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Bean toss

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students arrive at a verifiable rule, or set of rules, to handle all addition situations with signed numbers.
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Immigration to the Golden Land: Jewish Life in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine waves of Jewish immigration during three time periods and analyze a variety of primary sources, including letters, memoirs, and laws, to gain insight into both the American immigrant experience and American society...
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The Legacy of Imperialism

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders research the historical background of a chosen country. They analyze the effects of Imperialism from a personal, historic, and modern-day perspective. They formulate a postion regarding the effects of Imperialism in their...
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Unit Plan On Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore a variety of ways of solving quadratic equations. Students choose from graphing, factoring, finding square roots, completing the square and using the Quadratic formula. They ponder in the end on polynomial equations.
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Teaching About Inherited Human Disorders Through Case Studies

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore case studies involving human disorders. They identify options and consequences of each decision. Students interview a family member with a disorder. They create a presentation of their interview.
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Immigration in America, 1870-1920

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research patterns of immigration in America during the years of 1870-1920 using the Ellis Island website. They answer discussion questions, conduct Internet research on their own ancestors, and answer questions about the...
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Beaver, or not?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the role of the beaver in Illinois during the 1800's and how overtrapping cause the near extinction of the beaver colonies in Illinois by 1900. Students role play various people in 1945 who have an opinion about the...
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Insects: Bug Off

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design and conduct an experiment to test three organic pesticides to control ants. They view a video that demonstrates ant behavior and the role of pesticides in insect control. In small groups, they set up behavior...
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Teaching Spanish Heritage in the Context of the Ancient Mediterranean

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and interpret Spanish heritage, including the Mediterranean culture, language, history, trade, and migration. Following, they began an in-depth study of Egypt, the Middle East, Greece, and Rome and were able to make...
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Math: Currency Exchange Rates

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders apply the division and multiplication of decimals to convert dollars to various international currencies. In a travel simulation activity, they convert money, distance, and temperatures. During their "trip," students...
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More Chemical Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical bonding worksheet, students review the three types of compounds: ionic, covalent, and polyatomic. Students practice drawing the covalent bonds of given compounds. This worksheet has 5 drawings and 13 fill in the blank...
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Nasonia Genetics-A Jewel of a Wasp

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the inheritance pattern of eye color in Nasonia wasps. In this genetics and inheritance lesson plan, students read about the life cycle of Nasonia wasps and hypothesize about the possibilities of eye color inherited...
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More Chemical Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th
For this chemical bonding worksheet, high schoolers review the three types of bonds including ionic, covalent and polyatomic compounds. They identify 8 compounds as ionic, covalent or polyatomic and they make 4 ionic compounds and they...
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Composition of the Atom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the structure of the atom and its composition. For this atom structure lesson, students find the area of cut out circles and drop pens into the circles. They count the number of marks in the circles and relate their...
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Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Geometry/Algebra II worksheet, students create a scatter plot and analyze the data to determine if the data show any type of correlation.  The four page worksheet provides extensive explanation of topic, step-by-step...
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What Have We Done?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the effect of dams on the ecosystem. For this environmental lesson, students read case studies on the Aswan Dam and the Colorado River Basin and construct a T-chart to compare the effects on the region.
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Pizza with the Principal & Kindness Cash

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars understand how their words and acts affect others. In this acts of kindness lesson, students were rewarded for kind acts by getting to have pizza with the Principal. Young scholars also participated in a Principal's...
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Who's got the fastest legs?

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students use a stopwatch to collect information for a scatterplot.   In this fastest legs lessons, students collect data through the taking of measurements, create and find a median number. Students develop an equation and answer...
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Passive Integrator and Differentiator Circuits

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this circuits activity, students answer 25 questions about passive integrator circuits and passive differentiator circuits given schematics showing voltage. Students use calculus to solve the problems.
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Calculus for electric circuits

For Students 7th - 12th
In this circuits worksheet students complete a series of questions on equations, robotics and integration.  There is an answer sheet. 
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Saved by a Shark

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the marine ecosystem and the importance of sharks. For this shark lesson, students look at photos of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and discuss the animals that live there. They discuss which animals...
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The Chinese Expulsion Act of 1880

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the Chinese Expulsion Act of 1880. In this History instructional activity, students explore the issues of immigration and exclusion surrounding the Chinese Expulsion Act. Students will use a variety of primary sources to...
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Quadratic Equations

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra learning exercise, students solve quadratic functions through factoring and graphing. They solve for the area of a rectangular area. There are 20 questions.
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Factoring

For Students 11th - 12th
In this algebra activity, students solve quadratic equations and factor using complete the square. There are 20 problems. 

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