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" I will hear that play"

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students listen to the play A Midsummer's Nights Dream and analyze how sound influences the overall film. They study about Foley and how sound effect artists use this in the film industry. Students compare what they have heard between...
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Acid Rain

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the causes and effects of acid rain. Using the internet, they research pollution sources in their local area and by collecting rain samples and testing the pH. In groups, they develop their own plan urging local...
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Kentucky Coal and Our Environment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify person who was or is directly or indirectly involved in the coal industry. They contact person to see if you may conduct an interview and develop a list of questions to ask the interviewee. Conduct the interview at the...
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Work And Resistance In America

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the history and events that surround the industrial revolution. They conduct research using secondary sources. They look reflectively at the history in order to build an idea of how the arts could have influenced the...
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A Day in the Life from Several Perspectives

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders role-play the role of people in different cultures throughout Europe. After the role-play, they discuss the main characteristics of culture and identify where they were seen. They discover how the government of certain...
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Thermodynamics Problems for All of Us: Thermal Management

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars evaluate current literature on the Internet and in handouts about the energy considerations for the computer industry and calculate energy needs for real life problems. Working in groups, they present the problem they...
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Emissions Trading

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners produce manufactured good, barter for sales, encounter government officials, make choices about emissions, trade carbon credits and share findings in order to understand how carbon trading could affect industry from an economic...
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Properties of Materials- Leaky Pipe

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students are presented with a problem of an industrial site is losing water through a pipe leakage. They need to find an appropriate material to seal the joints. Working in groups, they analyze the situation, collect additional...
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An Investigation Into Our Community

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine maps of Palmer, Massachusetts and practice giving directions. As a class, they discuss how it changed from a farming community to more industrial. To end the lesson, they take pictures of the community to show how it has...
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Prelude to War

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils determine that there are many causes of war. They explain that it is hard to remain isolated from world events and review the connection between industrialism and imperialism. They discuss what the consequences might be of...
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Groundwater Concepts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a digital atlas and other electronic resources to explore freshwater reservoirs in Idaho. They discover the importance of groundwater and discuss the agricultural, industrial and domestic uses of underground reservoirs....
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It's (Not) Just a Bug

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore, examine and reflect on challenges facing produce farmers. They study about invasive species and how they affect the agricultural industry by reading and discussing the article "Tiny but Hungry, Moth May Peril...
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How Does Mining Produce Acid Runoff?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how mining and other industry operations can lead to acid runoff.  In this mining instructional activity students study weathering and complete a lab on it. 
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Mississippi’s Electricity: From Generation to Consumption

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover how electricity is produced. In this physics lesson, 8th graders infer about the future of Mississippi's energy industry. They participate in a Smart Board interactive activity at the end of the lesson.
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Why Are Your "Good Dishes" Called China?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students link monopoly as a result of geography and technology. They recognize technology as a determinant of economic success. Students recognize cultural diffusion based upon societal wants and needs. They compare and contrast methods...
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Dam Identification

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify and define Hydroelectric dams that provide us with electricity. Then they identify a variety of methods that have been used to try to help salmon make it past the dams on their journey to the sea. Students also...
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Michigan's Lumbering history: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore lumbering in Michigan.  For this lumbering lesson, 4th graders examine the life of a modern day lumberjack and how technology can interfere with natural ecology.  Students create a list of products from the forest...
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Eyes in the Sky

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students complete a unit on orbiting spacecraft designed to study astronomical objects. They conduct Internet research on NASA missions, use a satellite dish to downlink information, and construct and launch a rocket out of paper and tape.
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Fighting Conservation Crime

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and interpret the evolution and sources of law in Canada. Students compare and contrast the legal rights and responsibilities of individuals, groups, and organizations in Canadian society. Students write a one-page...
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Consumer Choices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and discuss the issue of sustainable fishing. Students research a seafood product available in their community. Students assess and defend a position about whether a seafood product for sale in their community is...
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners design objects in the Museum of Modern Art's collection of simple machines. In this simple machines lesson, students explore the machine age in the MoMA's design collection. Learners identify simple machines and the elements in...
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People Who Work in the Woods

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils study the types of jobs that people can do in the forest. They examine those who study the forest, harvest the trees, and plant trees to renew the forest.
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Factors Contributing to Effective Workplaces in Travel and Tourism

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate the hallmarks of effective organizations in the travel and tourism industry. They locate examples of high performing organizations in this industry.
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Careers in Mining

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study about natural resources and the decreasing amount. They observe the need for trained scientists and engineers. Finally, they take a small test to determine the areas of science they find most interesting.

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