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Fitness Day

For Teachers K - 8th
Students in grades K-8 participate in a school wide fitness day. On this day all students and staff walk for 20 minutes or one mile around cones placed around the playground. Drawings, a balloon release and other activities surround...
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Hollywood and Higher Learning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a varietry of films showing college life. In groups, they take different scenerios from the films and determine how they would have reacted. As a class, they discuss more in depth the issues they might face in college. ...
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Art and Anatomy: The Vitruvian Teen

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the history of showing the human anatomy. In groups, they measure their height and arm spans to create a graph and determine if their measurements support Vitruvius' work. Individually, they make their own...
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Integrated Algebra: State Exam

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this integrated algebra worksheet, students solve problems related to topics covered in algebra for the entire year.  Topics include, but are not limited to, inequalities, probability, functions, interval notation, exploring...
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Integrated Algebra

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this integrated algebra worksheet, students solve problems covering topics studied during the year.  Problems include topics such as slope-intercept, Venn Diagrams, finding the solution to multi-step algebra problems, writing...
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Balancing a Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate money management.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students participate in a cost-of-living budget simulation in which they calculate monthly and yearly projected costs.  Students investigate housing...
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Hope vs. History

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.  In this World History lesson, students research a key person that was involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict over the past several years, then create a timeline of main...
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Guiding Your Curriculum with the Help of Essential Questions

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Teachers can plan a unit of study using essential questions as the driving force behind student learning.
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War on Waste

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take a closer look at food waste. In this global studies lesson, students perform a waste audit at their school and institute a lunchbox challenge to reduce food waste. Students may also complete the extension activities.
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Finding Mass

For Teachers 8th
Student measure mass to discover how pennies have changed in their composition. In this measurement lesson, 8th graders investigate through an open-ended problem to discover how the US pennies composition changed in the 1980's.
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The Princess and the Pea

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various shared reading and writing activities related to the classic fairytale "The Princess and the Pea." They identify the story elements, write an opening sentence for the beginning of the story, and discuss...
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Rebuilding The World Trade Center Site: A 9/11 Tribute

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Pupils work together to build a memorial for the World Trade Center victims. In groups, they draw designs on what they believe the memorial should look like and write a proposal for the structure. To end the instructional activity,...
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Probability Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this probability worksheet, students solve 5 problems, finding odds of certain months of school excursions. Answers are included on page 2.
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Colonial Living: A Look at the Arts, Crafts, History, and Literature of Early Americans

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the different aspects of life in Colonial America. At home, they make traditional colonial recipes to share with the class. In groups, they read a book about the purpose and act of quilting and create their own...
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Sutton Jumpers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils perfect skills learned in physical education class and use those skills to create jump routines. The troupe then performs their routines for various local and state organizations. They agree to come to practice before school, to...
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Litter Patrol

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students collect litter. In this recycling instructional activity, students review the term litter and give examples. Students collect litter at their school. They separate the litter into different categories and discuss if these...
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Working for Water

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats lesson students view a video and plan a school restoration project. 
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Spanish Lesson

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students study the culture and current events of one of the Spanish speaking countries throughout the year.
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Child Survival Stories: Hope To Cope

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars brainstorm a list of the various scenerios going on their family life at home. In groups, they read about different perspectives on survival and identify ones they could use in their own lives. They share their own...
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A Guide Through the Culture of the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the history of blues music and discover how it relates to the music of today. As a class, they listen to the drum songs of Africa and compare it to the use of drums in pop music today. Using the internet, they research...
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Gymnastics Unit Culmination Field Trip

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils participate in various gymnastics and tumbling activities and take a field trip to a gymnastics gym where they work with trained gymnastics coaches. This gives the student the opportunity to explore and experience gymnastic...
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Water Quality in the Greenhills Stream

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders conduct year long study of water quality over different seasons using variety of probes, including D.O., pH, conductivity and temperature, that are attached to portable technology. Students select three data points in...
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WCCS News 78 Investigative Report

For Teachers K - 8th
Students role play the role of investigative reporters. In groups, they determine what type of bird is leaving its droppings on the overhead highway beams. They answer a given set of questions and present their conclusions to the class....
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What Effect Does A Communities Attitudes/Values/And Beliefs Effect Student Behavior And Influence Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine how race relations effect the kinds and amount of educational resources individual schools receive within a school district.

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