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Learning from Letters and Other Mail

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students explore the history of our mail system. In this postal lesson plan, students evaluate mail as a means of communication, create a mail system in their classroom where they can send and receive mail. Once the students receive...
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Playing Historical Detective: Great Grandmother's Dress and Other Clues to the Life and Times of Annie Steel

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Students draw conclusions about an mystery person based on documents and artifacts provided. In this drawing conclusions activity, students become detectives by reading and analyzing evidence provided. This activity includes...
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Ben Franklin

For Teachers K - 8th
Students meet Ben Franklin and research his life accomplishments. In this lesson about the history of Benjamin Franklin, students will visit several websites in order to learn about this Founding Father. Students follow a worksheet with...
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Nanofibers: Why Go Small?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the surface ratio of an object.  In this surface area to volume lesson students construct a data table, make calculations and create a graph. 
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How Smart are You about Electricity, Batteries and Conductors?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create working circuits. In this electricity and circuits lesson, students make a battery, then build a flashlight and use part of the flashlight to create a conductivity tester.
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Courage of the Heart

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research discrimination and how people fought against for the common good. In this discrimination lesson, students watch a movie about Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas. Students generate a list of words about discrimination....
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Electricity for Kids! It's Shocking!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the world of electricity by completing a KWL sheet. In this energy lesson, students view PowerPoint presentations about electricity, who invented it, and how it is used today. Students define several electricity...
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Industrial Agriculture

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students write about the benefits that industrial agriculture has had on growing crops. In this industrial agriculture lesson plan, students research how technology has impacted the processing speed of growing food.
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National Gallery of Art: Leonardo da Vinci

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study a portrait of Ginevra by Leonardo da Vinci. In this art appreciation lesson, students study this unique double-sided work by Leonardo da Vinci and are asked to create their own double-sided piece of art.
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Reinforced Concrete Bridges

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Students analyze bridge designs and functions.  In this reinforced bridge lesson students brainstorm bridge ideas, divide into teams and give an oral presentation to the class to show them their bridge design. 
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Celebrating 100 Years of Flight

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice reading comprehension, note taking and writing skills. In this literacy and writing lesson, students read about the invention of airplanes, women pilots and the space race before writing their own news article on "100...
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My Pet Rock

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students learn about and create a pet rock.  In this creative expression lesson, students pick a rock to make into their "pet".  Students use various art materials to create their pets and write a personal profile which...
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How Do They Work?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate famous U.S. inventions by utilizing the Internet.  In this U.S. history activity, students examine the relationship between great U.S. inventions such as the radio, telephone and light bulb and the effect it had...
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Puppy Poop Pouch

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create a device to hold dog poop to help keep trails clean.  In this animal care instructional activity, students utilize donated fabric to create a couple hundred pouches to help people clean up after their dog....
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Helen Frankenthaler Biography

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners examine the abstract art of Helen Frankenthaler. In this art analysis lesson, students complete a criticism of the aesthetics of the art, analyze the color use in the art, and research the history of abstract art.
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Reform At All Costs

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the term visionary.  In this World History lesson, 11th graders research a specific individual who they feel is a visionary.  Students develop a power point presentation.  
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Applied Science - Science and Math Post-Lab

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students use scientific tools. In this Applied Science lesson, students investigate the use of scientific tools to enhance observation and discovery. Students indicate how each tool assists scientific work.
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Force and Gliders

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore physics by creating data graphs in class. In this flight properties lesson, students read the book Flying Machine and identify the force, resistance and construction necessary to keep a glider in the air. Students...
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Applied Science - Built Environment Pre Lab (Morse Code)

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars study communication. In this telegraph lesson, students examine Morse code and the composition of an elementary telegraph circuit. They listen to a presentation and try to create Morse Code messages on a worksheet. This...
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Comparing Light Bulbs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare filaments in different light bulbs. In this science instructional activity, 5th graders view the filaments of light bulbs under a microscope.
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An Introduction to Public Key Cryptography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students secure information online using cryptography. In this algebra lesson, students use RSA technology to encrypt information on the internet. They use modular reduction of natural numbers to understand prime number theory.
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Holes - Chapters 1 - 5

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read Chapters 15 and 16 of "Holes," and complete 18 multiple choice questions. This worksheet is a nice compliment to the chapters, and would be an excellent homework assignment. An...
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Wimshurst Machine

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine what a Wimshurst machine is and how it operates.  In this mechanics activity students build a Wimshurst machine and watch it in action.
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Build Your Own Parachute

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars study the basics of parachuting.  In this flight and aerodynamics lesson students make a simple parachute and investigate different variables that can cause potential problems.

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