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A Dash of Folk, A Pinch of Fairy Recipes for Playmaking

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine the importance of oral traditions while reading various fairy and folk tales. Given a piece of clay, they can mold it into any shape they want and pass it to their neighbor which keeps building the object. They use...
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Flyer

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a flyer used to announce a transition meeting for the individual student as he/she enters high school. Students summarize the purpose of the meeting, remind the teachers of the meeting's date, and then distribute it to...
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Animal Homes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how an animal's relationship to its habitat affect the animal's survival. They discuss animal habitats and the animal's relationship to that habitat through the food chain, life cycle, community, and balance of nature....
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Weather Watchers

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners conduct Internet research of their community's weather and compare it to the weather in another location. After conducting research, students become weather reporters by reporting their findings to the class by using a...
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Claymation Video

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars photograph important landmarks in town, write descriptive articles, and share them with other students through the school newspaper and web site. They also create a documentary-style video that speaks to an organization...
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Picture Perfect

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils work together in groups to research Afghanistan in the 1970s and today. After reading a story about a Peace Corps volunteer, they discuss things they must do in their community they believe are unneccessary. They end the lesson by...
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Is There a Stone in My Soup?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students plan a service project. In this service learning lesson, students demonstrate their understanding of philanthropy as they plan a stone soup party.
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Keep the Environment Clean

For Teachers K
Students discuss ways our environment becomes polluted. They make a list of ways to keep it clean.
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Private Sector Enticing Public into Final Frontier

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study entrepreneurship in space. In this space science lesson, students discuss an article provided and explain why their senses are important to finding opportunities. Students list three possible opportunities in the...
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Let's Study Outdoors - Outdoor Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research native plants. They identify the plant by scientific name, size, amount of water needed and color. Pupils measure and plot an area of school property. Students create an outdoor classroom. Additional cross curriculum...
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Plains Indians

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a KWL chart on Native Americans and listen to a speaker from a local Indian Reservation. As a class, they are read part of a Native American story in which they pick their own Native American name and identify their...
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Pot Of Gold Craft

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create "Pot of Gold" containers using recycled baby food jars, ribbon, pom poms, tissue paper, and kraft glue. This Art lesson is ideal for elementary classrooms, but can also be adapted for a small service project at the High...
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Let's Talk Trash

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify class and types of materials in our environment.  For this investigative lesson students work in groups to process information about what actions should be taken concerning solid waste.
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A Multigenerational Pen Pal Program

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the benefits of writing letters to multigenerational pen pals.  In this pen pal instructional activity, students identify a need for communication among the generations.  Students begin a pen pal program with...
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President's Day

For Teachers 1st
First graders imagine that they are the President of the United States. In this history lesson the students think of three rules or laws that they would create if they were President. The students listen to a book about George Washington...
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Sports and Fitness Festival

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore new sports and activities which lead them to a healthy lifestyle.
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Relationships, Rules, and Responsibilities

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify jobs in the environment. In this social justice activity, 1st graders describe rules to protect the environment and the roles specific jobs play. Students construct environmental rules for an imaginary town.
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Earthquake Preparation and Survival Strategies

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils examine the different ways that earthquakes have been predicted.  In this earthquake instructional activity students plan ways that people can prepare for earthquakes. 
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Email Around the World

For Teachers K - 12th
Students send and receive e-mail messages and find the location of each of the messages on a map. Students then write a description and trivia facts about their school to send to others.
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A Reporter's Recovery of Place

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and write their own story about an artifact they find in their community.
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The Mathematics of Space and Place

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars investigate the measurements and geometry of the school grounds. They conduct inquiry while measuring the campus and some of the city blocks. Then students draw a map to scale and categorize property types using a pie graph.
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Cross Country Running Club

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work on their cardiovascular fitness by participating in an after school running club. They select a running buddy, and walk, run or jog the designated course of the day. They practice interval training, running on varied...
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Energy Audits for the Elderly

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars perform experiments to determine the nature of energy particularly in air, light and water. They conducted an energy audit using the Energy Audit Checklist and by looking at the school's bills for gas and power.
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Mini-Economy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders perform jobs in order to sustain their classroom community. After completing a brief overview of how local economies are sustained, they complete job applications for classroom jobs. Students perform their jobs throughout...