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Flag Pole

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine the length of rope on a flagpole and the cost to replace the rope. They create their own real life math problems.
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Parting Ways

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students become part of the solution as they practice figuring percents. The number of men versus women present in the room and their heights can be used to form the basis of this investigation.
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Descriptive Essay

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review previously written essays, draw pictures of shapes, and write descriptive essays.
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Pros and Cons of Advertising

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders compare and contrast television commercials. They write paragraphs explaining how different company commercials for the same product can confuse consumers.
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Year Round Schools?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore reasons for the length of the school year in the United States. The pros and cons for extensions of the year are researched and discussed.
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Who To Believe?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers interpret meaning from opposing views on the same topic, and discuss that there is often so much "spin" and "hidden agendas" in the media.
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Weighty Matters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze political cartoons, and write short paragraphs explaining the cartoon's meaning and the cartoonist's point-of-view.
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Make a Statement!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss a class collection of bumper stickers dealing with an environmental issue. They discuss whether or not the bumper sticker have a positive effect or could change a person's viewpoiint.
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Salton Sea - Live or Die?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars read and discuss the scientific article attached to the lesson. They compose a letter to the editor citing the importance of preserving an ecological environment.
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Recycling

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the impact of recycling on the economy and environment. They develop a recycling plan for their own community in order to solve recycling problems.
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It's My Right

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in activities examining the Bill of Rights. They discover the different articles and Amendments.
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Oxymorons

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore the use of oxymorons in everyday speech and writing. In small groups, 12th graders develop a list of common oxymorons they have heard or read to present to the class, and search the Internet for additional oxymorons.
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When You Put It All Together!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review information from variety of news sources found on the Internet, and compare and contrast the information.
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Finding the Main Idea and Supporting Details

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a reading passage. They read an article, answer who, what, when, where, and how, discuss the answers, and identify the main idea and supporting details.
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Rain Forests

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the animals and plants of the rainforests. They define rainforest, watch and discuss a National Geographic video, and write a short story.
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Newspapers in Education-Sampling Italian Foods

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use the food and entertainment section of the newspaper to find Italian restaurants in their area. They write a letter to one of the restaurants asking the restaurant to bring some sample dishes to their classroom for a project....
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Graphing and Analysis of Water Quality Reports

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students practice making graphs and interpreting them. They compare and contrast different sets of data. They use Microsoft Excel to create different types of graphs.
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Korea Cultural Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a study of geography and maps of Korea. They examine charts and graphs. Students are expected to interpret the information accurately and completely. The geography skills can be used on other countries as well.
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Earth Processes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore and discuss the process of evaporation. They discuss how wet things become dry. Students observe the process of evaporation and they make predictions about the observations they make about evaporation. Students...
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Five Senses-Introduction

For Teachers K
Students explore the parts of the body that are used to develop the five senses. They conduct a nature walk. Students identify the things they see, hear, smell, and touch. They create a graphic organizer to organize their answers.
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Building Successful Parent-Teacher Rapport

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students discuss the importance of having a strong parent-teacher relationship. They brainstorm ways to build and strengthen the relationship with their child's teacher. Groups of students role play the different methods of...
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Foil Fun

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders be having hands-on experiences with three-dimensional solid shapes. They investigate the features of solid shapes and examine the names for them. They are introduced to making nets for 3D shapes.
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Picture This

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine their life experiences as well as their classmates when they share their heritage or an important event from their past through writing as an extension of an Orientation.
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Making a Grocery List

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore vocabulary words related to groceries. Students examine words that can be used immediately, in every day life, particularly in the grocery store. They demonstrate the sounds of letters. High schoolers match labels...

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