Unit Plan
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Easter

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the holiday of Easter. They practice prepositions of place and instructions. They create an acrostic poem using the word Easter as a class. They decorate eggs, identify colors, and participate in an egg hunt. They...
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Unequal Unemployment

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine unemployment in the United States. In this statistics lesson, students examine data and primary sources regarding unemployment in the United States.
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Water Color - Pen & Ink

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners paint with watercolors, define positive and negative shapes, mix wet and wet colors, develop visual balance, and define shapes with pen and ink.
Lesson Plan
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BUGS-INSECTS

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a theme study while teaching primary students basic skills according to Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals in Reading, Math, and Writing. The lesson is concerned primarily with the concept of insects.
Lesson Plan
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Froggy Fun

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars exploring about frogs and their environment. They describe what camouflage is and why it is useful to frogs especially in the environment that frogs live in. They also draw a picture of a frog in its habitat.
Unit Plan
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A Christmas Lesson

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review vocabulary for colors, clothes and face words. They practice matching the written form of a word with the spoken form of a word. They write the word that matches a picture flashcard.
Lesson Plan
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Elk Rapids- Its Past and Future

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in activities that help them appreciate the history of their local community as it celebrates its sesquicentennial year. They construct timelines, maps, interview, and writing. They use technology in a number of...
Lesson Plan
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Japanese Abstract Wind Sock

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use paper bags to create a Japanese wind sock with original abstract art.
Printables
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Art creativity journal-painting ideas

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students are asked to write down their favorite artists pieces of work, or styles on this journal, perhaps to serve as a preassessment before starting to look at various styles.
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Advanced Scribble Pictures

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Scribble art allows learners of any age to problem solve in order to express their creative thinking skills. They create a simple scribble, then elaborate on it by adding color and shape. Full instructions and extensions are included. 
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Light Properties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the basic properties of light and how light interacts with objects. They are introduced to the additive and subtractive color systems, and the phenomena of refraction. Students further explore the differences between...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rgb to Hex Conversion

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students practice converting between RGB and hexadecimal (hex) formats. They learn about mixing primary colors in order to get the full spectrum of colors and how to average pixel values.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Red Day!

For Teachers K
Students will review the color red with a GROUCHY visitor!