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Beadwork: Creativity Booster and Stress Reliever

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Invite students to experience the benefits of making and working with beads.
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Calculating Your Foodometer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore environmental issues by completing a food production class activity. In this carbon footprint lesson, students discuss the types of foods they eat, where they come from and what types of methods are used to transport...
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Brain Awareness Week

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore human anatomy by completing a list of activities over five days. In this brain science lessons, students examine images of brains and identify the different parts. Students complete an in-class quiz regarding brain...
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Anatomy of the Brain

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore human anatomy by completing a quiz. In this brain instructional activity, students read assigned text which discusses the different elements of the human brain and how they are used in everyday experiences. Students...
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Designing Animal Masks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore cultural traditions. For this lesson, about culture, students understand beliefs and traditions of different civilizations. Students analyze the meaning of animals to represent meaning to a culture. Students create a...
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Masks of Many Cultures: Celebrations of Life

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Bring art and society together with this highly creative and interesting lesson. Learners research various uses of masks in ceremonies. They then create a ceremony of their own and a mask to go along with it. They film themselves...
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The Electric Guitar: Then and Now

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the history of the electric guitar. In this electric guitar lesson, students use print and Internet sources to research the history of the electric guitar. High schoolers use their research findings to create...
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Keeping Watch on Coral Reefs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the dangers Coral Reefs face by investigating satellite images.  In this environmental protection lesson, students utilize the Internet to discover the types of satellites and sensors used to provide...
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Designing a Civilization for an Art Room

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the ideas of civilizations by researching Gandhi's philosophies.  In this art decoration instructional activity, students investigate Gandhi's opinions on civilizations, community and ethics.  Students...
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Creating an Autobiography

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create technology based portfolios for others to use as a pattern for assessment. They make a "Personal Autobiography Page" to start the portfolio.
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Minnesota Floor Map

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine the physical geography of Minnesota, work cooperatively to design a map of Minnesota and develop spatial and relative location of Minnesota landmarks and physical characteristics.
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Lifestyles of an Olympic Hopeful

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners compare and contrast their lives with one other teenager in the United States (or another country!) who has aspirations of becoming an Olympic athlete. They address quality of life issues.
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Musical Freeze Improvisions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students are introduced to the process of creating story from movement through improvisation and invention. When the music is playing, they move. When the music stops, the students freeze. A discussion on the role that music plays in the...