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Modeling Population Growth
Students collect data on population growth. In this statistics instructional activity, students graph their data and make predictions. They find the linear regression and the best fit line.
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Shape Detectives
Students become "shape detectives" as they identify, name, create and describe common shapes within pictures and objects found within the learning environment. Suggestions include incorporating shapes into all learning areas and daily...
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Exploring our World through Video
Student develop their technology skills. In this video production lesson, students create a movie featuring their day-to-day lives. Students use flip video cameras to film the movie and use software editing programs to prepare it for...
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Checking the Weather
Students check the weather on the web site, draw what they see on the calendar (sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy) and look outside to see if they think the weather on the web site is correct.
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Examine the Trees in Your Community Forest
Twelfth graders examine selected tree species. In this tree lesson, 12th graders examine twenty selected tree species, identify them, and correctly map out the trees in the area.
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Let's Create an Ecosystem
Seventh graders discover how an ecosystem works by creating one in class. In this Earth science lesson, 7th graders study vocabulary terms associated with ecosystem and read environment handouts. Students create an...
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Twenty-Five Factoring to Solve Quadratic Equations in Preparation for the Math Regents Exam
For this factoring to solve quadratic equations worksheet, learners solve twenty-five multiple choice and free response questions in preparation for the math regents exam. The solutions are provided.
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THE FARMER CARES FOR THE LAND
Young scholars will identify cause and effect relationships in issues relating to Agriculture and the environment.Ask students to describe what farmers do. Then ask young scholars to define the word "environmentalist." Ask students if...
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Essential to Autumn: Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Pattern, Rhythm, Emphasis, Movement, Balance, and Unity
Students explore the environment by learning about nature. In this art lesson, students go on a walk and find objects to help in creating a picture, or collage representing whatever season is being discussed. Students write similes...
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Art Attraction: Researching the Great Masters and their Works
Students fill out worksheets where they analyze and provide information about different artists, visual art, art techniques, design, and more. For this art lesson plan, students complete 8 worksheets.
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Water and Ice
Students examine how water changes state, from a liquid to a solid. In this water instructional activity students study the water cycle and how temperature and pressure effect it.
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Water and Ice
Students observe what happens to water as it goes from a solid to a liquid. In this exploratory lesson plan students gain an understanding for the water cycle while working in groups observing what happens to water as it changes...
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Food in History
Learners research, predict and offer solutions regarding factors that affect current or future food crops could result in economic, political or social changes.
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Modeling Population Growth
Students investigate the reasons for taking a census and determine the problems that are involved in the process. They examine the population figure for Montana and Lake county before using the information to complete the included...
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I Depend on You, You Depend on Me!
Students explore the interdependency between humans and the ecosystems. They examine how uncontrolled development threatens the rain forests. They discuss how human actions affect the rain forest.
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Who's Town is This, Anyway?
Fifth graders work in cooperative groups to simulate a town government as they consider an important change in their community growth. They analyze a real problem in the community and then determine their goals to fix it and make a...
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Class Final Report - Global Sun Temperature Project
Students reflect on the data they have analyzed during the Global Sun Temperature Project. They use the project website as a resource for their observations, draft a class report and post it on the Internet.
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Curriculum Plan for Vietnam Study Abroad Project
Students compare and contrast the education system in Vietnam and Michigan. They study activities being addressed in changing Vietnam's education system and create presentations to demonstrate their understanding.
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Modern Dance and the Harlem Renaissance
High schoolers create an artistic rendering based on what they have learned from the film and the lesson.
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Rikki-Tikki Research
Fourth graders perform a search on mongooses on Internet Explorer and answer research questions.
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A Worm World
Students maintain a compost bin and build a worm observatory. They design experiments relating to worms and record observations in a worm journal.
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Negro Leagues Baseball
Students think critically and creatively while researching Negro Leagues baseball vocabulary terms and producing a political cartoon defining those terms. The research for this instructional activity is done on the internet.
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Nuclear-Powered Space Probes
In this space probes worksheet, students read about radioisotope thermoelectric generators and how they work. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Balloon Round-Up
Students practice using paddles to hit objects. In this striking skills lesson, students use wooden paddles to round up balloon farm animals without touching the balloons with their hands.