Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vitamin D and Me

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a graphic organizer showing the importance of Vitamin D intake. In this Vitamin D lesson, Students list problems with Vitamin D deficiency and create poster boards in small groups. Individually, students will create menus...
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Note Names and Note Values-An Interactive SMART Board Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss note names and symbols. For this music lesson, students identify note names and values. Students play a game using the SMART board in which they identify note names and values.
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Technical Merits

For Teachers 5th - 12th
What is technical knowledge? The class explores what technical knowledge might mean to an Olympic athlete. They catalog the different types of information that athletes would need to compete in various Winter Olympic sports and develop...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

PUPPETRY

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore world cultures through their puppetry. Your students explore puppets that are used in various cultures and create their own. The Internet experiences in this lesson are designed to be teacher-directed whole class...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Upcycled Garment or Art Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the importance of recycling waste products. In this art lesson, students research different upcycled fashion designs and accessories. They design their own product and present it in class.
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Understanding Characters

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students analyzing characters from a story by creating an article about one.  In this story analysis lesson, students read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and pick one character to write descriptively about....
Activity
Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Invent a Board Game [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in games? Have you innovative ideas? Use your imagination to create a story-based board game with inspiration from two early computer game designers.