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Olympic Games Snowboard Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find travel destinations and information on countries around the world, and use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represent the country they pick. They explore maps, weather, geography, languages, in their quest.
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Speed Is the Key

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and build a model downhill ski course that proves to be the fastest course at the Finish Line. They apply what they explore angles, slope, speed, and surface conditions to find the fastest course in the US.
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Tessel Your Way to Nagano!: Olympics, Winter Sports, Snowboarding, Graphic Design, Geometry, Math, M.C. Escher, Tessellations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create Post-It note fundamental regions to tesselate. They make tesselations using computer software or websites. They create a jacket design with tesselation and determine the cost of production.
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You Be The Judge: Olympics, Winter Sports, Figure Skating, Math, Statistics, Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design a score sheet for use when watching a figure skating performance. They use spreadsheet software and research information obtained on the Internet to create their score sheets.
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Slopes, Hopes, & Speed

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the sport of skiing through Internet research in this multi-task lesson plan. They compare and generalize the results of five individuals by using mean, median, and mode.
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Scavenger Hunt Through Figure Skating History

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students research the pioneers of figure skating and write a feature story for a Web publication. They write articles investigating "The Story Behind a Gold Medal" and graph the medals won by different countries between 1976-1996.
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Downhill Skiing Flash News!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view the Olympic Games events in real-time via satellite feed, Olympic Games sites on the Internet, or CNN. They report results as soon as they happen and quickly edit their news flashes for correct spelling, grammar, and usage.
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Snowboarding: Who, What, Where, When, Why?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the Who, What, Where, Why, and When of snowboarding, and then produce a Webzine (magazine) to showcase their new knowledge.
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Downhill Skiing: Past, Present, and Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the history of Olympic downhill skiing to gather information on names, dates, winning times, and the native country of Olympic downhill medal winners.
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Sandpaper Drawings

For Teachers K
Students examine images of sand art from different cultures. They create their own version of a sand art picture.
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Lots of Lines

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students see that artists make many different kinds of lines. They discuss how artists use line to show ideas such as motion, mood, or emphasis and identify different kinds of lines in a variety of artworks and their environment.
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Character Education

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students read about character education in stories online. In this character education lesson, students complete activities about making good choices and sign a pledge to be a good person.
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Let's Read! I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students demonstrate portion sizes that are too large and ones that are "just right."
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Happy Birthday America!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine the United States flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Fourth of July. They create five-pointed stars, listen to stories about Betsy Ross and Paul Revere, and sing various patriotic songs.
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TPR is a Valuable Tool!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students, at the beginning ESL proficiency level, participate in Total Physical Response activities in order to learn the present continuous and past tense, sentence structure and word order in English.
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Science Experiment With Eggs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in four scientific experiments with eggs. They discuss egg vocabulary, and examine the eggs' attributes through the experiments. They focus on making educated guesses.
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Hop! Jump! Turn!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students demonstrate action words, express meaning through mime, and demonstrate memory and aural comprehension skills. They view action words through pictures, and act them out.
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Amazing Animals

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners, in beginning and advanced beginning ESL levels, use English in an animal lesson.
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Will the Pumpkin Sink or Float?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students participate in a sink or float activity using pumpkins.
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Sunflowers (Grades 3-8)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine sunflowers and discuss the importance of sunflower cooking oil and seeds. They view pictures, read books, sing sunflower songs, and grow flowers from sunflower seeds.
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Signs of Spring

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify the first signs of Spring. They track birds and butterflies on their journey North.
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President's Day: George Washington

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students celebrate President's Day by studying George Washingtion, the US flag, and the American colonies. They sing, Yankee Doodle Dandy.
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Textures Are Everywhere

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students take a walk outside and use the sense of touch to discover textures in their world. They record their observations and compare their observations with those of their classmates.
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The Best of the Solar System (Grades 4-7)

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore planetary research and become familiar with the planets and their characteristics. They compare and contrasts planets and moons.