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All About Aluminum

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars examine the metal aluminum. In this metal properties lesson, students experiment to distinguish between aluminum and other metals. Young scholars assess how aluminum is created and recycled.
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Applications of Properties of Quadrilaterals in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of quadrilaterals. In this quadrilaterals lesson, students use the slope formula, midpoint formula, and distance formula to justify that a given quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
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Diet, Exercise and AIDS

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research AIDS and the role of diet and exercise with the disease. For this AIDS lesson, students listen to a mini lecture about the diet and exercise needs of people who have AIDS. Students learn about alternative therapies to...
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What does the U.S. rice farmer use to grow rice?

For Teachers K
Students discuss how a farmer grows rice. In this rice lesson, students discover the different tools needed to grow rice and how rice is cut and cleaned. They draw a picture of a rice farm. 
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Feudalism

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in teams...
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How Does a Satellite Stay in Orbit?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore placing a satellite into orbit, then about forces needed to keep an object in orbit. They examine how satellites orbit in elliptical paths and about properties of ellipses. They learn Kepler's 3rd Law of...
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Teaching Musical Instruments in Kindergarten

For Teachers K
Students explore the sounds of different instruments through the nne lessons of this unit. Instruments representing the elements of percussion, string, and wind are utilized in this unit.
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100 Stamps for 100 Days

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders count by 2's to get to 100. In this counting lesson plan, 2nd graders use the program Kid Pix to create stamps two at a time until they get to 100.
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100 Stamps for 100 Days

For Teachers K
Students recognize similarities and generalize patterns. In this math and technology lesson plan, students develop an understanding of number patterning by grouping stamps and counting by 10s.
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Jobs and Immigration

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils discuss colonial America and the jobs and trades that immigrants had to have to have a society that flourished. In this immigration jobs lesson plan, students also discuss the role of women in these times.
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Summertime Travel

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write about a summer event they participated in. For this paragraph writing lesson, the teacher models how to write about a place they have visited. Students then write their own paragraphs.  Students will point out on...
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Under the Weather

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students consider the increase in floods. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to research the occurance of floods in Britain.
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Creating a Brochure with Word

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars watch a PowerPoint presentation about how to create a brochure using Word.  In this word processing lesson, students create a three-fold brochure about a topic of their choice. 
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Eating to Win

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine human health by completing a sports nutrition worksheet. In this eating habits lesson, students discuss the importance of a balanced diet and proper feeding times when competing in physical activities. Students complete...
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Bean Bag Challenge

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the human body by participating in a physical education activity. In this bean bag lesson, students identify the hand eye coordination skills necessary to throw and catch a bean bag with a partner. Students throw,...
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Computer Security:

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students watch a video on computer safety and then complete activity sheets about the characters in the video. In this safety lesson plan, students are provided with the worksheets.