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ESL: Demonstratives-This/These/That/Those

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL demonstratives activity, learners match pictures to sentences, order words correctly to form sentences, complete multiple choice questions and fill in blanks with correct demonstratives: this/that/these/those.
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Living and Nonliving Things

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish between living and nonliving objects, and compare living organisms and nonliving objects.
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The All About Me Poster

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils write about themselves and create a poster to illustrate who they are.
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Surfin' the U.S.A. with Road Rabbit

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students take virtual field trips to places in the U.S.A. in conjunction with the stops made by the class mascot, Road Rabbit. As Road Rabbit travels to his destination(s) via snail mail, so do the students via the Internet.
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The Android Factory

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students explore the idea that primitive virtual 3D objects can be reshaped to infinitely original combinations using additive and subtractive methods. They create 3-D objects with a computer which necessitates a cooperation of...
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Weather Watch

For Teachers K - 8th
Students complete a series of lessons in which they study daily weather patterns and examine extreme weather conditions. They complete activities that range from visual observation of daily weather to building a weather station and...
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Astronomy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the rotation of the Earth and observe the shapes of constellations. After discussing how the Earth moves. volunteers use a flashlight and globe to model the movement of the sun-Earth system. Using Digitalis technology,...
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What's Up?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students compare and contrast the various heavenly bodies found in the sky at night. They identify the moon and stars in the sky as well as how the stars form pictures called constellations. Students also experiment with reflection and...
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Dream Streets

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders conduct research on the internet to discover the principles of drawing using one and two point perspectives. After examining street scenes by Edward Hopper and postcards of Main Street USA in Disney, they write about and...
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Touring the World With Tomie dePaola

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners listen aloud to books by Tomie dePaola. They utilize the Internet to study the geography and culture of the places the they read about in Tomie dePaola's books. They answer questions about Norway through an Internet treasure hunt.
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The Right to Vote

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this voting worksheet, students identify and discuss changes in voting rights throughout American history. Then, they identify why voting is an important right for Americans. Finally, students create voting bookmarks instead of or in...
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Alphabet Adventure Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the alphabet. In this Alphabet Adventure lesson plan, students work with their prior knowledge of the alphabet to discuss different print and non-print sources.
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Exploring Technology in Careers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discover how technology is used in the workplace. In this careers lesson, students compare and contrast careers and how technology is incorporated into each of them. Learners set goals to achieve their ideal career.
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Let's Walk That Talk

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners present speeches. In this philanthropy activity, students invite another class to come visit. They talk about philanthropy and present persuasive speeches written in a previous activity. The visiting learners answer the question...
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Voting Process

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students study and participate in the voting process. In this voting process lesson, students read Duck for President and vote on class snacks. Students create posters for the class snacks and present them to the class. Students tally...
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Centers for Increasing Learning Capability and Engagement for Students with Autism

For Teachers K - 5th
Students increase capacity for learning. In this engagement lesson, autistic students complete computer modules to assist them with increasing learning capability in all subject areas. 
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Crime School Investigations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars solve a mystery at their school. In this classifying lesson, students find suspects who committed the crime. Young scholars categorize them into race, sex, and fingerprint type. Students show their results in graphs.
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My Giving Tree

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify native and invasive trees. In this ecology lesson, students survey trees in their schoolyard and identify the species. Students adopt a native tree sprout and record the growth in a journal.
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Our Brand of Segregation - West Texas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the concept of segregation. In this oral history activity, students conduct interviews and research primary sources to learn about segregation practices that affected African Americans. Students present their research...
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Getting Ready for Graduation

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Learners create a presentation about their life. In this technology lesson, students are assigned a graduate and compile information about the person through interviews.  Learners then find photographs of the person and create a...
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Farewell to Manzanar: Racism and Point of View

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students create a presentation on the computer of the reactions and memories of people who were around during the attacks at Pearl Harbor. In this Pearl Harbor lesson plan, students interview people who were there, discuss the racism,...
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Local Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate heroes in their community by presenting a story of a true hero to their class.  In this storytelling lesson, students interview a local person who has performed a heroic deed and create a presentation with...
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I Went Walking Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study writing structure and patterns in repetitive texts. In this writing structure lesson, students read portions of a story and predict what will come next based on the repetitive text. Students create their own repetitive...
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Freedom of Information Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Freedom of Information Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions,...