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Weather and Technology

For Teachers K
Students discuss daily weather change, that we live in a world of symbols and innovations. They recognize the use of symbols to replace language and the value of technological innovation to improving our lives.
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Tessellations

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate geometric shapes using tessellations. In this geometry lesson, 7th graders practice tessellations using different shapes. They create different designs using tessellations.
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"COUNTRY" CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders develop an understanding of Christmas traditions of other countries and well as the United States. They discover the meaning of other holiday celebrations and utilize computers and other technology as an integral part of...
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Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story "No Blue Food" in this activity. They then discuss Allegra, the main character, and her hesitation to try new foods. They participate in a matching game in which they match cards to determine a fruit...
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Birthday Soup

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students recognize their birthday and how it is written. In this lesson, students read a poem about birthdays. Students create a soup bowl that has their birthday month, day and year in it.
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Fourth Grade Science Quiz

For Students 4th
In this science instructional activity, 4th graders take a multiple choice quiz about the weather, moon, electricity, and more. Students complete 15 questions total.
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Interior Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars complete a design for their bedrooms. They design a floor plan for their bedrooms including convenient traffic zones and good use of space. They include fabric swatches or examples of wallpaper along with notes on theme...
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Johnny Appleseed

For Teachers K
Students meet and delve into the life of the American Folk Hero, Johnny Appleseed through the activities of the eight lessons of this unit. Math and language activities offering whole and small group encounters.
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Worksheet 20 Fall 1995

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math instructional activity, students describe a step by step method to solve rate problems. Then they state the time derivatives of different quantities.
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Numerical Analysis

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students practice analyzing root finding algorithms, Newton-Raphson and secant. They use the examples to master the concepts.
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Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students review Mexico's location and language and learn to pronouns 10 new Spanish food words. Students listen as the book, Corn is Maize is read, touching and passing around an ear of Indian corn. Students discuss the contribution of...
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Body Language

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the three main parts of a plant. In this plant parts lesson, 1st graders explore vocabulary for the topic and read a story about plant parts. Students view a PowerPoint and take a quiz for the topic....
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Lesson one

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students study waves and how it erodes a beach.  In this energy lesson students complete a lab activity on waves and tides. 
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Tips for Studying History

For Students 6th - 12th
For this historical analysis worksheet, students read the 6 tips for studying historical time periods and then read a 1-paragraph selection about the Chinese approach to history and respond to 3 short answer questions.
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The Very Busy Spider

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners read the story The Very Busy Spider and go on a spider hunt, complete a KWL chart, talk about the animals in the book, and more. In this guided reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the book.
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Periodic Functions

For Students 11th - 12th
In this Pre-Calculus worksheet, students solve problems involving periodic functions.  The three page worksheet contains twenty-three problems.  Answers are not provided. 
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Lots of Labels

For Teachers K
Students examine labels in the classroom to connect the written word with a message. They discover photographs of local buildings and their purpose. They also practice the classroom rules based on the labels.
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Lots of Labels

For Teachers K
Students connect print with messages through classroom labels.
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What is a Cloud?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify a cloud and explore how they form. They create an acrostic poem about clouds.
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Aspects of Weather

For Teachers K - 5th
Students recognize and observe weather phenomena. In this four part weather lesson, students are introduced to weather symbols through a story, then use a thermometer to measure water temperature. Next, students observe the formation of...
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1960 Election

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine the election of 1960. In this US politics lesson students listen to a teacher driven lecture, take notes, engage in a class discussion and write a response to what they have learned regarding the 1960's presidential...
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A Parade Of Penguins

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a variety of penguin-related activities. They discuss and compare different types of penguins, complete worksheets and Venn diagrams, make craft penguins and dioramas.
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Saving the Past for the Future

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students review web images to identify human impact on nature and site destruction.
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What's Driving Us?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine what the people in their community are driving. Using traffic flow information, they develop recommendations on how to achieve sustainability. They calculate the carbon dioxide emission index for various sites and...