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QUALITY OR QUANTITY
Students share opinions about the criteria they consider important in an online search engine. Using Google and Yahoo, they investigate various subjects and compare their search results. To synthesize their findings, students prepare...
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W. Eugene Smith: Photojournalism and Compassion
Students examine the work of the photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. They analyze photo-essays by Smith, construct a pinhole camera, and create their own photo-essay.
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Spring is Here
Students analyze changes between winter and spring. In this seasonal changes lesson, students read the story "Spring is Here." They record changes between winter and spring on a large chart paper. Students compare and contrast the...
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Faith-Based Initiatives
Middle schoolers examine faith-based initiatives. In this religion and ethics lesson, students consider the separation of church and state in the United States as they examine government funding of social service programs that are...
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Nibble, Nibble, Little Mouse
Students complete activities to analyze points of view in different texts. For this point of view lesson, students read Hansel and Gretel and The Magic Circle and discuss the points of view. Students choose a character from the story and...
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Pronoun Case and Perspective
In this pronoun case and perspective worksheet, 6th graders identify, by circling, the case and person for 9 pronouns in sentences; there is a chart included with definitions and examples.
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Subject Verb Agreement
Seventh graders engage in a lesson that investigates the concept of identifying prepositions and their coinciding phrases. They also develop the skill of connecting the right form of a verb with its subject. Then students take a quiz...
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Marriage of Visual and Thematic Aspects of Herbert's Poetry
Eighth graders describe the relationship between the visual aspects of "Easter Wings" and the poem's subject, and theorize about the poet George Herbert's motivations in constructing the poem this way. They demonstrate their ability to...
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Exploring Community Through Local History: Oral Stories, Landmarks and Traditions
Students explore the history of their local community. In this local history lesson, students analyze primary documents to develop an understanding of the local culture and traditions of their local community.
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Planning and Shopping for the Menu
Young scholars plan a menu considering the number of people to be served and the amount of money they have to work with to buy the necessary ingredients.
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Collecting and Recording Data# O
Learners observe plants growing over time, measure specific plant growth, and gather and record data on plan growth.
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Intersecting Lines and Segments of Measures
Mathematicians measure intersecting lines-and circles, and create chords. In this geometry lesson plan, students explore interrior and exterior chords created by tangent and secant lines. These segments can be inside the circleor outside...
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Basically Acids
Base your lesson plan on acids and bases on an informative resource. The first installment of a five-part module on the science behind Harry Potter has individuals investigate acid/base chemistry with the use of invisible inks. They also...
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The Media and Social Justice in the United States
Students have group discussions that allow the teacher to assess the level of comprehension of the ideas of subjectivity and objectivity. Level of discussion at the end of the class provides some indication of comprehension as well....
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Who's Who? Subject and Object Pronouns
In this subject/object pronoun worksheet, students play a game, choosing cards with pronouns written on them and placing the pronoun in sentence. Other players determine whether it has been correctly used in the sentence to score points.
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Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo - Essay Questions
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 35 multiple choice questions about Plato's "Euthyphro," "Apology," "Crito," and "Phaedo."
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Area Measures and Right Triangles
Your class will investigate the relationship among different triangles. This geometry lesson, demonstrates how to make a connection between triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem. They identify the missing side or angle of a triangle.
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Quadratic Functions and Stopping Distance
Students solve quadratic equations. In this algebra lesson, students factor and graph quadratic functions. they use the properties of quadratics to calculate the distance.
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Comparing Linear and Exponential Functions
Teach your class how to differentiate between linear and exponential functions. They use exponential properties to solve problems, graph them using the TI-Navigator, and make comparisons.
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Side Length, Perimeter, and Area of a Rectangle
Students calculate area, perimeter and length of rectangles. In this geometry lesson, students create different formulas for the problem they are being asked to solve. They use the navigator to move the shape around and make observations.
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Exploring Diameter and Circumference
Learn how to identify the diameter and circumference of a circle. Then, collect data on a circle and relate it to the diameter and circumference of a circle. Last, plot data and find the line of best fit.
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Linear Systems and Calories
Students define and graph properties of linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students write systems of equations to represent functions. They relate linear equations to the real world.
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Global Weather and the Greenhouse Effect
Students discuss how local weather patterns effect or relate to global weather and environmental changes, explore connected nature of our planet, and examine global weather patterns, their changes, and their possible connection to global...
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Women in Africa: Tradition and Change
Students examine a selection of traditional African artwork that portray women and explore postcolonial African literature created by women in order to gain insight into the lives of some black women in Sub-Sahara Africa.