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Sea Turtle
Students listen to a story about a sea turtle sanctuary. They participate in a discussion about the sea turtles. They analyze some of the hazards that can hurt sea turtles and brainstorm ways to help the problem. They write and...
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Predictions, Predictions, and More Predictions
Third graders pose questions about the subject of a short story based on the title and cover illustration; then read the story and determine if their questions actually pertained to the story line, and, if so, how the story answered the...
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Paste Papers
Students combine acrylics with School Smart Art Paste to paint paper and to explore color mixing.
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Exploring Restoration Techniques
Students, after taking a field trip to a museum, use paint to try to restore old objects.
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Creating Sacred and Ritual Masks Within the High School Pottery Classroom
Students research sacred masks and what they were used for. They are to create their own sacred mask and present them to the class.
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Ready to Erupt!
Students observe a visual representation of a volcano erupting. They measure and sketch the volcano and discuss how engineers use this information. They discover the type of equipment used to indicate an eruption.
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Mosaics
Studnets study mosaics, including the historical background of the art form. They study the cultures that have used mosaics in their art work, and then they construct their own mosaics.
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Who We Are
Learners analyze population data and trends in Canada over a given amount of time. As a class, they are introduced to the concept of dependency load and use a population pyramid to calculate the figure. Using the internet, they...
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Language Arts: Final Drafting
Students are able to revise their own essays for greater clarity and fluency, adding explanation where needed and cutting extraneous information where appropriate. They are able to compose an academic essay with a complete introduction,...
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The Shape of Disaster - Current Event- Swine Flu/Hurricanes/Tornadoes/Wild Fire
Pupils create a disaster preparation book. In this disaster preparation lesson plan, students research disasters and use the kidspiration program to create a shape to represent each disaster. They create a page for each disaster.
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Variables That Can Affect Making Schedule
Students study the variables that affect transportation of shipments and the factors that affect deterioration of a perishable product. In this transportation lesson students discuss the pros and cons of team driving.
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Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
Students calculate the values of electron binding energies. In this physics lesson, students solve for different wavelength characteristics of X-rays. They present their findings to the class.
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I Have the Solution!
Students explain how to make solutions with specific concentration. In this chemistry lesson, students differentiate acids and bases. They calculate molarity of solutions.