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Alex: An Exploration Into Finding Slopes of Inclines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work in small groups to analyze a topographical map of the Fiery Gizzard hiking trail on the Cumberland Plateau in southeastern Tennessee. They will use the map key to determine distance traveled and elevation gained to...
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Alex: Freezing Things: States of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The class will go back over the Power Point presentation on chemical and physical properties. The teacher will then conduct numerous liquid nitrogen demos. This lesson is used early in the Chemistry course. The students love it. This...
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Alex: Plan the Adventure of a Lifetime With Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This plan is the first lesson plan in my unit on Lewis and Clark. This is a project-based, hands-on unit in which students "become" part of the Corps of Discovery - the members traveling in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In this lesson...
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Alex: Native Americans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, learners will recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants of our country. They will locate on a map where different tribes lived and compare and contrast different tribes' basic needs and customs.
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Alex: Clifford's Class Trip by Norman Bridwell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
During this lesson students learn new vocabulary words through an enjoyable children's book. Students use knowledge of the new words to create a slideshow and original story.
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Alex: Taking Apart and Reconstructing Stories

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan is designed as a project-based unit plan that will take students through the narrative process from deconstruction to construction. After initial discussion, students will use the Interactive Story Map feature at Read...
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Alex: The Tennessee Valley Authority and Marshall County

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will create computer models based both on contemporary maps and primary sources to explore the role of the Tennessee Valley Authority's hydroelectric projects in altering more than 75 miles of the natural landscape and in...
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Alex: Coordinate Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will participate in several activities that will build their knowledge of coordinates graphing. Students will use ordered pairs to locate points on a grid. Students will also relate coordinate graphing to the real world through...
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Alex: Arctic Adventures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this lesson, learners will explore plant and animal life found at the Arctic Circle. They will also learn about the dangerously cold climate and the location of the Arctic Circle relative to the school's location on maps and globes.
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Alex: Introduction to the Cartesian Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
This instructional activity consists of two PowerPoint presentations that use animation (motion) to demonstrate how to obtain a 1-1 mapping between a plane and ordered pairs of Real numbers. These can be teacher presented or if you have...
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Alex: Do You Have a Babushka?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This instructional activity will familiarize students with the author Patricia Polacco. Students will use appropriate resources to gather information about Polacco, categorize the information, and record it in a graphic organizer...
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Alex: Where in the World Am I?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A collaborative distance learning project on world geography.Two classrooms will interact while solving clues about "mystery" counties.