplinary unit chronicling the life cycle and movement patterns of the butterfly. Through language arts, mathematics, and science activities, students identify various types of butterflies and document the...
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Project H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment)
Students explore career paths by creating a job scrapbook. In this employment lesson, students discuss what types of skills employers look for in the job market. Students decide on a career they would like to explore by...
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Smart Jeopardy Review
Learners review information from their class by participating in a mock Jeopardy game. In this study habits lesson, students view Jeopardy style questions from a PowerPoint presentation and answer them via a Smart Board....
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Ownership of Lands
High schoolers study the levels of forest ownership and how each are managed. In this land ownership lesson students research timber companies and complete a writing assignment.
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Creating Animal Prints
Students investigate the habits of animals by studying their prints. In this animal life activity, students investigate the different types of tracks left from animals by researching the Internet. Students utilize clay or...
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Form Follows Function
Students design a chair with function in mind. For this design lesson, students design a chair out of newspaper that is strong enough to hold a "peanut ball". Students discuss how the form follows the function. This lesson includes...
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The Alphabet
Young scholars discover the letters of the alphabet by participating in a game. In this phonics instructional activity, students create books about themselves using their favorite toys and pets. Young scholars utilize a...
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On Market Street
Second graders study basic facts about consumers and consumer goods. The book "On Market Street" is used in this lesson.
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Serving Up Reality
Students consider the factors that go into running a restaurant and examine how the restaurant industry impacts the economy of the United States. They create skeleton proposals for new restaurants and consider the costs of this type of...
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Fuel for Thought
Students explore the mathematical concepts used to compare different types of vehicles. They create a print advertisement in which they persuade an audience to purchase a specific vehicle.
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Putting It on the Map
Learners consider the purpose of various types of maps and their different uses throughout history. They create their own maps and reflect on the map-making process.
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Shaken Up
Students discuss the type of information that they expect to read in news coverage of earthquakes. They explore the devastating aftermath of an earthquake in South and Southeast Asia and research and write their own articles describing...
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So You Want to Drive an Automobile?
Students research types of auto insurance that are required in the state of Florida. They choose an automobile and find the cost of insurance to legally drive it.
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Water Quest
Students visit the Hydrology Study Site, conduct a visual survey to discover info about local land use and water quality, and document their findings by mapping the water body. They use this investigation to raise questions for further...
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Water Walk
Young scholars follow the appropriate sampling protocol and take two measurements of a local water source. These measurements are Transparency and Temperature. This info about local land use and/or water chemistry issues may require...
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Weather Forecasting Unit
Pupils study weather concepts, mapping, characteristics in this series of lessons.
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Right Triangle Geometry
Students study the basic principles of right triangle geometry needed to solve for unknown values of a right triangle. They apply and master the principles of right triangle geometry by solving problems.
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Capital Punishment
Eighth graders research capital punishment and then type a six paragraph paper.
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Jobs on File
Middle schoolers gather information about how people in their community make a living through surveys and interviews, organize the data, and create a Jobs on File notebook for completed surveys.
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LIONS and TIGERS and BEARS. . .Oh My! Animals of Connecticut and the World
Students identify and list the different types of pets owned by the children in the class.
They graph the total number of each type of pet owned. They draw or cut-out a picture of an animal. Using the materials listed above, the children...
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Using Information Resources
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is intended to develop the skills of research to find the proper resources needed to find information. The lesson includes dialogue boxes that is intended for the teacher to use for direct...
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Maps! Maps! Maps!
Third graders examine and identify different types of maps. They review the types of projections and which maps are better for different information. They answer comprehension questions at the end of the lesson plan.
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Harvesting Trees
Middle schoolers examine and discuss benefits and process of harvesting trees, analyze, compare, and contrast computer-generated depictions of three different types of tree harvesting methods, read Harvesting Trees flier, and answer...
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Outdoor Survivors
Fifth graders complete a survey to decide what are most popular plants among the class. They test the water quality in a nearby pond. Studnts test the quality of soil samples taken from their homes. Different plants are moistened with...