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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Evolution of Observation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners develop an awareness of the evolution of the scientific method. They facilitate the student's knowledge of looking at variables from different perspectives. Students develop their abilities to defend their ideas with facts or...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Transportation and Travel

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students practice identifying pictures and words that represent different signs and symbols that deal with different types of transportation/travel (enter, exit, push, pull, men, women, caution, no smoking, no swimming, arrows,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Travel- Distances (Advanced)

For Students 6th - 7th
For this ESL transportation vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures that depict modes of transportation. Students read the names of places (store, heli-skiing, the moon, etc.) and match them to the most appropriate way to get...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Outdoor Activities: Taking Science Outside

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students participate in various outdoor science activities to enhance their observation, classification, and analysis skills. In this outdoor lesson, students begin by observing a tree from a straightforward angle, then from the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Life Histories Derived From Morphology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners learn the mechanisms of natural selection by deducing information from the physical appearance of the animal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Virtual Trip of Brazil

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders develop an annotated list of sights to visit in Brazil including a description of what to see and do there. They name and locate cities within Brazil. They place textual and graphic information on the web.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 2-Explore/Explain Sound Communication

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students watch and listen to human speech and explore visual and audio cues that aid their understanding. During a short walk, students listen to the sounds around them and classify them as environmental, voiced, or musical.
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Curated OER

Sensory Elements in the Environment

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students verbally and visually identify visual elements found around them everyday.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Did You Say?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders identify main ideas in reading selections. They read newspaper letters to the editor, identify the main ideas, list the supporting details, and present each side of the issue to the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Touch and Discover

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work together to identify and categorize objects. They have to identify the object on touch because they are blindfolded. They record their data and describe the objects once they can look at them.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Folktales Reflect Daoist and Buddhist Traditions

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders compare three Chinese folktales for their "messages" and literary techniques to see how they reflect Chinese Confucian and Taoist values. They discuss how folktales share certain subjects, characters, plots and themes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Capture the Circle (A Fraction Game)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and order fractions in a fraction game activity. In this fraction game lesson plan, 4th graders play a game that requires them to add fractions with like denominators and compare fractions. Students create posters...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ecology: Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research and identify the different layers of the forest. As a class, they observe real-life trees or analyze a poster, and discuss the characteristics of each forest layer. Students then draw a forest and label the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Birds of Wisconsin

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the job done by ornithologists. They role play identifying the characteristics that make a bird a bird. They discuss what makes each bird species unique. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's most common and rare...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

State Sovereignty and the Ethics of Intervention

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the history, ethics, politics and law of state sovereignty and its limits.  In this investigative lesson students listen to a lecture, discuss then complete a few assignments. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Light at the Bottom of the Deep, Dark Ocean?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars participate in an inquiry activity. They relate the structure of an appendage to its function. They describe how a deepwater organism to its environment without bright light.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Homeschooling Chronicles - Impressionism

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
The exhibition "The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay" led us to the truth behind the "pretty pictures."
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Graphic
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Color Vision & Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit demonstrates how human vision works and has influenced Western art. It combines the biology of vision and art history. The exhibit focuses on the eye and its response to color and contrast while highlighting several...
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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Vision Learning: Cells: Discovery and Basic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
This module focuses on cell structure and how the organelles function together to form the smallest unit of life. The cell theory is also discussed along with the basics features of the cell. Site also includes an interactive practice...
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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Vision Learning: Physics: Waves and Wave Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on waves and wave motion. Discussion includes wave theories, wave basics, and wave speed. The site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kids in Motion: Sight Word Spelling

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson students explore with movement and creativity to make words come alive! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words. This lesson primarily focuses on the use of psychomotor,...
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Handout
Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Commonly Confused Words: Cite / Sight / Site

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry focuses on the commonly confused words cite, sight, and site including providing an explanation, examples, and a link to a quiz/exercise.
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Website
Ohio State University

E History: 1912 Competing Visions for America: Richard A. Ballinger

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of Richard Ballinger focuses mainly on his tenure as Secretary of the Interior in President Taft's cabinet. Read about the charges of corruption made against him, and the consequences.
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Unit Plan
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Teaching Resources and Activities for Sight Words for 1st Grade

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site focuses on resources and activities to teach Dolch sight words to 1st graders. These include a list of Dolch sight words for 1st graders and links to online resources for teacher resources, activities, interactive games, and...