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Oh, Give Them a Home!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the habitat of the American bison and its role in the life of the Native Americans. They investigate how the bison effect the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Geometric Figures

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students identify two and three dimensional shapes and use appropriate geometric vocabulary to write a description of the figure by taking pictures of geometric figures in their own environment.
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World War II Multimedia Newscast: History, Technology, Journalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compose a multi-media newscast on various subjects relating to WWII to demonstrate their knowledge and ability to research.
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Birth, Growth, And Development

For Teachers K - 5th
Students understand that all living things have a life cycle that includes being born, developing into an adult, reproducing, and eventually dying.
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Hazard Identification Activity

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify the types of hazards in their classrooom. They develop a plan to eliminate as many of them as possible. They practice earthquake drills to be better prepared during an emergency.
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Collaboration and Communication Tools-1

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars use telecommunications and online resources to participate in activities that develop solutions outside the classroom. They use email attachments and FAX to send their finished letters describing why people should or...
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We Need Cash

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe charitable, religious, and civic services in their community, and argue for the value of these services. They write a one-page explanation as to why this service is important to the community and why it deserves $5,000.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students imagine a time when there was no electricity. They work in small groups to list as many inventions as they can and discuss lists and have student groups choose two or three inventions and explore the disadvantages and advantages...
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My Favourite Place

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders reflect back on a favorite place they knew as a child. Using Inspiration software, 9th graders write phrases that remind them of their favorite place. Students simulate being a reporter and interview other classmates...
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Steamers Lesson 1: Background Information

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the use of steamboats in North Carolina. After reading background information, they take notes on their reading and participate in a class discussion. They complete a KWL chart and share what they have gathered in small...
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Steamers Lesson 1: Design and Construction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the use of steamboats in North Carolina. In groups, they design and contruct their own small models of steamboats using simple materials. They test their models in water and share how they were built and why. ...
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Alien Story:

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose 10 aliens (or any character) from the alien palette in Kidspiration. Have students write what the aliens are saying to each other in the text boxes. Use the listen tool to actually hear them talk to each other.
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Pilots, Drivers, and Captains

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus, then change the words for a boat.
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Deep Jungle: New Frontiers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the world's rainforests for unusual plant and animal species. They explore how biologists use infrared cameras to explore jungles.
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Great Depression's Impact on Organized Labor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate that labor unions recruited more workers to join their ranks during the Depression, and speculate as to why this growth occurred when it did. They research the impact of federal legislation of the New Deal (esp. the...
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Film Interpretation of the Great Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause-effect relationships in United States, world, and Washington State history. They also analyze the chronology of the history.
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Something Rotten in West Bloomfield!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Student groups seek a possible ecological problem in the West Bloomfield area then either photograph or videotape the problem. They investigate how to measure the extent of the problem and do it.
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Like Comparing Bison and Fish

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the cultures of early American Indians in North America and how geographic characteristics impacted the development of American Indian cultures. Students discuss Lewis and Clark, their journey, the Plains Indians,...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read and discuss Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Then they invent a candy bar, name it and draw a picture of it. Finally, they write a short descriptive paragraph about it.
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A Look At Spending

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use an outdated budget to examine what the county spends its money on for its citizens. Using county information, they describe how the Board of Supervisors make budget decisions and how it can shape public policy. ...
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The Cyrano Project

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a variety of activities in a thorough study of the play, Cyrano De Bergerac. They discuss the themes of the play and how they relate to their own lives. They produce and perform their own interpretation of the...
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Breaking News English: Disney in Talks to Buy Pixar

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read "Disney in Talks to Buy Pixar," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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A Jazz Talk Show

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils analyze and describe music while connecting it to history and culture. They gain experience in theatre arts skills and writing. They use the Internet to do research in order to find out the most about this subject.
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Alien Story

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice correct punctuation when writing a conversation by using clip art "characters" and the Inspiration or Kidspiration educational computer software. This great language arts lesson is intended for an upper-elementary...