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ABC Scavenger Map

For Teachers K
Students explore phonetics by participating in a class game. In this alphabet sounds lesson, students collaborate in a ABC's activity where they identify a random letter, the sound it makes, and place it in it's correct spot on a mat....
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Contributions in Society

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore Canadian history by investigating the First Nations. In this Canadian heritage lesson, 1st graders identify the contributions made by the First Nations to the country of Canada. Students collaborate to create a...
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Treaties

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore Canadian history by participating in a role-playing activity. In this First Nation treaties lesson, 3rd graders identify the difficulties the Aboriginals faced when dealing with early European settlers. Students...
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Letter Sound Accuracy, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K
Students explore word structure by participating in a game of musical chairs. In this phonics lesson, students discuss the letters of the alphabet and identify words that begin with each letter and the sounds they make. Students...
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Sounding Out Accuracy: Word Swatter Game

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore word fluency by participating in a language arts game. In this vocabulary identification lesson, students collaborate in two small teams, each armed with a fly swatter, in order to swat vocabulary words spoken by their...
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Sounding out accuracy, The Sum of the Parts

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore word structures by participating in a group activity. In this word segment lesson, students collaborate in small groups and pass out cards with certain letters that can form words when put together. Students win the game...
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Subtracting with Regrouping

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore math functions by completing a worksheet in class. For this subtraction lesson, 2nd graders identify the techniques used to assist in subtracting multi-digit numbers. Students complete a subtraction worksheet and...
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Creative Visions Foundation

Developing a Structure for Documentaries

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Provide some group brainstorming and story-planning time with the fifth lesson in a series on examining and creating documentaries. After you've explained the purpose of each section of a documentary, groups meet to plan the beginning,...
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Water Quality Data Analysis

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students develop a process for analyzing collected bayou data. They find the mathematical relationships among various biological factors. Students, work collaboratively using technology in their data analysis.
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Relationships: Lesson 2

For Teachers K - 4th
Students collaboratively explore the process of painting to create a large background seascape mural upon which their family ships will be collaged. Students experiment with a variety of brushstrokes to create appropriate texture.
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Poems that Tell a Story: Narrative and Persona in the Poetry of Robert Frost

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and discuss poems by Robert Frost. Students collaborate in small groups to draw inferences about speakers' character and motives and to gather evidence supporting those inferences.
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Missing Masterpieces

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate a fictitious crime involving stolen art masterpieces. They work collaboratively in teams to solve the fictitious crime. Students return the stolen paintings in a Microsoft PowerPoint "portfolio" to their owner. They...
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Chicago's Amazing Growth

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students, in groups, collaboratively explore the rapid growth of Chicago (from 350 to 300,000 in less than 40 years), and how the city changed to accommodate such rapid growth.
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THe Decomposition of Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collaborate in an experiment where they decompose water into simpler substances through the process of electrolysis. They collect, measure, and observe data and then place the data into a table. Accomodations for students with...
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Zen Buddhism and Modern Utopia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work collaboratively to analyze the various religious beliefs of Zen Buddhists. Emphasis is placed upon class discussion and the ideal of a Utopian environment or society.
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How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the works of Noam Chomsky. They collaborate in small groups to read and identify vocabulary words and historical questions. They answer their questions and role-play as emissaries to locate remaining answers. They...
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How do Ohm's Law and Constraint-Based Reasoning Help in Thinking About Circuits?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate Ohm's Law. Through experimentation, students observe Ohm's law. Using the voltage and resistance, students calculate with Ohm's law. Students collaborate in other activities to apply Ohm's Law to series and...
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Organizer
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How Many Vowels Are in Your Name?-- Class Bar Graph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts/math worksheet, students collaborate to make a group graph. Students survey classmates about how many vowels are in names. Results are plotted on a bar graph.
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Question With Did--?

For Students 4th - 5th
For this language arts worksheet, students practice answering and asking questions orally by filling out cards with the format "Did you _____?" Students collaborate as a group by asking and answering questions.
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Foodways Conclusions Worksheet - Page 2

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Louisiana regional foodways activity, students collaborate in small groups to construct a meaningful conclusion to the foodways project by answering 3 questions.
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What's In Your Fridge?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL conversation worksheet, students collaborate with a classmate to discuss the 14 food items listed. Students talk about whether they have "a lot" or "a few" of the items in their refrigerator. Students also use the words...
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Liar Liar!!

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL conversation learning exercise, students collaborate with a partner to ask and answer 10 personal questions. Students must answer some of the questions truthfully and some with a lie; partners try to guess which answers are...
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Human Body Group Creative Writing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this human body writing worksheet, students collaborate with classmates to write a group story. Students have 25 minutes to write the story; all 16 words in the box must be used.
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How Science Works: Fossil Record - Televised Debate

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students compare the three theories used tp interpret fossil records. In this earth science lesson, students create a production of a televised debate. They collaborate with group members to generate relevant questions about the topic.