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Can You Beat Jet Lag?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the health condition of jet lag. Using mealworms, they test the effect of light on the development of them into adults. They answer discussion questions and examine the relationship of age and one's activity level.
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Cave Painting

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create replica cave paintings using flowing lines, texture, and earth colors.
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Ocean Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore a simulated ocean floor. In this environmental lesson plan, students take on roles of an ocean dive team exploring the ocean floor. Dive logs will be created and the learners will explore their sections of simulated...
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Ocean Currents

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students determine how water and wind affect ocean currents. In this science investigation lesson, students follow the provided steps to enable them to consider how explorers may have used ocean currents to their advantage.
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Unsafe Waters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate deep sea explorations and the challenges that can occur.  In this deep-sea exploration instructional activity students work in groups and create a deep sea exploration mural. 
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Elodea Lab

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students observe the changes between elodea leaves placed in darkness and light.  In this life science instructional activity, students experiment to find evidence of photosynthesis in elodea leaves. Students use indicators to detect the...
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Love of Learning

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss times when learning has been fun and when it hasn't. They imagine that the are going for a ride in an aeroplane. Students imagine that they are looking through the window at the land below, they see the uneven shape...
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Science: Day and Night

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils listen to the Sky Tellers Native American story, "Ant Dances for Light," and illustrate it. They observe how Earth's rotation results in periods of darkness and light. Students investigate how day length varies throughout the...
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The Art of Making Do

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars learn how to understand and use fabrics in a scrap quilt. They will gain the most if they can actually compose a quilt (or the beginnings of one) within class time.Quilting is a skill that is difficult for younger children...
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Good Old-Fashioned Books

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Teen Read Week offers learners the chance to discover the educational, as well as entertainment, value of reading.
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Yesterday in Energy

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Clever! Collaborative groups of environmental scientists create a museum exhibit and presentation for an energy-using activity such as heating a home or transportation. They must compare past to present use of energy for that particular...
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Cooperative Conjectures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners compare and contrast how animals have coexisted with humans. They also identify industrial changes and how animals were affected. They use the internet to research information and present their findings to the class.
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The Minoans and Mycenaeans

For Teachers 6th - 8th
You can use this PowerPoint to aid your lesson on the Minoans and Mycenaeans. The developments of these ancient cultures are outlined with corresponding facts and images. Tip: After your lesson, have students create a timeline of the...
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Who are the Greeks?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Who are the Greeks and where did they come from? Answer this and many other interesting questions related to Greek origins. You'll expose your class to the Minoan, Mycenaeans, and Dorians. Then they'll uncover how those three cultures...
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A Sample of What?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students are introduced to the connection between women and the textile industry. Using primary source documents, they complete a handout on how gender roles have changed over the years. They examine a sampler which is connected to the...
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Ancient Greece

For Students 5th - 7th
In this ancient Greece worksheet, students read a factual story giving the basic history of the Minoans and Mycenaeans. Students answer 8 questions.
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Michelangelo: Artist and Man

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to Michelangelo in this A&E influenced lesson plan.
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Senior English Beowulf Test

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
The first thirty-seven questions on this assessment check for knowledge of the events in Beowulf. The short answer prompt asks readers to identify five characteristics of an epic and to give examples from Beowulf in support. Finally,...
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Sandwich Stratigraphy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Two activities are included in this resource. In the first, junior geologists model sedimentary rock layers, apply the Law of Superposition, and demonstrate folding and faulting of the Earth's crust. The model is technically a sandwich....
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Eccentricity and Sound

For Teachers 4th - 12th
What do Lady Gaga and Dame Edith Sitwell have in common? As they examine Sitwell's poetry, class members learn that the similarities are far more than their unique appearance.
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Using Your Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
Here is a terrific lesson that uses a special State Quarter as a learning tool. This one uses the Alabama State Quarter. During this lesson, pupils learn about their five senses. They make observations about what is in paper bags using...
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Texture Hunts and More: Madonna and Child with Saints

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate different painting techniques by studying classic works of art.  In this art history activity, students observe the famous Madonna and Child with Saints painting and describe the texture and images they notice....
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World Literature: "One Evening in the Rainy Season" Shi Zhecun

For Teachers 12th
Did you know that modern Chinese literature “grew from the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud”? Designed for a world literature class, seniors are introduced to “One Evening in the Rainy Season,” Shi Zhecun’s stream of...
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Fourth Grade Science

For Students 4th
For this science worksheet, 4th graders answer multiple choice questions about natural objects, rainfall, the solar system, and more. Students complete 25 questions.

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