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Watch Out!
First graders experiment with different sized balls and an incline plane to study how a heavy object push a lighter object. They examine the safety message of this lesson by showing their drawings of the crossbuck sign.
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All Aboard!
Sixth graders plan a road trip to a city in the US. They include railroad saftey messages as they write about the trip.
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Domestic Violence
Students Recognize the signs and symptoms of domestic violence. They
Explain why victim stays in domestic violence relationship
and identify the victims of domestic violence
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Career Education Project in Mathematics
Students research, write away for information, talk to councilors and watch videos all on careers in Mathematics. Students learn about two careers of their choice and present information on one of them to the class.
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Sense of Wonder,
Sixth graders engage in an activity in order to appreciate the wonders of the everyday world. They use an ordinary home to create context for the lesson plan. They realize seemingly mundane surroundings should spark a sense of wonder.
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Percents
In this math learning exercise, students convert the percentage into a decimal for the ten problems. There is also a riddle that can be solved at the top of the page.
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Colonial Quilt Quest
Students identify key events and people from Colonial America.
Students identify key factors of daily life in Colonial America.
Students gather and use information for research purposes.
Students create candles in groups following the...
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The Power of One
Young scholars identify key American inventors and their contributions to
modern day America.
Students identify that many inventions arise from one invention.
Young scholars investigate why certain inventors are important to modern day...
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Flying With The Wright Stuff
Young scholars explore the history of flight, specifically the Wright brothers. Pupils create paper airplanes. They discuss considerations in building an aircraft such as drag, thrust, and weight. Classmates compare the Wright...
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A Watershed Monitoring Module
Students explore the relevance of water quality monitoring in relation to a local wetland ecosystem. They conduct standard water quality tests using wet tests and CBL calculators and probes. Student record and interpret the results.
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Accounting -- Financial Career Brochure
High schoolers review career brochures for schools & colleges and Use the Internet to explore an accounting related career. They plan their own brochure using the Career Brochure Planning Storyboard.
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Freeze Frames
Young scholars perform a series of stories or events. In this performing arts instructional activity, students strike a pose to create a picture from an event in a text. Young scholars reflect on the characters and story line from the text.
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City Quiz Series: Derby Industrial Museum
In this research skills instructional activity on the Derby Industrial Museum, middle schoolers use the Internet or library to answer questions about the Derby Industrial Museum at the Silk Mill.
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The German Shepherd-Trivia Quiz
For this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of questions about the German Shepherd. Answers may be submitted for review by clicking a link at the bottom of the page.
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Against all Odds
Tenth graders appreciate the role of probability in understanding everyday situations. They Communicate a summary of financial projections in appropriate reports, tables, and graphs after creating a new game of chance.
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Extreme Weather
Tenth graders explore how to avoid problems that occur during extreme weather and how accidents can be avoided by not taking risks.
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Al Qaeda's New Front
Pupils view a documentary, read articles, discuss and write about Europe's struggle with strained U.S. relations, increased terrorist activity, a growing Muslim population and the logistics of uniting under the European Community.
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New York Earns Title: Empire State
Seventh graders study the Erie Canal and New York state. They design a three-day vacation itinerary using tourism sites, which highlight historical facts and include the modern remains of the New York Canal system.
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Friends in the Snow
Students practice reading a story in order to develop character recognition skills. They participate in reader's theatre in small groups to increase cooperation and fluency skills.
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Body Changes in Space
Students explain the cause of and effects of fluid shift in a microgravity
environment. Students identify the effects of microgravity during long duration space flight. Students describe research on cardiovascular effects in microgravity...
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Good Vibrations
Students demonstrate sound waves and make changes in the waves
resulting in changes in pitch. Students associate changes in pitch in various "musical instruments"with size and shape and the sound waves they produce.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Who Is He?
Pupils describe MLk's leadership of the desegregation movement. Students discuss the meaning of non-violent revolution. Pupils identify the difference between their lives and those ofcitizens in 1963. Students write a short essay about...
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Avalanche
Students investigate the concept of avalanches and how they effect people who use the slopes. They conduct research using multiple resources that includes the internet in order to create a final oral presentation.
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On The Senate Floor
Students examine the process of how a bill becomes law. Pupils discuss reasons for debates and explore the use of filibusters. The class observes a video to discover procedures in the House and Senate. Students visit a filibuster...