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Talking About the MySpace Generation
Students examine 21st century learning tools. In this digital tools lesson plan, students discover what the Internet is and explore the success of Google and MySpace. Students discuss what they think could be the next big digital tool.
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Citizenship in Action
Learners discover citizenship at work. In this current events instructional activity, students visit selected websites to discover information about animal testing and discuss how to solve some of the issues associated with animal...
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Sample This
Students gain a greater understanding of how statistical samples are conducted by taking polls of specific populations. These polls be expressed in graphs, which be compared with the same questions asked of other populations.
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Qualitative and Quantitative Data
Seventh graders study the different ways that they have been evaluated over the years. In this qualitative and quantitative lesson students complete a learning activity while in groups.
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Mummies Made in Egypt
Students use maps to locate information on Egypt, then create their own maps to display knowledge gained from the lesson and Web sites. They recognize, create, and describe the pyramid's geometric shape in three-dimensional forms.
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Studying Pronunciation is a Waste of Time
In this pronunciation worksheet, students, working with a partner, answer fourteen statements as true or false and then poll their classmates to see how they answered those same fourteen statements.
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Parents are unawareof Ecstasy risk:Anti-drug Education
Students read an article on parents unawareness of Ecstasy use. In this current events lesson plan, students infer issues related to teen drug use and parent prevention and engage in a class discussion. Students give a quiz related to...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Pedigrees and the Inheritance of Lactose Intolerance
What, exactly, causes lactose intolerance? Scholars view a video describing a Finnish study that determined why some people are tolerant while others are intolerant. They then use the data from the study to reenact the experiment and...
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Forming Friendships
Pupils discuss the importance of friendships and the main factors of friendships after reading the story "Poll uncovers friendship secrets". The lesson plan is set up as an open class discussion in order for the students to learn from...
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Mexican Music
Students explore Mexican music. In this multicultural music instructional activity, students read the lyrics of songs such as "Poll Parrot" and sing along with a recording of the song. Students practice the pronunciation of Mexican lyrics.
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Data Collection - Primary Poster
Students explore the concept of collecting, analyzing, and graphing data. For this collecting, analyzing, and graphing data lesson, students create a survey about a topic of interest. Students poll their classmates, analyze, and graph...
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Wordle It
Students discuss, define, and give themselves character traits. In this character traits lesson, students create a list of ten character traits that describe themselves. Students create a data table and poll their classmates about the...
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Human Genome Debate
Learners study the Human Genome Project and participate in a debate about the project. In this genome lesson, students review the terms related to the genome project, take a poll about the ethical issues of the project, and watch a video...
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3-Every-Day of Dairyfor Stronger Bones
Students respond to a poll by actively moving in response to prompts. In this dairy nutrition lesson, students write sentences in groups using vocabulary words from a word list. Students discuss physical activity and how calcium improves...
Heritage Foundation
Voting and the Constitution
How difficult was it for everyone to get voting rights? Understanding voting rights and the fight to get them for everyone in the United States can be tricky for some learners. However, they are clarified after engaging in the...
Scholastic
The Class Election from the Black Lagoon Storia Teaching Guide
One of my favorite things about this resource is that they use a standardized lexile to help you determine who should be reading what book. I also love this great teacher's guide for the book, The Class Election from the Black...
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Chart This!
Students collect data and graph or chart the information. In this data organization instructional activity, students poll their classmates about certain topics and chart or graph the information to show the results of their research.
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History or Mis-story?
Young scholars explore some of our country's founding myths and legends by participating in an online poll. For example, did George Washington really chop down a cherry tree, then confess to his father about the deed, saying, I cannot...
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Do You Like to Spend or Save?
Students, after briefly discussing spending and saving habits, take a poll to see how their peers like to manage money. Then students graph their findings and discuss the survey results.
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Kindness Certificate
Students demonstrate that gifts don't need to be bought. In this philanthropy lesson, students list types of gifts and create homemade gifts for family and friends from various materials.
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VOTING
Students discuss 'The importance of voting'. They elect 5 candidates - each representing one of the five values. Each candidate presents a case why their value is important. The other class members then vote for whichever value/candidate...
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Water Taste Test
Students brainstorm the different characteristics of potable water. In this general science lesson, students test several water samples and hypothesize which samples and brands they are. They discuss where drinking water came from and...
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Behind the Ad: The Process of Producing a Political Commerical
Young scholars examine how advertisements are produced for political campaigns. In groups, they view various examples of different advertisements and create their own ad by completing the steps listed in the lesson plan. They share...
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Venn Diagrams & Word Problems
Students explore the concept of Venn Diagrams through word problems. In this Venn Diagram lesson, students solve word problems about groups of people using Venn Diagrams. Students use survey results about MySpace and Facebook in a Venn...