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United Nations Mini-Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners demonstrate the ability to develop questions and ideas to initiate and refine research. They demonstrate the ability to conduct research and to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas. They design World Peace Flags.
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Posters for a Charity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners examine Keith Haring's work. They create posters influenced by Haring that aim to inspire awareness and change.
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Blood Pressure and Heart Disease

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore the major causes of heat attacks as the topics of the human circulatory system, blood pressure, heart disease, arteries and veins are examined. Opinions on the topics are developed as researched material is...
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Ancient Egyptian Culture

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in a Webquest on Ancient Egypt. They identify clothing and jewelry, list the steps of mummification, decipher hieroglyphics, and complete a Travel Log.
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Comparing Edible Communities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the components of a community by creating analogies between aspects of a community and ingredients within a recipe. They view and discuss pictures, write analogies, and generate a product from a recipe.
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Secrets of the Shoes

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students compare the Chinese practice of footbinding to the Western practice of wearing corsets to discover universal issues involving women's rights. The lesson emphasizes small group discussions.
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Visual Patterns in Tessellations

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners explore tessellations as well as various types of polygon. Students examine tessellating patterns in the world around them. Learners examine tessellations by creating their own tessellations and completing the included worksheet.
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Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the Pythagorean theorem. They use three different activities that give students the opportuntiy to observe triangles, and use the Pythagorean theorem and practice different ways of determining areas of...
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An Introduction to Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore different types of quadrilaterals. Students define the terminology used with quadrilaterals. They create particular quadrilaterals based on specific characteristics of the quadrilaterals using an online tool.
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Threats to Validity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the components of the scientific habits of mind. In groups, they use this information and relate it to scientific investigations. They develop strategies to evaluate information and evidence and how to question sources...
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Post-Secondary Checklist

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders answer the question what is next for them and identify how life is going to be different after high school. As a class, they share their life experiences in elementary and middle school and then predict how it might be...
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Text hunt

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore, research and develop new methods for evaluating information received from an original piece of text. They distinguish between easy and difficult forms of text and each group presents their findings and new methods to...
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Naked Egg Drop

For Students 7th - 9th
In this science project worksheet, students create a container that catches a raw egg and prevents it from breaking. They measure that the container is under 19.5 inches in width and length. Students also calculate their scores from the...
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Could--May--Might--Must

For Students 4th - 6th
Helping verbs and modals are the focus of this worksheet. Students read and answer 8 questions in 2 different ways using the past forms of modals. Very good grammatical practice for upper-elementary students.
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Problem Solving: Steps and Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of problem solving strategies. In this problem solving strategies lesson, students discuss methods for solving problems such as re-reading a problem, stating the facts, drawing a picture and so on. Students...
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Circle, Secants

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify the secant segment of a circle. In this geometry lesson plan, students investigate secant lines formed outside the circle. They use Cabri software to create drawings and explore circles and secants.
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Exploring Secants: Products of Segments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore secants and circles. In this geometry instructional activity, students identify the properties of two and three dimensional shapes. They create arguments to prove the theorems are true.
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Exploring Chords: Products of Chord Segments

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify the properties of chords. In this geometry lesson plan, students multiply chord segments to find the solution to their problem. They construct two chords that cross on  a circles.
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Product of Chord Segments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students creating chords intersection using circles. For this geometry lesson, students create visuals of chords ad their properties using Cabri technology. They measure the chords and explore the relationship among chords.
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What Would You Fly?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web site, demonstrate an understanding of the text by writing an essay that applies the information found in the slides to a real-life question.
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Creating Polygons

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students describe, make and compare polygons. In this creating polygons instructional activity, students identify properties of quadrilaterals and describe common features of two dimensional shapes.
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Body Changes in Space

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners explain the cause of and effects of fluid shift in a microgravity environment. Students identify the effects of microgravity during long duration space flight. Learners describe research on cardiovascular effects in microgravity...
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Calendar and Opening

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review the days of the week and tell what the current day is by singing a song. They fill in the sentence telling the day of the week it is and then discuss what day yesterday was and the name of the day tomorrow and then talk...
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Propulsion Pop!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners demonstrate an understanding of the text by completing a propulsion activity, charting the results, and answering questions that demonstrate an understanding of rocket propulsion.

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