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PHYSICS OF FLIGHT
Ninth graders study the basic principles of flight, including the Bernoulli Principle and Newton's Laws. They construct and study model aircraft
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Anticipatory Set Picture Walk
The teacher models a Picture Walk by using a "think aloud" method while reading a picture book to the class. On the second day, 3rd graders use a worksheet as a guide for a second picture walk. This time, students complete the "think...
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Ohio Inventors
Fourth graders gain an understanding of the impacts that inventions have made on the lives of others and how new developments led to the growth of Ohio and the United States. They also investigate the lives of some individual inventors.
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Basic Computer Hardware and Software
Young scholars see pictures and learn vocabulary of basic computer hardware and software. In this computers lesson plan, students are shown pictures of a screen, mouse, keyboard, and other computer parts that they should know and fill...
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WebQuest 1: Design and Build a Music Technology Lab for Our School
Students complete a WebQuest related to music. They work together to develop a design for a music technology lab. They build the lab for all students to enjoy.
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Statistical Pictures of School and Life
Students explore how mathematical data is used to summarize and illustrate everyday life. They apply mathematical concepts and skills to analyze data. Students conduct a five question survey of 50 people or more and graph the data.
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Cruising Aircraft and Balanced Forces
Pupils, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of the text by applying it to questions involving cruising aircraft and balanced forces.
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Solar Cooking
Students create brochures focusing on one area of climate change that interests them. This instructional activity ends with a creative project building Earth Day solar cookers and having a class cookout.
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Social Studies: Aztec Calendars and Culture
Sixth graders analyze the Aztec calendar and create their own examples of them. They determine the meaning of the symbols used in the calendars and record their ideas in journals. Students host a parent breakfast for them to observe...
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European Travelers
Seventh graders explore the European travelers and culture. They create a travel brochure that presents a given European culture in an inviting format. Students analyze the cultures of various European countries and select one they would...
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Ups and Downs
Learners examine tidal currents. In this tides instructional activity students describe how the tides affect lives and explain why it is important to monitor them.
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Virtual Field Trip of Japan
Young scholars explore Japan and Japanese culture via GoogleEarth and United Streaming Video. This instructional activity is intended for a middle-level social studies class and includes a wonderful instructional activity extension idea...
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South America Commercials
Middle schoolers create commercials that promote travel to South American countries in this middle-level lesson for the Social Studies classroom. The lesson suggests using educational software including MS Word, MS Powerpoint, and MS...
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Storytelling: Using the Arts to Enrich the Curriculum...
Students explore the art of storytelling and stories from various cultures. Students experience Japanese and Chinese culture as well as Greek mythology. Students create and present their own Greek mythology topic to the class.
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Storytelling: Using the arts to enrich the curriculum
Young scholars examine storytelling in a cross curricular unit. Language arts, social studies, science and math are all incorporated in this project as well as technology through the use of Hyperstudio.
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And Justice for All?
Pupils explore the history of the environmental justice movement. They examine how discrimination promotes environmental illness in low income communities. Students explain why minority and low income groups have less economic and...
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The Camelot Times: Writing a Newspaper
Students create and publish a newspaper based on Arthurian literature and history. After completing a class read of "King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table," students work in groups to write an article based on their...
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Teach Your Friends Polynomials
Students investigate polynomials. In this ninth or tenth grade mathetmatics lesson, students teach their peers the steps to adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and factoring polynomials. Students create a PowerPoint...
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Students Solutions - Saving Our Surroundings
Students explore the environmental impact of humans on the plants and animals in their state. In this environmental impact lesson, students use digital cameras to photograph plants and animals in their state. Students investigate the...
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Inquiry-based Investigations into Pond Water Microorganisms
Students become familiar with common microorganisms and experience exploring the microbial world.
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Project Whistlestop “Show Me” Learning Unit Election of 1948-Digital Scrapbook
Students create a digital scrapbook of the election of 1948 -- one of the most interesting and unique elections in US History.
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Polygons and Plane Figures
Pupils choose a polygon to define and describe, and use Power Point and the Internet to present their polygon.
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The Chosen
Learners explore the subject of religion in the United States by identifying the different religions that Americans practice, by describing current religious controversies, and by discussing the role that religious leaders play in their...
