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Purpose of Advertising

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students recognize nonverbal cues in advertisements.  In this advertising lesson plan,  students navigate a website with history of advertisements.   Students collect sample advertisements. Students plan and perform...
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Sportsmanship: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete activities regarding good sportsmanship. For this sportsmanship lesson, students discuss winning, losing, and cheating. They participate in Sportsmanship scenarios and discuss what they would do in each situation. 
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Healthy Snacking: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate healthy snack foods. In this healthy snack foods lesson, students discover what good snacks consist off and how healthy snacking can improve health. They design the perfect snack machine using the associated...
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Smoking: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the pros and cons of smoking.  In this smoking instructional activity, students navigate websites to find information on smoking and then participate in a discussion with specific discussion questions.
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Smoking: Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students navigate websites to discover the reasons not to smoke.  In this smoking lesson plan, students research and answer questions about the bad effects of smoking.
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Food Allergies: Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore different types of food allergies. For this food allergy lesson, students look at what foods people with peanut, seafood, milk, egg, soy or wheat allergies have to avoid. They create a button for a student with an...
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Sportsmanship: Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how to play sports fairly by role playing sports scenarios in class.  In this sportsmanship lesson, students participate in a charades activity in which they act out a random event while the class decides if this...
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Rhythm and Art: Gesture Drawing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make connection between music and art. In this integrated arts lesson, students complete gesture drawing activities as they listen to Cuban, flamenco, classical, jazz, and contemporary music. 
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The Climate Change Skeptic's Argument: Natural Solar Cycles or Human Activity?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Teachers explore patterns in sunspots and total solar irradiance to understand the counterpoint to the human effect of global warming. In this professional development tool, teachers work through a lesson plan on the sun's natural...
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Vasarely Was A Colorful Fellow

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create artwork inspired by the work of Victor Vasarely. In this op art lesson, 8th graders explore color theory and color mixing. Students create ten shapes to use in their artwork and over the course of two weeks,...
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Saving the Sandhill Cranes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore environmental awareness by participating in movie making. In this endangered species lesson, students discuss the problems dealing with sandhill cranes at a nearby beach and the impact our environment is having on them....
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Water Cycle Bag

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students enclose water in an airtight bag and leave it in a warm area to view the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson plan, students observe evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. They then discuss what they learned about the...
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Where's King Solomon when we need him?: Good decisions on resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use geographic information to suggest how to manage natural resources through a simulation. They engage in a simulation, and decide how to protect, allocate, and exploit the resources of a hypothetical location.
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International Trade

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students, through lecture and discussion, examine the mechanics of exchange in world markets and then at some of the issues nations face as a result of the international character of trade. They participate in an activity that...
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The Cry Of The Wolf

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students inverstigate the history of wolves and how they have changed throughout the ages. The movement to eradicate the wolves is studied and students are asked to explain their opinion of it. This is given after spending the time to...
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Nutrition and the Food Pyramid

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the food pyramid and how healthy food effects the body. They discuss what they ate for breakfast and identify what makes a food healthy. Students analyze the food pyramid, and cut out magazine pictures of food and...
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Ideal Weight, Cultural Stereotypes, and Eating Disorders

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the societal stigma that accompanies people who are overweight. In addition, students research current medical thinking on "ideal weight" and identify how the perception of body image can lead to eating disorders.
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Cultural Effects of The Great Wall of China for the Chinese

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write a three paragraph essay describing how three areas of their culture were affected by The Great Wall of China.
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Interpreting Political Cartoons

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review political cartoons and discuss what political impact they can have. They choose a current political cartoon and write an essay exploring its intent and impact.
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Vote for Me!

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders analyze voter trends in South Carolina and discover techniques canddidates and their parties use to convince us to vote their way. They are able to locate voting statistics for their county; compare the number of...
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Chairs, Corduroys, Cottages, and Cars: Exploring the Diversity of Design

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create and present a theme-based exhibition. In this design instructional activity, students categorize objects to reflect a specific design theme and create their own theme-based collections. Students research a museum...
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Essential to Autumn: Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Pattern, Rhythm, Emphasis, Movement, Balance, and Unity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the environment by learning about nature. For 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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Examining newspapers

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students compare and contrast tabloid and broadsheet papers. In this journalism lesson, students examine how techniques and form differs from one type of publication to the other. The culminating activity is for students to take what...
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Constructivism (Line and shape)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the element of line to create a composition, then apply a printmaking technique to create a composition.

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