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Images of the Goddess in India
Students recognize several Indian goddesses, identify the symbols representing aspects of divinity in India, and appreciate how the goddess represents both creative and destructive forms of power.
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Momentum And Colliding Spheres
Pupils explain that mass times velocity equals momentum. They investigate the impacts of collisions and their results and determine the vector of an incident.
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Photo Reports Make it Happen
Students use detailed instructions to organize, research, write and present an impressive report or slide show to an audience.
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Multo - game (all, Mathematics)
Third graders practice multiplication using a fun game called "Multo." They write numbers in boxes using a grid similar to one found on a Bingo card. They score when their numbers are called. The smallest number possible is zero and the...
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Interdependence: Discovering What Makes a Balanced Ecosystem
Young scholars demonstrate that plants and animals are interdependent in a balanced ecosystem.
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Fisheries
Students research and report on the ocean's problems of disappearing or diminishing species around the world. students examine ecosystems and food chains and present their findings to a mock panel of science experts.
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What if the Mormons had not come to Utah?
Fourth graders use critical thinking, evaluation, and geography skills to find alternative locations that Brigham Young could have taken the Mormons to settle.
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Exploring Arthurian Legend
Learners use the internet to track the growth of the King Arthur legend from the Dark Ages to its arrival on the silver screen.
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Placing Negative Numbers On A Number Line
Fifth graders review the concept of negative numbers and how the are placed on a number line. After the review, 5th graders practice placing negative numbers on a number line in a whole class setting.
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Slide Show Review
Seventh graders create a five question slide show which reviews the chapter or unit they have just completed in class. They create multiple choice questions based on the review material.
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Facts vs. Opinions in Ads
Young scholars develop criteria for determining statements of opinion. They practice discerning statements of opinions in advertisements.
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Rainbow Fish Graphing
Students graph different colors of rainbow fish scales after participating in a shared reading of The Rainbow Fish. They answer questions based on the graph. They practice making graphs independently using colored cereal circles.
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Teaching Money
Learners identify the coins and bills used in the United States. They write the amounts of each bill and coin and practicing counting different amounts. They follow a demonstration about how to count money as well.
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The "Me" Quilt
Young scholars share their interests and characteristics by making patches about themselves. The patches are joined together to make a class quilt.
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Investigation 8 - Weather Forecasts
Fourth graders examine how to predict and evaluate weather forecasts. Discuss with students why weather predictions are important to us. Ask them what people do after they hear a forecast. They brainstorm reasons forecasts are important...
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Getting A Grip On Graphs
Fourth graders gather variety of data and create a graphs to display the data.
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On the Oregon Trail
Pupils prepare cross-curricular lessons based on the experience of traveling the Oregon Trail.
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Microarrays: Chipping Away at the Mysteries of Science and Medicine
Young scholars research microarrays on the internet in cooperative groups. Students write an essay describing the use of microarrays in environmental research and in medicine.
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Yellow Journalism in the Spanish-American War
Students write a newspaper based on events in the year 1898 using Yellow Journalism, the exaggeration of facts or events.
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Sources of the Cold War
Fourth graders make a time line from their notes and outlines of the causes of the Cold War.
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Ocean Market
Students identify some consumer goods that come from the ocean.
They classify these items into groups, identify their source, and calculate the cost of buying such goods.
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All About Ratios
Students investigate the use of multiplication and division of whole numbers to solve problems including equivalent ratios and rates.
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Hop To It!
Young scholars explore the aspects of a frog's anatomy that allow it to be such a good jumper and jump and record the length of each jump to determine which style of jumping allows them to jump the farthest.
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What's For Lunch? A Combination Sensation!
Students combine different foods to make possible lunches and determine the specific combinations of lunches that can be made from a finite set of foods.
