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Arithmetic Sequences

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Find the sequence of an equation with your math super stars. They differentiate between arithmetic and geometric sequences and then calculate the sum of finite and infinite sequences.
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World Creation Myths

For Students 9th - 12th
After reading creation myths from around the world, use this quiz to test your learners. Five different myths are covered in a multiple-choice format. Increase your scholars' global awareness by studying world literature and cultural myths.
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Musical Vocabulary Links

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students use well known songs to help them learn new vocabulary and apply meaning to the words. They make associations to the songs in order repeat and memorize new words. They use the Star Spangled Banner as an example in this lesson.
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Dance: Personal Soundtracks

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a musical autobiography. In this fine arts lesson, students explore the emotions that music can express by listening to and discussing a variety of music. Students construct a personal timeline and a collection of music...
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Propaganda, WWII, Ghetto‘s, and Analysis of Primary Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the implications of anti-Semitism. In this World War II lesson, students examine selected documents and images featuring the propaganda that promoted Jewish persecution. Students write essays that highlight how the Nazi...
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Gravity Gets You Down

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the force of gravity and how it effects different objects that are put into acceleration when applied the experiment of free falling. They drop different objects that have a variety of masses and some that cause air...
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Advanced Matching--Weather

For Students 3rd - 5th
Here's a simple matching instructional activity to help ELL learners practice weather related vocabulary words. Learners match the weather vocabulary word on the right with the correct definition on the left.
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Kids Get School Named for Obama

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students read about the renaming of a school for Barack Obama. In this political lesson, the teacher presents vocabulary words from the news article, then the students read the article and answer comprehension questions. Lesson includes...
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Are U Still Nuts?

For Students 7th - 9th
In this unit conversion worksheet, students solve 3 problems using conversion factors to find the given measurements in the new unit of measurement.
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What Would Moses, Jesus, Krishna Say?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore different faith traditions.  In this US History lesson, 9th graders compare and contrast different religions.  Students evaluate the relevancy of the civic behavior as described by religious leaders. 
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Lee & Low Books: Giving Thanks Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in reading comprehension activities associated from a teacher's guide. In this reading comprehension activity, 4th graders read Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp and...
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Learning about a Culture from a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students interpret the identity of a traditional culture from objects and a creation story. In this lesson on learning about a culture from a story, students read and analyze an Eskimo myth about creation and an essay on Traditional...
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Let's Count! (Teachers' Page)

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners practice counting using a website "Let's Count". They point to each object and count and pull down a tab to check their answers.
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Sky Stories Curriculum

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate the stories told by ancient cultures about the constellations. They listen to stories told by the Greeks and Romans. The classroom should have posters of constellations for the lesson plan and the teacher performs...
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Investigation 6 - Celestial Model

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate why stars appear to move across the night sky.
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Comparisons

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this thinking logically while counting objects worksheet, students observe a building covered with squares, stars, and beetles and fill in the blank spaces of a graph by comparing the objects. Students solve three problems.
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A Snapshot Of Fame

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students debate the limits to celebrity privacy and to paparazzi rights after learning about some recent incidents. They imagine how their private lives might change if they became overnight celebrities.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers engage in a lesson plan that is concerned with the concept of a simple machine and uses the law of motion to justify why they operate. Students explore the laws by constructing some simple machines to illustrate the...
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Comparing and Contrasting Heroes

For Teachers K - 12th
Students identify the characteristics that make someone a hero. They also examine the values of all heroes.
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Biology Biographies

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a project about a famous Biologist in order to appreciate the humanity of the people involved in doing science. They create scientist biography "cards" roughly modeled after baseball cards or create a scrapbook of a...
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Allosaur Survival Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students uses this game to see how difficult survival is even for a fierce predator, especially when it is young. It stresses: How much energy it takes to keep a large animal alive or a small one growing, The differences in the fauna...
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Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars compare and contrast the rhythms of marches and jazz. They watch an excerpt about Buddy Bolden from the PBS Ken Burns Jazz documentary, compare/contrast march and jazz rhythms, complete a worksheet, and notate and perform...
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Pop Secret Information

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars design procedures for increasing the popping rate of a set amount of popcorn kernels. They propose and test a "secret" addition to the corn popping procedure which they expect would increase the popping rate and then write...
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Can You Carry a Tune in a Bucket?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners use water filled pipes to play a tune and consider the mathematics behind the sound waves. In this sound wave lesson, students play a tune with water filled pipes. They create a mathematical model to evaluate the wavelengths and...