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Animal Coverings
Summary: Categorize animal pictures by their coverings. Show photographs of animals. Ask pupils to give descriptive words as to how they think the animal's covering would feel if they could actually touch it.
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La Influencia Latina en Nuestra Comunidad (The Latino Influence in our Community)
Students visit a grocery store to create a list of Latino products. They take photographs of areas in their community that demonstrate the latino population. Students research community services available to the Latino population. They...
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The Rocky Shore
Students compare a realistic landscape painting with a photograph of the same place.
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Frankenstein's Monster
Students read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Using situation and question prompts, students write various essays, letters, and articles concerning the events in the story from different character's point of view.
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Asian Art
Second graders investigate the art of a number of Asian countries. They look at slides and sculptures, and make a Chinese hand scrolls.
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Introducing Models to Elementary School Students
Students explore the concept of creating models. In this model representation lesson, students are introduced to the idea of a model and discuss the differences between models and the actual object.
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Beaver Ecology
Students explore the lives of bgeahvers. They identify the physical and behavioral adaptations that help beavers survive in their environment. Students compare and contrast how beavers influence the ecology of both forest and aquatic...
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The Geography of Aboriginal Languages in Canada
Learners study the relationship between geography and the Aboriginal language communities.