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Flour Beetles

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students observe life stages in flour beetles and graph the results. They write a summary report.
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Push/Pull factors in Immigration

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars explore the push/pull factors experienced by immigrant families. They interview a parent and an American about their family's immigration history. Students write a summary of the interview and compare the push/pull factors...
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How Atoms Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the way atoms function and how they combine to form molecules and various compounds. Using a software program, they create a diagram of an atom and write a summary about their functions. They complete a worksheet and...
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Science That's Out of This World

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners use iChat AV and an iSight camera to "meet with" a space scientist to ask and answer questions, visit relevant websites, and broaden their understanding of the solar system and space. They videoconference with a sientist and...
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Investigations in Aid: Identifying the Need

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the needs in emerging nations. In this emerging nations lesson, students research the conditions for needs in the given countries. Students are assigned to the country groups of Honduras, Nigeria, Bosnia, Cambodia,...
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News Watch

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the concept of human rights.  In this US History lesson, 8th graders research newspaper articles that deal with human rights and prejudice.  Students write a summary of their article and share it with the...
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Writing and Responding to a Prompt

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the writing process. They respond to the prompt "if I had a million dollars I would..." Students brainstorm ideas they could write about and they use the writing check list as they write.
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The Rise of Fascism

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the variety of events and the people who would shape Europe during the 1920's, describing how this culminated with the Second World War. They create a timeline of ten pre-war events or people with the corresponding date...
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Sato and the Elephants

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a persuasive letter to the government of an African country that has elephants as a resource. Students research and debate the pros and cons of ivory use. Students identify the value of ivory products versus the lives of...
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Research/Technical Writing: Paraphrasing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars work in groups to paraphrase an article.  For this paraphrasing lesson, each group is assigned a paragraph to paraphrase in one sentence.  Other groups critique the sentences to make sure each is...
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Zero Tolerance and Toy Guns

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write a short reaction to the "Zero Tolerance" policy in regards to students and play guns. They read several news articles about the problems associated with the zero tolerance and students with play guns. They write a...
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Grassland Animals

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders will be able to cut and paste from Internet into a word document with 100 percent accuracy. They use their research to write a 1-2 paragraph paper about their animal with 90 percent accuracy.
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The Great Kapok Tree..

For Teachers K - 4th
Students predict what each animal in the story read says and then compare them. They pretend that a tree was cut down and write a new ending for the story. Students explain why the story is not true and create a Venn Diagram comparing...
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The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 4th
Students draw names of dinosaurs out of a hat and write a report about the one they picked. Students write a riddle about their favorite prehistoric animal, post it on a bulletin board, and have other guess which animal it is about....
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Anne Frank: Turning Pages - Journal Writing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders review a variety of journals including Anne Frank's. They create a school journal including individual entries, a dedication, pagination and illustrations.
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Coming To America

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the history of America with the help of children's literature. The story is structured as a timeline that begins at the time of Columbus and progresses to the present. The teacher reads the story with the class and...
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Officer Buckle and Gloria

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students write a class letter to a local policeman asking him to come and talk to the class and create a list of safety tips as a class. Students research information on police dogs: type of dogs used, where they come form, how they are...
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Introduction to Greek Theatre and Antigone

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students compare and contrast a website layout and the layout of a Greek theatre. In this Greek theatre instructional activity, students research the Greek theatre and produce a bulleted list of five facts about the Greek theatre....
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Reading: Ad For a Professional Job

For Students 6th - 7th
In this reading advertisements activity, students read an ad for a job as Director of Outreach Programs at a College of Public Health. Students answer 8 true and false questions about the text.
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Alot/A Lot/ Alott

For Students 5th - 8th
In this alot, a lot, and alott learning exercise, students choose the correct word that each problem is describing. Students complete 54 problems.
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Who Am I?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Connect design elements and principles to identity a culture with a discussion and related art activity. After analyzing artwork in relation to design, class members talk about personal and cultural identity. Using items that...
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Sharing Secrets—Information Hiding Protocols

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Did you know that you can find the average age of a group of people without anyone having to real their age? This resource provides directions for way to do just that. After the activity, class members read a short passage...
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Putting It All Together With Summarization

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use a checklist to write a summary of a non-fiction article. The checklist includes: redundant information taken out, trivial information taken out, and only main points included in the summary. Using this checklist, they ...
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Writing Summaries

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read a passage and write a summary.  In this summarising lesson, students answer questions about the parts of the passage that would help in the summary such as the topic sentence.  Students work together to make a...

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