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Living in a Healthy Environment: The Pleasures of Life

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students describe their home environment and how to keep it healthy. They discuss way in which they can make their environment healthy.
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Cultures for Elementary Students

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners research one or more cultures. They determine what aspects of the culture to research based on their interests. They develop a research proposal and share it with the class.
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Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of how students and volunteers can make scientific observations that can aid conservation. They read the account of the Minnesota New Country School project by Ryan Fisher, Mystery of the Malformed...
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Introduction to Contracts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are introduced to the concept of contracts in street law. In groups, they compare and contrast contract law with tort law. They identify the basic concepts of each and view examples to see the concepts in use. They also disccuss...
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Workers in Factories During the Gilded Age

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders experience what life was like in the factories during the Gilded Age. They explore the reasons behind the move for work place reforms during the Progressive Era. Students discuss the factors that led to work place reforms.
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Health In Progress/ Soft Drinks

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students engage in a activity that is concerned with the consumption of soft drinks by children. They examine the statistics about the consumption and determine the increase or decrease in individual servings consumed over time. They...
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Timber Harvesting: A Civic Debate

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze and identify the importance of our forests and how to manage them properly.  In this tree instructional activity students read forestry material and come up with different alternatives to the identified...
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Kennedy's New Frontier (5)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive American history worksheet, students answer 13 fill in the blank questions regarding the Kennedy presidency. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Johnson's Great Society (5)

For Students 9th - 12th
For this online interactive American history worksheet, students answer 15 matching questions regarding Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Environmentalists Internet Hunt

For Students 5th - 10th
In this environmentalist instructional activity, students click on the links in the questions about environmentalists to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 14 questions total.
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Bluebirds Project

For Students 4th - 6th
In this controls and systems worksheet, learners respond to 6 questions where they consider the controls and systems that bluebirds adapt to in order to survive.
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Endangered Species

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this endangered species worksheet, students complete short answer questions on different endangered species. Students complete 11 short answer questions.
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Endangered Species 2: Working to Save Endangered Species

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the Endangered Species Act and the work of scientists who strive to protect species.
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Review of our Presidents from the Progressive Era to Cold War

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Covering the main events of the Cold War, this (mistitled) presentation includes photographs, political cartoons, and amusing graphics to illustrate its points. The information on the slides is helpful for an overview of the Cold War,...
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The Role of the Judiciary in a System of Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review concepts shown to them in a telecast on the role of the judiciary in a system of separation of powers. After reading an article, they work together in groups to complete a chart on checks and balances. They also...
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Don't Get Lost on the Web

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Scholars discuss purpose of search engines, define World Wide Web, become familiar with website addresses, demonstrate understanding of site updating, create a list of topics about which they would like more information, and visit at...
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Fill-In: Walking Across Niagara Falls

For Students 6th - 8th
Kids use their own words or phrases as they fill in the missing parts of an article about a man who crossed Niagara Falls via tightrope. They read the article and use the word list at the bottom of the page to fill in the blanks. 
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Advising the President: A Simulated Cabinet Meeting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers, as Cabinet members, "advise" the President on one current pressing problem or concern facing their department or post. They prepare an Action Plan with possible alternative courses of action that meets budget constraints.
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I Spy

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students use the Internet to gather more information about the gadgets spies use on the job. They analyze cases in which spies were involved and modern security systems. There is a section in which they can ask questions.
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Regulating Drugs: The Creation of the FDA

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video about the Food and Drug Administration. They research its history and functions. They examine problems facing society today. They compare and contrast these issues with those faced during the Progressive Era.
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Comparing the Impact of Multiple Uses

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study multiple land uses and their effects on one another. They assess multiple land uses in National Forests and Grasslands and evaluate the effects of each use on all other uses. They develop a comprehensive list of human...
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Migrating Across Borders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research and map the migratory patterns of the golden-winged warbler. They develop a strategy to protect this species and, in teams representing different countries, negotiate treaties with each other to protect the bird.
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Just an Environment or a Just Environment?

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This lesson explores the multiple causes of racial segregation and environmental racism, and helps students understand the perpetuation of institutional racism in the post-Civil Rights era. Students will perform a mock tribunal in which...
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Examining a Hazardous Waste Site

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify activities that produce hazardous waste. They examine how contaminants are spread in air and water. They work together to create a model to show how the contaminants move through water.

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