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Tantalizing Tangrams

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in what is considered to be a model lesson plan. The lesson plan focuses upon polygons and basic geometry. The lesson plan addresses national standards and displays how others should be done.
Lesson Plan
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The "B" Box

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter B and the /b/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify objects from a box that have the /b/ sound in their name. Students also listen to the story...
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The Broken Car

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme /b/. Through listening and matching activities, they discriminate the phoneme /b/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
Lesson Plan
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Surface Area and Volume of a Cube

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore finding the surface area and volume of cubes and cylinders. They construct similar three-dimensional figures from a two-dimensional drawing. Students derive the formula for volume and surface area through examination...
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Building a Better Mousetrap

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the "Design Process" for technological development by constructing a prototype of a humane mousetrap. Students must record the steps their design groups go through while designing their prototypes and...
Lesson Plan
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ESOL Alphabet Recognition

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students recognize, state, read and write the alphabet (upper and lower cases) and numbers. They identify the letters, pronounce their name with the letters out of sequence and in sequence.
Lesson Plan
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Planning An Escape Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners participate in a mock fire escape plan in this lesson. They identify the reasons for remaining calm, closing doors, ad testing doors between rooms and the main exits. They also watch a experiment that demonstrates what fire...
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Scissor Crafts: Decorate a Virtual Ukrainian Pysanky Easter Egg

For Students 1st - 5th
Practice decorating a virtual Easter egg in the Pysanky tradition before attempting a real one.
Activity
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Teach Engineering: No Valve in Vain

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will design and create their own heart valves out of a variety of materials given to them, including: waterproof tape, plastic tubing, flexible plastic sheets, foam sheets, scissors, clay, etc. This activity...