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Ways We Use Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students use the Internet to find the ways we use trees. In this tree lesson, students make a list of the uses of trees and find magazine pictures that show these uses to make a collage. They read The Giving Tree  by Shel Silverstein and...
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Hearts in Motion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in cardiovascular activities. For this physical education lesson, students are divided into groups and brainstorm activities to get their heart rate up. Students demonstrate the activity for classmates.
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Word Family Arrows

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify correct word families. In this word families educational game, students practice matching words to the correct word family.
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Mapping the Circulatory System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the circulatory system in human beings.  In this human body lesson, students create an outline of a human body using colored markers and butcher paper.  Students use red and blue colors to simulate the oxygenated...
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You're Grounded

For Students 7th - 12th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 6-paragraph article about the Iceland volcanic eruption that halted European transportation in 2010. Students respond to 5 short answer questions regarding the article....
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Art and Anatomy: The Vitruvian Teen

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the history of showing the human anatomy. In groups, they measure their height and arm spans to create a graph and determine if their measurements support Vitruvius' work. Individually, they make their own...
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The Immigrant Experience

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students utilize oral histories to discover, analyze, and interpret immigration and migration in the history of the United States. A goal of the unit is fostering a discussion and encouraging students to make meaning of the bigger...
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Global Happiness Through Music

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discover their cultural and musical identities by collecting data and make journal entries. They create music artist booklet highlighting their musical tastes. Students perform music selection for an audience.
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Assertiveness/Self-Confidence

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students explore the concepts of assertiveness and self-confidence. They observe that is is all right to say no. Students discuss what it means to be assertive and how it takes inner strength and self-confidence to be assertive. They...
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Glowing Glimpses of Our Universe

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students will complete hands-on space activities. In this space science lesson, students will create a glow-in-the-dark model of the solar system, visit a planetarium, make star pictures, and paint constellations. Activities are meant to...
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Living and Non-Living

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars discover the basic needs of life. In this science lesson plan, students explore how all living things need air, water, food and shelter
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Make Your Own Garden

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore gardening. In this Quiet in the Garden lesson plan, students read the picture book by Aliki and extend the lesson plan by taking part in up to 5 hands-on activities.
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Do Something Beautiful

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners recognize philanthropy in literature. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students read the book Something Beautiful by Sharon Wyeth and discuss how the character performed acts of philanthropy. Learners write a...
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Mountain of Myths

For Teachers 2nd
Students listen to mythical stories about Greek Mythology. In this myths lesson plan, students actively listen to myths, examine why it would be a myth and analyze the characters in the stories.
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The Pacific Ocean

For Students 5th - 8th
In this Pacific Ocean worksheet, students read 2 pages about the Pacific Ocean and answer true and false questions. Students answer 10 questions.
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Feudalism

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in...
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The Lesson: Tibet

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover details about Tibet. In this Tibet lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about human rights, the Dalai Lama, and Buddhism. Students create prayers or poems in support of the Dalai Lama after...
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MADAME C. J. WALKER

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders recognize the achievements of Madame C. J. Walker and select one long term and one short term goal and describe the steps necessary to achieve those goals.
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MEDIA COLLAGE

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use old magazines to create a collage. They may focus on elements of design. They discuss their collage or they may write a brief essay.
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Measurement: Finding Areas of Rectangles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students construct the formula for the area of a rectangle.
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Problem Solving Lesson Plan 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study a number of work and family management roles and techniques.
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Native Americans and Topography at Rose Bay

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students visit a wetland ecosystem. While they are there, students explore how to read topography maps of Rose Bay.
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"My Hero"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate heroism through the ages. They complete an online Webquest, explore various websites, compare/contrast different types of heroes, answer discussion questions, and locate newspaper articles about someone they consider...
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Geology with Peanut Butter and Jelly

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils will enjoy smashing the two tectonic sandwich plates together in faulting and compression fashions! They may even desire to capture their instructional destruction in a slideshow.