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Electronic Surveillance: Unlawful Invasion of Privacy or Justifiable Law Enforcement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students state values and analyze them and the values of other students as it relates to the issue of individual privacy. They develop constitutional provisions which address issues relating to privacy with particular reference to item...
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Goal Setting -- Mission Statements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read examples of mission statements related to goal setting. Individually, they research accomplishments of their hero and how they overcame fear. To end the lesson, they write their own mission statement on how they plan to...
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Weather Crossword Puzzle Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this weather vocabulary worksheet, learners read 20 clues pertaining to storms and weather science. Students fit answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Contemporary Japanese Relief Printing

For Teachers 4th
STudents identify and interpret relief printing and that the art of printing is not only an ancient art in Japan but a contemporary one as well. Students identify who Fumio Fujita is and his artworks.
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Peter The Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete an interdisciplinary unit chronicling the life cycle and movement patterns of the butterfly. Through language arts, mathematics, and science activities, students identify various types of butterflies and document the...
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Radical Raptors

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students are introduced to raptors and their role in the environment. They identify three characteristics of raptors and list several types of raptors found in nature. They discuss their positive and negative experiences with raptors and...
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Earth Day Crossword Puzzle-- Difficult

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this science worksheet, students participate in an Earth Day activity by completing a crossword puzzle. Students read each clue. The answer which fits in the puzzle is provided in a scrambled word form. Students unscramble the words...
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Writing in Scientific Notation

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover number sense by completing a math worksheet. In this scientific notation lesson plan, students identify the purpose for writing in scientific notation and practice writing large numbers in scientific notation. Students...
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The Study of the Spanish-Speaking People of Texas

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze photographs from an historical perspective. They examine photos on the Study of Spanish-Speaking People of Texas website, complete a worksheet, and write an essay.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 34

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are...
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Herculean Heroes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and compare Herakles's heroic qualities to those depicted in students' portraits of their favorite heroes.
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NOTHING TO LEAR BUT LEAR HIMSELF

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a scene from King Lear and decide collaboratively how best to present it. In doing so, they examine the scenes and the play from multiple perspectives.
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Direct Object Pronouns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to identify parts of a sentence, and decide where the direct object pronoun should go and what it should replace.
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Science: Birds in Flight

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify and examine adaptations in birds that enable them to fly. They conduct Internet research to relate these adaptations to the physics of flight. Students observe birds in flight and describe their behavior and flight...
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Prehistory Web Quest

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify how geography and climate determine the lives of early hominids, the characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies, how animals affected the lives of early hominids, and how hominids overcame their physical...
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Passport to Globalization

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discover how to live on a low budget. In this economics instructional activity, students investigate how the value of money in different countries affects market exchange. They should be familiar with money exchange...
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Westward Expansion - Fur Trade

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars complete a unit of lessons to learn how products reach the market and study the history of the fur trade. In this history and trade lesson plan, students first learn about the technology that allowed products to reach...
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Wetland Inventory and Map Project

For Students 6th - 10th
In this wetlands inventory and map project worksheet, students do research on the wetlands and complete a map project about it. Students follow 6 sets of directions with Internet links.
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Electric Shock: Caution!

For Students 9th - 12th
For this electricity worksheet, students read about how electricity flows and the force that causes the flow. Students read about electric shock and then complete 3 short answer questions.
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Hominoid Cranium Comparison

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe, measure and compare cranial casts from contemporary apes (chimpanzees and gorillas, typically), modern humans and fossil "hominids" (erect and bipedal forms evolutionarily separated from apes).
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MAKE YOUR OWN MINUTE

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a historical minute based on a hero. They research the hero of their choice and write a script for two or three scenes with depict significant events from their heroes lives.
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Exploring the Elements of a Japanese Garden Through the Book Arts

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners create book arts based on a visit to the Botanical Garden. They choose their own images to put into their book and answer discussion questions.
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Dynastic Explorations

For Teachers 4th
Students complete a unit of lessons on medieval Chinese dynasties. They examine the impact the Chinese culture has had on their own lives, label maps, conduct research, read stories, create bamboo stick sentences, write poems, and make...
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Selecting a Chief Justice For The United States Supreme Court: The Senate Confirmation Hearings of Judge John Roberts, Jr.

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review the procedures for selecting a new Supreme Court Justice. In groups, they determine which questions the nominee should be asked and practice asking the questions with a classmate. They watch the confirmation hearings...