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Measure Up!

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Statisticians take things to new heights using a set of height measurements. Students use TI-82 or TI-83 calculators to determine extreme values and the median for the data. They also construct a box-and-whisker plot to summarize the...
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Digitized Doctoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore new medical technologies to exhibit in an Amazing Medical Machines technology fair. They research different types of advanced medical technologies; then create posters to summarize findings and present at a mock medical...
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The Whole Trut about Whole Grain Breads

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students comprehend the nutrition benefits whole grain breads. They explore how to overcome the common barriers to eating whole grain bread. Students investigate how to choose and store whole grain breads. They comprehend the...
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Asymptotes and Zeros

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learn how to explore rational functions and investigate the graphs rational functions and identify its singularities and asymptotes.  High schoolers approximate the solutions to rational equations and inequalities by graphing.
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Exploring Complex Roots

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
In exploring the concept of complex roots, students find the axis of symmetry and roots of parabolas.  Then, they discuss what makes a solution complex and how to identify functions with complex roots.
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Exploring Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
By stretching and translating the parabola given and determining the effects on the equation, students explore finding the vertex and zeros of a parabola and relate them to the equation. Students also view the intercept form to determine...
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Cell Phone Range

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is a 15 minute activity that can be used as review, a warm, or as a quick example of how to relate functions to the real world. Learners complete an application activity and draw conclusion about functions then discuss open and...
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Let's Put It in a Nutshell

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice summarizing things they have read. After reviewing the steps for reading silently and summarization, they read a chapter in the book Tuck Everlasting. Working in groups, they summarize what they have read and present...
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Map Out the Important Stuff!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice summarization by creating a story map. Students listen to a read aloud by the teacher, after which the class creates a storymap of the major events in the story. They read a passage from the Indian in the Cupboard...
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Summarizing and Mapping for Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice summarization in order to increase their comprehension of non-fiction text. They read and summarize passages by finding the main ideas in passages from a Social Studies textbook. After silently reading the passage they...
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Summing it all Up...In Your Own Words

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and demonstrate the steps to identifying the main ideas of a text. They listen to the teacher read a paragraph and model the steps of summarizing the main idea. Students then independently read a different paragraph...
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What's the Main Idea?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders comprehend what they are reading. An effective strategy for comprehension is summarization. They single out and explaining the main ideas of a passage. Students find a sentence or rewrite their own that covers...
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What Did I Just Read?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize a chapter from the book, "Sarah Plain and Tall. After reviewing the the formation of a topic sentence, they independently read a chapter from the book. Students write a summary paragraph using the checklist outlined by...
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Mapping Out A Summary

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students summarize a selected piece of fiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read silently, students read a chapter in the novel they are currently reading. They write a chapter summary using a story map and the process...
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No Plagiarism, Please!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to a lecture on how to take notes and discuss the skills of paraphrasing and correctly citing resources. They prepare note cards according to the format presented in class.
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Reading Comprehension Jobs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice different strategies to help them draw meaning from their reading. Students, divided into groups, read an assigned text selection. Each group member provided a summary of what they have been read based on a particular...
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The Battle to Save Bats

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate the disease that is causing the global decline of bats.  In this animal health lesson, students read an article which discusses white-nose syndrome, the number one killer of bats.  Students discuss ways to...
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The Voice of Voting: How do We Judge Design

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine various methods of judging popular culture and compare them to the judging of the People's Design Award. In this popular culture and design lesson, students research different ways of voting in popular culture, beginning...
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A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her By

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a water transportation device powered by wind. In this wind power lesson, students research transportation concepts after reading the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield. Learners design the fastest sailboat they can...
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Exploring the First Amendment as it has been applied to Teen Journalists

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the First Amendment as it has been applied to teens and teen journalists. In this First Amendment lesson, students memorize the First Amendment, complete online research of the topic, and quiz. Students read about...
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Obstacles to Success: Misleading Data

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore how data reported by country agencies can mislead the public intentionally or unintentionally. In this Cross Curricular activity, 11th graders analyze charts and graphs in order to draw conclusions. Students...
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Wind Power: From Eyesore to Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design their own wind turbine according to client's needs. In this science and technology lesson, students analyze the pros and cons of using wind power. They construct a model of their proposed wind turbine and present it to...
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Good Health Manners

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read and discuss a list of Good Health Manners and examine how to avoid the flu. They complete a worksheet, and write why it is important to follow good health manners.
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Plot the Oysters' Peril!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Use comic strips to teach sequencing in narrative poetry. As homework, each class member selects a comic strip with 4-8 frames, cuts the frames apart, places the pieces in an envelope, and brings the envelope to class. Class members swap...

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