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Understanding Waves

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the physical properties of waves to explore the word crest and trough. They use toys to study waves in air, water and light.
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Civic Engagement for Us?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the different forms of civic engagement. They identify their responsibilities at the different levels of government. They also analyze young leaders running for office.
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Energy: Light -- Spinning Color Wheel

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make spinning color wheels to determine how energy effects what colors look like. They paint or color a color wheel with the seven colors of the spectrum. Next, the spin the wheel to determine what happens. In order to...
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Bird Interdisciplinary Possibilities

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore birds, their territory, breeding, and seasonal movement. They research and collect information on birds through writing letters to ornithologists, reading in books, comparing web sites, and observing pictures. Students...
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Plumbing the Deep-Using Sound Waves to See

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore and learn about the concept of echolocation. In this echolocation lesson, students explore how animals and engineers use echolocation (seeing under water) and sound waves to look and hear things under the deep water.
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Spelling Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Review basic spelling rules with your elementary schoolers. Focus in on the spelling of words with a specific prefix. In this spelling lesson, learners use an interactive whiteboard lesson to learn prefixes such as de, sub, re, and pre....
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Lights, Camera, Campaign

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students employ their technology skills to produce campaign commercials. In this political campaign lesson, students discover the appropriate uses of video cameras and create fictitious campaign commercials.
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Synthesis of Information

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Locating and synthesizing information is an essential part of the research process but can be overwhelming for many young writers. Eliminate some of the stress and confusion, this resource suggests, by separating these steps. To focus...
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Mystery State # 44

For Students 4th - 6th
Problem solving comes in all shapes and sizes. Here is a short problem-solving activity that requires learners to use five clues to determine the name of mystery state number 44. Do you know from which state Elvis hails?
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Passive Voice: English Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here’s a great idea: Have your class members create presentations about a grammar issue! “English Project” is a colorful, student-produced PowerPoint focused on passive voice. The presentation could be used as a lesson and as a model for...
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Cloze Reading: The House on Mango Street

For Students 7th - 12th
An advocate of cloze reading? “Marin”, a chapter from Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street, is used as the basis of a cloze reading exercise. An answer sheet is provided.
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Imperfect -ar Verbs

For Students 9th - 11th
How well does your class understand the imperfect tense? Included here are 32 multiple choice questions which require the learner to translate the sentences provided and identify the correct English translation from four options. Answers...
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Primary vs. Secondary Sources Notes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
What’s the difference between primary and secondary source materials? Here’s a handout, designed as a reference for learners, that does a good job of distinguishing between primary and secondary source materials and providing examples of...
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A New Kind of News

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Newspapers and broadcast news. Social media, blogs, and blogospheres. Class members generate a list of news sources they use to get information about events. The big idea here is to introduce the necessary vocabulary and to establish a...
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Percent Error and Percent Increase - Matching Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Calculating percent change is a handy tool to understand sales, discounts, and other numerical changes we come across. Here, learning exercise practices percent change and percent error with a variety of problems to let your...
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Power Crisis in California

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read an online CNNfyi.com article related to the energy crisis in California. They calculate the monthly cost of running household appliances. They develop a list of alternative methods of energy sources.
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Forecasting

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students research how to forecast the weather by observing cloud formations and wind patterns. They research modern means of weather forecasting, complete a quiz and an activity page designed to let them try out new forecasting skills...
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Woody Guthrie: Life and Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Woody Guthrie will capture the imagination of even your most reluctant learners. Using his work, your class will develop their skills in non-fiction reading comprehension, interpreting primary source material, and use of multiple forms...
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The Influence of Physical Geography

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the limits and demands of their physical world and how it relates to the survival and well-being of people.
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Jazz in America

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explore the Swing Era and its implications. They answer questions and listen to music from the era.
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Hotels in Acapulco

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore a website for a hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, answering questions about hotel offers, prices, and special activities. They prepare a skit between family members, or prepare an ad for a hotel.
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The Surreal Deal

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the art-historical contexts used by Salvador Dali and identify examples of them. They explore surrealism by playing the game Exquisite Corpse, automatic writing or drawing, and dream illustration. They tour the Dali Museum.
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Western-Genre Films

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch westerns and analyze them. They identify the plot, characters and the sounds in the film. They research icons of the American west and prepare a presentation. They share their presentation with the class.
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A Village of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal

For Teachers K - 12th
Examine the process of making Indian patua-style narrative scrolls. Look closely at the images in the scrolls and have your young artists create an original patua painting. Using ink and watercolors, the class can illustrate their...

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