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Visiting Museums
Students visit museums and gather information about dinosaur habitats, survival needs, and how they met these needs.
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Discussion of Adaptation
Students discuss ways in which dinosaurs adapted to their environments. They apply the same logic to an analysis of human habitat, survival needs, and survival need fulfillment to explain how people have adapted to their environment.
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The Human Skeletal System: Inside and Out
Students investigate the body. In this biology lesson plan, students will learn the basics of the bones in their body and about how they can be injured. Students will participate in a total of seven activities designed to improve their...
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Our Children are Learning to Survive
Pupils examine the various cultures of the world through literature. After reading various stories, they compare their own personal experience with the characters. In groups, they take the original story and add their own characters...
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Flavors and Favors
Students conduct a food drive. In this service learning lesson, students put on a school-wide food drive, decorate the bags the food will be delivered in and possibly even help distribute the food.
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100 Stamps for 100 Days
Second graders count by 2's to get to 100. In this counting lesson plan, 2nd graders use the program Kid Pix to create stamps two at a time until they get to 100.
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PE Video Slide Show
Students participate in various class activities and are captured on camera to show at various special times or events throughout the year. They choose a picture of a fitness testing for their first slide and add some music to it to...
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Interdisciplinary Approach to Investigating Popcorn
Pupils conduct a lab experiment using the scientific method. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, students will test the difference in popping white and yellow corn. Pupils will write their lab report in their science, math, history,...
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Rainforest Adventures
Students study the vegetation and types of animals that live in the rainforest. They role-play their favorite rainforest animals and write letters from the viewpoint of their favorite animals. After writing their letters, they view a...
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World Religion At A Glance
Ninth graders research and assigned religion and fill out information they gather on their "Special Assingment Instruction Sheet." They create a sample brochure about the religion they researched, edit the brochure with another student...
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Vocabulary Lesson-Pre-K Through Grade 2 and ESL
Students say the name of pictures of simple objects, people and places, choosing 15 to use for the activity. Students glue pictures in a scrapbook and write the word for each picture beside it. Students complete word recognition...
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Teaching Students to Run Their Own IEP Meetings
Learners who have IEP's for emotional/behavioral disorders are trained how to participate in and even conduct their own IEP meetings. They study the purpose of the IEP, definitions of special ed. related concepts, and the components of...
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Give me Food!
Students study the food guide pyramid and use it to create their own eating program.In this health lesson students visit websites to calculate their BMR, activity level and weight then create a nutrition plan
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Volcano Above the Clouds
Students develop a travelogue to describe the distinct ecological regions of Mount Kilimanjaro. They describe the health issues that may affect climbers, and any necessary equipment or safety precautions that the team may need at each...
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Fitness Stars
Students participate in an at-home physical fitness program. They draw "fitness slips" and complete the activity on the slip at home. The activities include fun sports-like activities, but also household chore activities like vacuuming...
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A Cat-and-Mouse Story
Learners view an animated PowerPoint program that teaches possessive vocabulary in Spanish. They review English grammar. Students access high-frequency verbs and additional vocabulary.
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Tuck Everlasting: UDL Team Lesson Plan
Students participate in a differentiated lesson plan about Tuck Everlasting. In this Tuck Everlasting lesson plan, students work on comprehension strategies that are leveled for their reading ability. They focus on the ability to tell...
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ESL Autobiographies
Learners develop collaborative skills while creating a vocabulary word list. They work together to take each others photos using a digital camera. Students access a website to copy and paste their photos into a word document. They create...
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Astronomy and the Cold War: How the United States Used the Moon to Target the Soviet Union
Young scholars examine how astronomical observations were used to help target sites in the Soviet Union during Cold War and why such targeting was needed. Students then make predictions and observations of same astronomical events for...
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Understanding Adjectives
Students identify adjectives in sentences. In this grammar lesson, students define what an adjective is and identify them in sentences written on the board. Students complete a worksheet as an assessment.
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Key Figures of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition
Pupils gain general knowledge of the goals, route, participants, and significance of the 1899 Harriman Expedition. They link names of glaciers, fiords, mountains, flora and fauna with names of the 1899 Harriman Expedition participants. ...
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If .... Then Probably
Learners are introduced to the concepts of probability and chance. Using data given to them, they organize and create a chart to display the information. Using this chart, they calculate the percentage of chance and probability and...
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Sorting
Students sort a variety of manipulatives and use a software program that provides more sorting practice.
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Rhyming Words
Students practice reading and spelling by identifying rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson, students complete a worksheet to pair rhyming words.