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Healthy Eating, Healthy Living
Pupils describe some ways to lead a healthy life. They watch short video clips about eating healthy, ways to create healthy meals, and the benefits of exercise. They study the food groups and play indoor exercise games.
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Ancient Greece Across the Curriculum
Sixth graders explore Ancient Greece using resources in literature, math, social studies, and science.
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We Love to Graph!
Young scholars experience graphing points. For this graphing points lesson, students play an on-line game where they must name 10 coordinate pairs correctly. Young scholars play a maze game where they maneuver a robot using...
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Sorting: Library Books
Students discover organization by participating in a class game. In this information sorting lesson, students utilize the Internet to play a library role-playing game with their classmates. Students answer study questions about library...
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Charlie and the Cell City
Middle schoolers identify the major components of the cell and their functions. They compare and contrast the major components and functions of animal and plant cells
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Smokey's Message
Students list and discuss positive and negative effects of wildland fire. They discuss relationships among ecosystems and fire. They participate in role-playing activities related to wildland fire management.
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Before They Were Pests
Students explore the native habitats and behaviors of common pests to explain why and how household pests enter our homes. Theyexamine the relationship between humans and pests and the limited habitat and resources shared by both.
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Silly Sentences
Students make sentences and then play a silly game of switching the subjects and the predicates to create hilarious new sentences.
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Preschool
Learners experience various types of play. They determine play is the way a child learns and describe the value of play. They discover that play is a child's natural way of learning and that children test and practice new physical,...
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The Path to Positive
Students demonstrate how to add positive integers. In this computation instructional activity, students read the book Less Than Zero and use a number line and counters to play an addition game using positive integers.
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Badminton
Students evaluate their partner in playing a game of badminton. In this badminton lesson, 8th graders explain the rules of the game and participate in a warm up. Additionally, students observe their partners by completing a...
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Probability - What Are the Odds?
Students study the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students define probability and visit an interactive spinner website to learn about theoretical and experimental probability. Students use pennies and work in pairs...
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What I Didn't Know...
Students practice creating wikis. In this wiki activity, students create a wiki about any math topic that they know nothing about. Students learn about their topic and create a wiki that explains the math topic in detail.
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Square Dancing
Fourth graders investigate the concept of using punnett squares in the determination of the offspring.They collect drawings and pictures and create a collection for student science journals.
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The Heart
Students identify the parts of the heart and the path blood flows through it. They practice using new vocabulary and labeling the parts of the heart. They examine the path of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood as well.
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Lining up the Decimals
Fifth graders order decimals from least to greatest and greatest to least. In this decimal order instructional activity, 5th graders complete an online review of comparing 2 digit numbers. Students then complete a decimal order card game...
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What's the Forecast for Africa?
Learners explore the possibilities for Africa at the G8 Summit. In this current events lesson, students discuss the purpose of the G8 Summit and research the provided web links to learn more about the summit.
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After Blair
Learners examine Tony Blair's exit from the Office of Prime Minister. In this British government lesson, students visit selected Web sites to learn how the transition in the office will work. Learners also research the accomplishments of...
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Diophantus II
Students use an ancient math game to establish the context for solving problems by investigating them in a systematic and mathematical way. They also need to have the ability to solve various types of equations.
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How-To Books
Students apply their knowledge and create a how-to book of their own. In this early childhood language arts worksheet, students learn about non-fiction books and write their own procedural non-fiction booklets.
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Food Makes the World Go Round
Fifth graders investigate the origins of foods they eat while they consider social justice issues. In this food sources lesson, 5th graders play a game and then research food distribution, food security, and hunger in the world today....
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Sorting
Students examine the concept of organization. In this library skills activity, students practice ordering and classification skills by playing the Flood Game as well as locating and shelving books in the school library.
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Battle to the Death: Adding Integers
Young scholars explore the concept of adding integers. In this adding integers lesson, students simulate the battle of the 300 spartans at Thermopylae. Young scholars use colored game pieces to represent positive and negative...
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Traveling the Career Paths 2
Pupils discover the six different career paths they could take and why each path is important. In this career choice lesson, students discuss different career paths using a visual poster. Pupils then play interactive...