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Käthe Kollwitz: Never Again War!
Students explore Kathe Kollowitz and other Holocaust artists.
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Intermediate Soccer Assessment Plan
Students, using a computer, demonstrate their knowledge of soccer terms.
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Simple Machines Activity Lesson Plan
Young scholars follow the directions of animated characters using the Internet to become familiar with simple machines.
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Procedure Movies
Students record classroom procedures and use iMovie to edit their movies. Audio tracks are then added to the movies to enhance the action. Lesson alternatives and extensions are provided.
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Animated Cartoons
Students draw ten frames for a cartoon and then use iMovie to create an animated movie in this technology-based art lesson. Transitions and audio tracks can be added to enhance final products.
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Physics Wiki
Students write text, notes, outlines, comments, and observations that demonstrate comprehension and synthesis of content, processes, and experiences from a variety of media in this lesson created for a Physics classroom. The main lesson...
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Adding and Subtracting Integers
Sixth graders create electronic manipulatives to model addition and subtraction of integers. They are introduced to the software Inspiration and use techniques such as selecting and deselecting an object, resizing an object, moving an...
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Weather
Students collect daily weather types throughout the school year using a spreadsheet program and Meteorologist freeware in order to predict weather changes and compare seasons. An Appleworks worksheet is included.
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Understanding Food Labels
Students determine the number of calories, serving size, and vitamins and minerals in different food products and use this information to create a formula determining the number of calories per serving size and the daily percentages of...
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Occupational Outlook
Learners analyze collected data to determine the occupational outlook for a variety of careers. This social studies instructional activity for the high school classroom is ideal for student practice using spreadsheet software, internet...
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Famous Person Admired
Middle schoolers research a famous person they admire. Students conduct Internet research to gather and store facts about the historic person in order to write essay, they also collect pictures for a collage.
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Egyptian Inspiration Web
Students conduct Internet research to discover information about scientific, technological, cultural and intellectual achievements in Egypt, along with Egyptian family life. Students create Inspiration webs of their findings.
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Community Service Through Art: Empty Bowls
Fifth graders become more aware of the worldwide poverty issues. Through reading books, they can get a feeling for what the daily life of a person who lives in poverty is like. The research skills studied can be used in different subjects.
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Geometric Gymnastics
Students explore the Math Dictionary for Kids site (see Weblinks). (They will discover the second set of terms is synonyms for the first set.) The teacher observes students' progress and provides feedback to students as they work at the...
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Energy Content Of Foods And Fuels
Young scholars engage in a study of food and how it used as fuel for the human body. They research how biological systems require energy and compare them to the physical science systems like machines. They compare and contrast what they...
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How Long? How Tall?
Seventh graders investigate the parts of the human body and examine the symmetry of body parts like arms and legs. They measure the body parts and take individual height and weight to compare the quantities. Student examine whether the...
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Colores del mundo
Students are introduced to the names of colors in Spanish. After being shown artifacts, they identify and write the color of each object. They also create a coloring sheet in which they trade with their classmates when needed.
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Your Right to Know
Students read information about access open records and how to file a Freedom of Information request. They access links to investigative stories about open files. They discuss information available. They develop a list of investigative...
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Child's Play II: Loteria Game
Learners use flashcards to memorize the Spanish words for numbers. In groups, they write and solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. They play another round of the game in which they can only give the problem...
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Make it Healthier by Cutting it Down?
Fifth graders discuss sustainable forestry. In this forestry lesson, 5th graders discuss how healthy forests need to have dead, diseased and lower quality trees cut down and harvested. They visit a local forest and identify these 3 types...
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Florida Memory: Florida During World War Ii
A history of Florida during World War II with primary documents, photos, quizzes and lesson plans based on the "Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies."