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University of California

History Project: Political Issues Behind the Trial of President Andrew Johnson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High school lesson provides the background for the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson over the conflict between Congress and the President over Reconstruction of the South. Students are to use sections from 15 primary source...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Poetry Lesson: Song Parodies About School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After celebrating (and singing) some of the delightful songs from Alan Katz's "Take Me out of the Bathtub" and listening to songs by Weird Al Yankovic, like "Eat It," students will discuss the concept of parody. To practice writing a...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: 5th Grade Narrative Prompt: School Scenes in "Slow Motion"

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This exercise was designed to serve as a pre-writing activity for one of their three designated fifth grade practice prompts for the state writing exam. The prompt is: Think about a time when something special or unusual happened at...
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University of California

History Project: The Antinomian Controversy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using ten primary source documents, high school students will write a 2 1/2 page interpretive history of Puritan Society focusing on the antinomian controversy in Massachusetts.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Write About Something Real at School

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
In this Writers Workshop lesson, students look around themselves and think about their daily lives at school to find relevant writing topics.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Chemical Reactions & Engineering Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson begins with a story about rescuing reptile eggs from a new construction site. Using the story as motivation, young scholars are presented with an engineering design challenge: Build a portable device which can warm, support,...
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Marilyn J. Brackney

Imagination Factory: What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is an art idea for young students returning to school after summer break. Website provides ideas for making unique collages conveying any theme.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Inventions Using Simple Machines Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will have completed a unit on the six simple machines (lever, inclined plane, pulley, wedge, screw, and wheel and axle) before beginning this project. Students will choose to investigate an invention composed of one or more...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Investigating School Safety and Slope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a 'news report' approach, students investigate the slope of various stairways on the school campus and report on wheelchair accessibility and adherence to the Americans with Disabilities Act. (PowerPoint Included) An extension of...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Research Project: American Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help young scholars of all backgrounds learn to work together in groups to complete a research paper assignment. This is a collaborative based lesson plan that challenges students to work together to complete...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Lets Net: Worm Bin Project Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn about the worm life cycle and decomposition of life by creating small-scale worm ecosystems. Research groups share scientific data with groups at other schools using web-based communication tools.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fifty States Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will follow simple research steps in the school media center and on the Internet to complete a poster on an assigned state by identifying the state's symbols and agricultural products.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: 3,2,1 Spinoff

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
As part of the study of Space, the learners will do research on and create a podcast/vodcast about spinoffs developed from space exploration. In groups, students will use various websites to acquire information about technological...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Prose Poetry Paragraphs

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Inspired by the vignettes of Sandra Cisneros, students will write about a familiar thing from their lives. Students will use the style of prose poetry to describe something familiar around their home, school or neighborhood. The final...
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Ela Informational Text 6 8 Element Cards

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This 38-page resource will assist middle school English Language Arts teachers as they plan for an informational text unit.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. Ideal for pre-high school students. This page describes an activity in which the history of electric circuits, the nature of...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science Italian Style: Eruption!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research Mt. Vesuvius and scientists' preparations for a future eruption. Produce a television program about volcanoes for middle school students as part of a public information campaign to inform citizens of Washington State about Mount...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: State Jeopardy How Much Do You Know About My State?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson is a distance learning collaborative project involving another school. Each school will do research on the other school's state and be able to answer questions about that state posed by the other school. Young scholars learn...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: S'mores Limiting & Excess Reactants

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will use manipulatives that represent the ingredients for S'mores (graham crackers, marshmallows, chocolate bar) to determine the limiting and excess reactants (reagents) for making S'mores. The students will extend this to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Types of Chemical Reactions and Predicting Products

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The guided inquiry activity enables young scholars to identify the five basic types of reactions - synthesis or composition, decomposition, combustion, single replacement and double replacement. Students will also begin to predict the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Students Write a Newspaper

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this project-based language development lesson, English Language Learners learn about the newspaper publication and create their own newspaper that covers stories about their school year. The lesson format follows the Sheltered...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exploring Slope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this lesson is to help students see the real world application of slope. The students will view a movie clip of slope, calculate the slope of stairs in the school building, and analyze results.This lesson plan was created...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Electrostatic Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which includes several hands-on activities pertaining to static charge, charge interactions, and the induction process. Students use readily available materials to investigate these concepts. Designed for pre-high...

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