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Morning Message
Young scholars point to words in the morning message as it is read, then illustrate a printed copy of the message. Each page is added to a book of collected morning messages.
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Moon Journal
Fourth graders observe Moon and its features, and record results both in written form and in a drawing on the given template.
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Family Conflict Resolution
Students identify the issues that cause conflicts in families and determine ways to manage conflict. In this conflict resolution lesson, students brainstorm issues that cause conflicts. Students work in groups to find ways to solve the...
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Robot Soldiers
High schoolers explore the studies on scientists building a mechanical super-soldier that can heal its own wounds. Students consider and discuss the implications of mastering and using this type of technology. High schoolers analyze the...
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Bringing Tolerance to Our Beaches (Private-Religious)
Students role play. In this equality lesson, students read a passage in Leviticus and describe people that would be considered strangers and how they are to be treated. Students discuss the concept of discrimination. Students role play...
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Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Words: Art, Art History, Language Arts, Creative Writing
Students write a story inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and then try their hand at their own rendition of this famous piece of art. In a twist, students incorporate the stories into their paintings.
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Food Chain Chant
Young scholars memorize a poem using various reading strategies to reinforce the concept of the food chain and the terminology associated with it.
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Going "Diggie" with Math Word Problems
Sixth graders create word problems. In this sixth grade mathematics lesson, 6th graders use digital cameras to photograph interesting events around school and create word problems for their photographs that address the key concepts...
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Looking into Space
Students explore how telescopes work, build a model of their own, and consider how real telescopes can be used to ask-and help answer-questions about the universe.
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Generation Tech
Learners explore the work ethic and world view of the current "gamer generation." They brainstorm, describe, analyze and document the latest technology to create a virtual time capsule for a future generation.
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11 September memorial
Students analyze the events of September 11. They read news stories and discuss the events of September 2001. Students explore the meaning of symblism. They design a memorial to commemorate the event.
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Secrets of the Ocean Realm - In the School "Star Gardens"
Students learn to use a tide table in plotting tidal curves and create a tide calendar by plotting a month-long tidal curve on an ordinary pictorial calendar.
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The Grass is Always Greener
Third graders experiment with common grass and cellular division.
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Photometry
Students examine blackbody radiation and light wavelengths. Students research the various types of electromagnetic spectrum. Students examine any misconceptions they may have in light.
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Animal Parade
Students begin the activity by coloring animals on the beginning and end pages. They are to put the other pages in order based on the animals place in the parade.
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How Many in a Minute
Students estimate what they can accomplish in a minute. In this estimation activity, students guess how many jumping jacks or stars they can draw in a minute. They get timed and see how close they are to their prediction.
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Wooden Starflakes
Students create wooden "Starflakes" for the Holiday season in this excellent lesson plan suitable for the elementary level Art class. Resource links are provided for introuctory activities involving basic snowflake creations and ideas...
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Seeing Interference Fringes with a Telescope
High schoolers construct an interferometer using a simple telescope. In this physics lesson, students explain how light waves create the fringe patterns. They observe patterns made by different objects in the sky and compare them.
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Famous Olympians
Young scholars study about famous Olympic athletes. They are introduced to a few that have earned gold medals to encourage interest. Students read to find out more about them to become with more equally famous Olympic Games stars.
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Designed to Scale
Seventh graders study ratios, scale and distances according to a three dimensional model. In this exploratory lesson students create their own constellation and prepare an oral presentation that describes their model.
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Shapes!
Learners identify five basic geometric shapes by naming them according to their defining characteristics. They draw the shapes and identify food with similar shapes.
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Mock Environmental Summit
Students increase understanding of human impact on Earth's sytems and the climate. They develop persuasive and critical skills as writers and presenters. They become familiar with political decision making processes.
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Global Temperatures
Students analyze the global temperature record from 1867 to the present. Long-term trends and shorter-term fluctuations are both evaluated. The data is examined for evidence of the impact of natural and anthropogenic climate forcing...
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Following in Galileo's Footsteps
Students explore the findings of Galileo and research the moons of Jupiter. They construct simple telescopes, and examine the moons for themselves at a star party. They record their findings in a journal.