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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur: Cooperate

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teach your children some cooperative games to play with friends, in this activity from Arthur.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Cooperation Assessment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Ask young scholars to think critically about their previous experiences with cooperative learning and physical education activities. This website provides a list of questions that students need to answer on their own. Turned-in responses...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Cooperative Learning: Sneak Attack

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Teach you students "Sneak attack," and enforce the importance of cooperation while playing this game. Game requires simple equiptment as well as students' knowledge of the terms "Offense," and "Defense."
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Other

Laura Candler: Sylverster and the Magic Pebble Activities [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Lesson plan utilizing cooperative learning for use with the book Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig. Includes printable word-sort cards and discussion question cards.
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Other

United States Postal Service: Voice of an Extraordiary Educator [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the Postal Service's Education Kits, this pamphlet, from the Visionary Voices series, is about Anna Julia Cooper, who was an African American educator, feminist, and scholar throughout the late 19th century and the fist half of...
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Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Sample Guided Reading Lesson [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This text on the topic of Women's Rights from Scholastic has been reformatted into a guided reading lesson plan where students can see annotated examples of active reading, stop at logical places in the text to answer discussion...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Oranges How Many Sections Are Inside?

For Teachers K - 1st
In this biology investigation students will be asked to attempt to determine how many sections exist in an orange without having peeled it. Students will work in small cooperative groups. Each group will be able to use a small magnifying...
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Other

National Geographic: Jason Learning

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Educators and students will enjoy visiting the JASON Project, a NASA and National Geographic cooperation which works to provide accurate and intriguing scientific knowledge for students.
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Learning: Focus on Inquiry [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This document provides supports for implementing inquiry-based learning activities in the classroom and is intended for teachers working on their own or in teams, with or without the support of a teacher-librarian or other library...
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CPALMS

Ice Cream Truck Favorites

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will determining the top three flavors of ice cream bars that an ice cream truck should serve. Students must work in cooperative groups as they work to...
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CPALMS

Moving on Up

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will be preparing for a move to another state. Students must work in cooperative groups as they determine which moving company will be the best for...
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PE Central

Pe Central: High Middle School Pe Lesson Ideas: Progressive Bowling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together in "progressive bowling" to knock down all ten pins. This activity requires students to work together and to practice their rolling technique. Includes ideas for varying this activity and assessing students...
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Other

Cooper: Alan Cooper's Homonyms

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
An alphabetical list of homonyms: words of different meanings that sound the same. Also includes a humorous look at homonyms in the "All about Homonyms" link.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Determine the Vertices of Transformed Images

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This hands-on lesson uses exploration and discovery to help students determine the coordinates of the vertices of various figures when translated, rotated, or reflected in a coordinate plane. The exploration phase will access students'...
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Other

Points of Light

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The mission of the organization is to instill compassion and the idea of service and philanthropy in school children. Find out how to start a Care Club and what projects the children can participate in.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Life's Little Lessons: Sharing

For Students Pre-K - K
There will be times in life when everyone needs to share. By having caring adults around who can help young children learn that sharing is one way to build friendships, children can learn that sharing with friends (who have become...
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Other

Social Psychology Network: Jigsaw Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The "official web site of the jigsaw classroom",- a cooperative learning technique which was developed by Elliot Aronson. The jigsaw approach is considered to promote better learning, improve student motivation, and increase enjoyment of...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Take a 2nd Look"

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This strategy's focus is to promote higher-order thinking skills and cooperative learning.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Take a 2nd Look"

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This strategy's focus is to promote higher-order thinking skills and cooperative learning. Good resource.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Ed "Interpreting Maxims"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes motivating students to read, encouraging students to use critical thinking skills, cooperative learning and shared experiences, and appreciation...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Beauty"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes promoting cooperative learning, encouraging the integration of knowledge and creativity, the importance of looking beyond the physical, and the...
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education

The Island of the Blue Dolphins: Mission Santa Barbara

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the novel "The Island of the Blue Dolphins," by Scott O'Dell. This site offers an interactive technology related activity for this book.
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The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute Online: Coming to Our Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help students make "Sense," of their senses by using them in the classroom. Site provides discovery activities students can do on themselves, in their classrooms and around campus. A scavenger hunt is also provided.
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My Science Site

Beneath the Sea: Blowing Ballast [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students dive down deep as they experience a hands-on activity and build a model of a submersible. Lesson plan includes a web connection, a teaching guide, extensions to learning as well as curriculum links and national science...

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