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Tiling the Classroom

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students see how to identify regular polygons, how to slide, turn and flip polygons, and why certain polygons tessellate better than others. Groups create a one foot square design to be used to tile the classroom. Great lesson!
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Role Playing Relating to Big Decisions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
While most high schoolers are too young to vote, they still need to learn the skills needed to solve problems. The ninth resource in a 10-part civics series presents class members with four "What Would You Do?" scenarios that have them...
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Scholastic

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Celebrate the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss with a lesson that features the memorable tale of The Lorax. After listening to a riveting read-aloud, scholars take part in a grand conversation about the story and environment. Then...
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Reading and Talking with Peers: A Carousel of Photos and Texts about Frogs

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Frogs are the theme of a lesson plan that challenges scholars to examine photographs, read informational texts, then ask and answer questions. Scholars work collaboratelively as they rotate through stations, discuss their observations,...
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Health Smart Virginia

Relationship Skills and Communication

For Teachers 7th
Relationship and communication skills are the heart of a lesson that focuses on passive, aggressive, and assertive communication. After examining examples of each type, teams develop an assertive, win/win solution that resolves a conflict.
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Get your Snow People Here

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students recall information from the story Snowballs to complete a story map. They also compare and contrast two Snow People and cooperatively create an original snow person.
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Cooperative Group Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together to develop a city landscape using various symbols. Using the various elements, they justify the placement of each symbol and discover the importance of location and accessibility. They present their landscape to...
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Working Together to Solve a Problem

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a food and clothing drive at their school. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students listen to the story Selavi, That is Life, to help them understand homelessness. Then, students brainstorm ways to implement...
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Back to the Past

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What was the Untied States like in 1938? What were the concerns of Americans in the post World War I era? What were their fears? What were their sources of news and entertainment? To understand the reaction to Orson Welles' radio...
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Communicate - Without Talking?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students discuss and define communication and identify different ways of communicating with people. Students then practice team building and non-verbal communication skills as they work silently in small teams to put puzzles together.
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Making Friends

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore how to choose and make friends through character cards that represent their favorite characters. They can drerss as their characters or use the cards as stick puppets to role play their friendly conversations.
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Mr Gym

Stepping Stone

For Teachers K - 6th
Challenge your learners to cross a piranha-infested river. Actually, it's just the gym floor, and they are trying to get from point A to point B, but the story makes it a more interesting challenge. Each group has two mats a given...
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What is Brazil's history?

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students research Brazil's history and note the changes that take place over time in Brazil's history. They analyze reasons for changes in Brazil's history and compare and contrast Brazil's history with that of the United States in...
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Skittle Around with Fraction and Percentages

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the interchangeable relationship betweeen fractions and percents. They discuss the concepts using teacher provided questions. Then sutdents work in cooperative groups to maximize scaffolding.
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How Long Does Trash Last

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners work in cooperative groups to estimate how long trash lasts in a landfill. They study environmental consequences of not recycling and use graph-making software to create a graph that illustrates the lifespan of trash items...
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Probability - What Are the Odds?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students define probability and visit an interactive spinner website to learn about theoretical and experimental probability. Students use pennies and work in pairs...
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Treacherous Trash

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the harmful effects people have on the environment. In this environmental lesson, students simulate water pollution clean-up by using tangled objects and untangling them in a cooperative group. Students identify why...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders practice using money in everyday situations. They use their addition and subtraction skills as they work in cooperative groups to solve problems involving decimals.
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Greek mythology (characteristics and features)

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students recognize the features and characteristics of myths, the role myths played in Greek culture, and choose a writing project.  For this Greek mythology lesson, students are introduced to Greek mythology and work in cooperative...
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What Do I Write About?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write as essay describing the cooperative group drawing they made or describing the process to draw a group picture.
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A Relatively Far Out Idea: Estimating

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate methods of estimating through cooperative group activities, hands-on activities, the use of tables and graphs and an interactive video.
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Media Awareness: Helping a Product Cross the Finish Line

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students develop critical thinking skills to understand and create advertisements.  In this journalism lesson, students analyze the elements necessary for effective advertisements and work in cooperative groups to create and present...
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Which Objects Will Sink or Float?

For Teachers 1st
First graders work in cooperative groups and utilize a variety of materials to test objects ability to sink or float. In this sink or float lesson, 1st graders discover why some object sink and others float. Students will graph results...
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Geology: Famous Rock Groups

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, use books to identify types of rocks. They examine the rocks and complete rock evidence charts. Students compose definitions for each rock type and determine uses for igneous rocks by early mankind.

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