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Poetry Portraits

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students consider the attributes of heroes. In this literature lesson plan, students read selected poems from Hesse's Out of the Dust and then create their own bio-poems that feature themselves as heroes.
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Hero Holiday and Portfolio Completed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars summarize the unit on heroes and present picture books to younger students.  In this hero instructional activity, young scholars compile their portfolios, in which they have presented heroic characteristics of their own...
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The Underground Railroad

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the Underground Railroad. In this civil rights lesson, students read the "Story of Tom Stowe" and complete worksheets in order to demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the heroes that worked the Underground...
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Cat in the Hat

For Teachers K - 5th
Explore the book The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss with your class. They will design a pattern for the cat's hat. They will create color pattern designs with candy and frosting. In the end, they will describe their pattern.
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Journalism: Ritalin Abuse

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students conduct research and interviews to examine abuses of Ritalin to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. They interview doctors and students and collect contact information to include in a sidebar.
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Today's Specials

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this healthy heart nutrition worksheet, young scholars substitute heart-healthy foods for the high cholesterol choices shown. The purpose is to encourage nutritious choices.
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Detecting Breast Cancer

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students develop a painless means for identifying cancerous tumors.  In this imaging lesson students list the information that may be needed to answer the problem.
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Paraphrasing

For Students 6th - 12th
For this paraphrasing worksheet students are tasked to paraphrase five short passages. Students write their paraphrase and can then self check against sample answers.
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Forecast Sunny and Warm

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. For this service learning lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that replicate building a foundation and providing for future generations.
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Civil War Play Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students act out the Civil War through reader's theater. For this performing arts lesson, students research the Civil War and find costumes, props and scenery appropriate to the time period. They become characters from the Civil War time...
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Passive Voice Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this interactive sentence rephrasing worksheet, students rewrite each of the 29 sentences in a passive voice. This worksheet is interactive.
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Historical Heroes and Today's Heroes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identity characteristics of a hero.  In this heroes lesson, students discuss what it means to be a hero and work in small groups to find characteristics of a hero and people they consider heroes.  Students choose three...
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Author/Illustrator Heroes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize heroic authors and illustrators and create their own comic strips. In this language arts lesson, students examine characteristics of heroes and work in groups to create their own comic strips and hero books.
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Focusing Event to Electricity

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explain how electrical charges behave. For this electricity lesson, students determine how far away lightning is when it strikes. They research how fabric softener reduces static electricity and share their findings in class.
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Electrical Current

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students describe an electrical current and the factors that determine the resistance of an object.  In this electrical current lesson students discuss their knowledge of voltage, current and resistance.
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Electrical Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare and contrast a cell and a battery. In this physical science lesson plan, students explain how they create energy. They conduct an experiment to apply what they have learned in this lesson plan.
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Jeopardy Game

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students create and play a game of world history Jeopardy. In this world history lesson, students follow the provided instructions to write questions for a game of Jeopardy and then play it.
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Making Lightening: In Your Mouth

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students look at a lightening demonstration. In this lightening activity, students bite into a wintergreen candy while looking in the mirror in a dark room. They see sparks in their mouths if they perform the task correctly.
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Moving and Working in Space

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students complete four tasks with certain restrictions. In this astronomy lesson, students explore different ways that astronauts can anchor and maneuver in space. They recognize the challenges they face from day to day.
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Listening Spots

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners learn their personal space in order to listen to the teacher.
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Candy Colors: Figuring the Mean, Median, and Mode

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students count candy by color and then calculate mean, median, and mode. They count candy and use the data to calculate mean, median, and mode (by color) and apply their learning to another collection of data.
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Thunderstorms

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the attraction between two different charges to explain the concept of lightning in a thunderstorm.
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Thunderstorms

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the attraction between two different charges to investigate lightning in a thunderstorm. They complete an experiment and a worksheet.
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Flotation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how one of the ways the mining companies extract coal is through the flotation method where air bubbles float coal particles to the top of a solution. The coal is scooped off and separated. They participate in the...

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