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Healthy Eating

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss healthy eating choices. They explore the components of a balanced diet and the importance of a balanced diet to growth and wellness. Students discuss the types of nutrients in fruits and vegetables that are...
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Animals and Me

For Teachers K
Students develop skills needed to use the Internet. They demonstrate scrolling, links, and the back arrow. Students read a book and explore the web for their favorite animal. They create a Venn diagram comparing their body parts to the...
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You're The Chef

For Teachers 1st
First graders view an animated picture book at a web site. The book provides step-by-step instructions on how to prepare a hamburger. After exploring the book, groups of children will create cookbook recipes by drawing a picture and...
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An Introduction To Status

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the concept of status and its use in theater. Using a scene from Shakespeare's play King Richard II, students work in pairs to perform the scene. After the performance, the pairs discuss their use of physical...
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Introduction to "As You Like It"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the character relationships and their connection in the play "As You Like It." Working in groups, students act out the various scenes from the play and discuss the characters and their actions in the scene. Students...
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Mail Bonding

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore different forms of communication via the Internet and the effects these electronic mediums have on social relationships. They compose e-mail messages and predict the gender of authors of anonymous e-mail messages of...
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Designing Animal Masks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore cultural traditions. In 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 mask...
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Learning About Writers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how authors write stories. In this careers activity, students invite an author into the classroom and ask him/her questions about writing as a career.
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Aggravating Adverbs Too

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore how to use the correct forms of adverbs to compare actions.
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Freedom: A History of US - What's the Slant?

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore how experiences, beliefs, values, traditions, and motives shape history.
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Reading ABC's

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create a slide presentation that contains text, images, sounds, and navigation buttons. They explore PowerPoint and use the different tools and basic slide-creation options.
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Earthweek

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the ongoing changes in the relationship between human beings and their physical world. They read articles on environmental changes. Students write a short analysis of the effect of the event on the residents of the area...
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Approaching Walden: Paths to Emerson and Thoreau

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore readings from Emerson, Thoreau and Melville. In preparation for writing, students sit in a quiet, tranquil location and observe their surroundings. Later, they recreate the experience by putting it into words. ...
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The Letter Dd

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the concept of the letter Dd.  In this letter recognition lesson, students are engulfed with items, movement, and music that begin with the letter Dd.  Students create crafts that help them learn and recognize...
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Systems Every "Body" Needs to Know

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through an informative WebQuest and group work, learners explore the human body and cell structure. They create a cell diagram, research a disease, write a letter explaining the causes of human disease, and work in small groups to create...
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Life Along the Trail

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the significance of the Louisiana Purchase and the journey of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery. They read to explain a new topic and write to inform readers of the historic events they explored.