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From Future Flight to Past Flight

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students complete a set of CD-ROM's to introduce them to the flight program at NASA. In groups, they research a topic related to flight and put their information on a CD-ROM. To end the lesson, they share their material with other...
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The Desert Biome

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a visual presentation of the characteristics of a biome. Working in small groups, students use traditional and online resources to gather data concerning biomes. Students use their information to create a bulletin board...
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Changing Circumstances, Changing U.S. Foreign Policy

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars examine how relationships between countries change overtime. They identify the factors that play a role in altering the relationships and contribute to U.S. foreign policy toward their country of research. Groups conduct...
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Eli Whitney: A Top Ten Inventor?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct research and present their findings in a persuasive manner. Then they work in groups to enhance the development of cooperative work skills. Students also present their findings through persuasive skills in writing and/or...
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Collecting Data and Graphing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice collecting and graphing data using interlocking cubes. For this graphing lesson, partners count cubes and graph them. They also use a meter stick to measure arm span and height then compare the results with the class as...
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Leaf Pack Study

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students conduct an experiment using leaf packs.  In this leaf lesson plan students complete an activity in groups and complete a handout. 
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To Infinity and Beyond...Magazine of Planetary Studies

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students demonstrate their creativity by creating a magazine to express expository text. In this expository text lesson plan, students create a magazine in groups to creatively make text interesting.
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China: One Nation: Two Futures

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the evolution of Chinese communism to its present export-driven economy. Working in groups, they examine various articles about reforms in Chinese society. They write essays about the impact of political reform on...
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World War II Review

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders review previously presented material on World War II and discover how the world was at that time. They, in groups, participate in map work designed to explain Axis and Allied countries using toy army men.
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What Is the Food Pyramid?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners are introduced to the USDA Food Pyramid. They discuss good nutrition and work cooperatively with the class to assemble a food pyramid puzzle.
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Tidepool Island Biogeography

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students experience and test island biogeography ideas by comparing diversity and abundance of rocky inter-tidal patches. Working, in groups of three, they investigate rocks and creatures found in a tidepool. Lesson plan designed for...
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Mini Books/Texture Collage

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students, in groups, create a minibook with simulated textures using crayons and a rubbing technique. They create a cut paper collage from crayon rubbings.
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Literature Collaborative Learning Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, from Israel study literature in English. They practice communicating in the language and to write poems. They create a website in English describing aspects of their country.
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The Classroom Easter Egg Hunt

For Teachers K - 5th
Students work cooperatively to discover hidden Easter eggs in the classroom using prepositions of location. They record the location of the eggs on the worksheet found at the included web link but do not move it so others can find it.
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Medical Marijuana - Legitimate Use Or Legalized Abuse?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, discuss opinions about medical marijuana use. They form their own opinion about the U.S Supreme Court case involving this issue.
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Elders as Resources Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners participate in an Elders as Resources project. In groups, they work with their elders of the community to exchange viewpoints in which they can discover aspects about each other previously unknown. They also examine the case...

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