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On Our Way to School
First graders create a class graph that illustrates how they get to school and interpret data from the graph. They complete an assessment worksheet independently and answer questions about the graph shown.
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How Are Magnetic Fields Related To Sunspots?
Young scholars discover that sunspots are the result of intense magnetic forces on the photosphere of the sun by observing images from the SOHO satellite.
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What Makes You Scream?
Eighth graders study Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream." They produce their own scream using directional lines as Munch did. Line was used by Munch in a variety of directions(horizontal, vertical and diagonal.
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Interview With...
Students study a portrait and connect its visual components with contemporary understandings of people and their attributes.
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The Making of Steel
Students begin to explain the process, and gain an appreciation, of the enormity of a steel facility and the influence it had on the building of the city to run the steel plant. They access websites imbedded in this plan to view the...
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Composing Communities in College
Learners conduct research about a local community of interest using observation, interviews and written sources. They follow the writing process and produce an essay on the topic.
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Picture Your Numbers
Students play a variation of the Concentration game to practice math skills matching numbers with visual pictures. They have 20 cards, ten with pictures of items drawn on them. They other ten are numbered. They try to match correct pairs.
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Exhibiting Your Knowledge
Learners are introduced to the various museum functions. In groups, they create a traveling exhibition based on Gutenberg's invention and the first printed book. They share their exhibition with the class and answer any questions presented.
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Fireplace detail
Young scholars investigate the different type of architectural designs for fireplaces. They participate in a discussion that starts with several key questions. The lesson progresses and students complete the worksheet accompanying the...
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Six Dynamic Designs for Arts Integrated Curriculum
Students create a recipe for a certain aspect of a culture. They create a culture that has never existed before. They analyze either dance, history, geography, history or the future of space exploration. They compare and contrast...
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Irregular Fractals
Middle schoolers study and research irregular fractals and construct a few based on their research. Students practice pattern recognition skills and plane geometry skills calculating dimensions on the Fractured Pictures activity.
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Can Stack
Students are able to find the rule for summing consecutive numbers;
identify the pattern of triangular numbers. They then solve the given problem using logic and mathematical reasoning.
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Quilting: The Story of the Underground Railroad
Students explore quilting. They read and discuss the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. They research African American quilting traditions on the Internet and name three common qualities in quilts. They create a quilt block...
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The Unit Circle
High schoolers relate the trigonometric functions to the coordinates of the unit circle. They classify trigonometric functions as odd or even. Students determine the signs of trigonometric functions in each quadrant. They are...
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Stained Glass Framed Pictures and Decorations
Fourth graders identify what stained glass is and in what objects they have seen stained glass in. They also identify various other locations for stained glass as identified in some pictures and illustrations. Finally, 4th graders create...
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Playground Mapping
Students review their physical models of the objects on their playground at school. Using the model, they convert it into a map with a scale and key. To end the lesson, they use the map to locate different objects and measure the...
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Seeing Cells
Sixth graders study living cells and their functioning units. In this cell lesson students color cell diagrams, answer questions and discuss the differences between plant and animal cells.
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Crocodile Eyes
Students investigate the eyes and eyelids of reptiles and amphibians. In this animal biology lesson, students listen to a lecture on the characteristics of amphibians and reptiles and complete a crocodile eyelid activity sheet.
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Creature Candle Holder
In this art project worksheet, students make a creature candle holder out of self hardening clay. This worksheet is geared to the adults who will be instructing the students. No pictures of the finished craft are provided.
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Rock Identification Lab
Eighth graders compare and contrast the three different types of rock. In this earth science activity, 8th graders classify rock samples according to their correct rock type. They design their own data collection table.
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The Significance of Labor Day
Labor Day provides a way to introduce students to the issues of the labor movement.