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Animal skeletal design-reduction relief prints

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare and contrast various forms of artistic expression associated with specific groups of people, geographic regions, or time periods, specifically, art of Australia, and create art works using procedures borrowed from...
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Create a Travel Brochure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine how geography affects how people live, work and play. They identify the different landforms in the three regions of Peru and create a travel brochure highlighting Peru's attractions.
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Showing Your Community to the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the environmental and human implications to local communities of hosting a major exposition or fair in their region. They study current site conditions and develop a comprehensive plan.
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Architectural Change

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate the various types of architecture used in Los Angeles. They conduct Internet research, analyze the sequence of architectural development in the Los Angeles region, and create a presentation on a specific...
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Northwest Ordinance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the area where the Northwest Territory was located. They discover the steps territories need to follow to become states. They create a map of the Northwest Territory and label the states that came out of that region.
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Native Americans ~ Biomes Web Quest/deserts

For Teachers 4th
Students identify the biomes of each region: mountains, forests, plains, tundra, desert. They identify and describe features of North American desert (Mojave, Sonoron, Great Basin. Chihuahaun). They identify what we are doing today is...
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Designing The Character Of Louisiana Purchase Louisianians

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate the history of the Louisiana Purchase. They gather information using a digital library and internet resources. The information is used to construct a detailed summary of how the people of time lived. They also use the...
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Getting Around Clean And Green

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate various aspects of transportation while working with different resources to conduct research. The research is used to find information in order to create a presentation that includes writing and graphing.
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Lesson Plan on Tolerance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars, through discussion, internet and video resources, study the history of Northern Ireland and the religious segregation between Catholics and Protestants. They evaluate the current political situation and predict what the...
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The Muskogees

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read a story from their textbook about the Muskogee (Creek) Native American Indian tribe. They discuss various aspects of Native American culture--specifically that of the Muskogee tribe. They explore online resources,...
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The Best Vacation Ever

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students research various vacation destinations and the costs of travel. In this vacation planning lesson, students obtain information for various purposes, research sites, document their findings, learn about geographical regions, and...
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Honors Chemistry I

For Teachers 10th - 11th
In this honor chemistry I worksheet, students use all available resources to answer each question given. Students apply their knowledge of light, quantum theory of light, Bohr's model, photoelectric theory.
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Who Lives Here?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students examine water conservation efforts in desert regions as they act as members of a city council committee investigating the issue in a...
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The Great Kapok Tree - Economic Impact of Deforestation

For Teachers K - 7th
Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry. They, in groups, research the economic impacts of deforestation in areas with rain forest and identify resources that humans use from the rain forest.
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Marketing in the Travel and Tourism Industry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify vocabulary used in the marketing industry. They use the internet to find marketing resources and discover how companies develop their marketing strategy. They practice using the techniques as well.
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Digging Up Facts About Dinosaurs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders conduct research on a given dinosaur using various resources, complete an information sheet that be used to create their graphic organizer from, and produce a graphic organizer, using the Kidspiration software.
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Trading in the Silk Roads Cities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore elements of trade along the Silk Roads by examining products of various locations along the route, production, influences of resources and environment, challenges of transportation, and economic exchange; students then...
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Urban Changes

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore how landscapes undergo constant changes with urban development. They plan and build their own "city" by including features that have minimal resource demands to sustain the city itself.
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From the Source to the Sea: The Nisqually River Watershed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research the conflicts over different uses of the Nisqually River resources and role play as mediators between Chief Leschi and other interested parties. They cite and interpret relevant artifacts and primary and...
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Wycinanki and Polish Folktales

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students, with the use of the Internet among various other resources, research/locate Polish folktales and re-tell the Polish folktales in their own words. In addition, they examine the art of Wycinanki, Polish paper cutting.
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Introduction to Biomes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use scientific skills and processes to recognize how living things depend on one another and on the environment for survival and the human use of natural resources impacts the environment. Explain how Earth's surface...
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop a better understanding of the need to conserve our renewable resources.  In this water cycle lesson students take notes, complete a guide sheet and illustrate the water cycle. 
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Canada

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders sample the rich diversity of Canada's people and cultures, glimpse the vastness of Canada's lands and waters, and get an idea of the wealth and variety of its resources, wildlife, and history.
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Our Native Americans

For Teachers 3rd
Students complete a unit of lessons on Native Americans. They label maps, list resources the Native Americans used in their daily lives, create an original short story, define key vocabulary, and develop a model of something that...