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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Art for Protest or Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Chicana/o and earlier prints made for protest and persuasion. They compare characteristics of different processes and distinguish multiple original prints from mass-produced reproductions of artworks.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Edit a Friendly Letter

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this letter editing worksheet, students read a letter to "mom," then recopy it on another sheet of paper and correct all errors found. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy Conservation (Middle, Mathematics)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers take turns reading the electric meter six times a day at regularly scheduled intervals. They figure out the amount of electricity used and then determine the total cost of electricity for the week.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Choosing Where to Act

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work together to reach a consensus about an issue. They examine a list of organizations and determine which ones meet a given set of criteria. They write supporting sentences for main ideas to end the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Genetics: Punnett Squares

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine Punnett squares charts and analyze how they are used for successful breeding and predictions of certain traits. They complete interactive Punnett square charts, quizzes, problems, and concentration games.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ramps 1: Let it Roll!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars perform the following activity as a group so that they can gain experience with how ramps work. Students will first construct a simple ramp and then time how fast different objects roll down that ramp.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Faces, Places, and Traces of Wisconsin

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders view a teacher-created PowerPoint presentation. They read and conduct research, taking notes as they go. Students build a storyboard of their projected slide show. They create a PowerPoint show based on their storyboard....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ecology: Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, while working in the classroom and the computer lab, utilizing supporting facts from previous lessons, write a creative story that imagines a world without forests. They write, type and print their stories and turn them...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating A Document With A Table, Chart, and Watermark

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers demonstrate to instructor how to add a border and shading to a paragraph. They also insert a section break and create a header different from a previous header. Students design a poster showing characters formatted using...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing an Academic Argument on the House of Lords

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students debate the main roles of the House of Lords and argue whether or not it is necessary. Teams debate the pros and cons of the House of Lords then take a class vote on which side argues it case most persuasively. Using the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Much Water Does A Tree Transpire In A Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson plan of investigating the amount of water that is transpired in a one day cycle. They conduct research to find the purpose of transpiration and find information to explain the value to a plant and explain how...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Preposition Review

For Students Higher Ed
For this preposition review worksheet, students write the correct preposition on each of 20 lines in 11 questions. They work with on, in, with, for, and at.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cultures around the World

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore Canadian culture. In this Canadian Culture lesson, students participate in a general discussion about Canada, then create a symbol for Canada as part of a class collage.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Line Boogie

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils complete an activity to improve their spatial awareness and loco-motor skills. In this spatial and loco-motor skills instructional activity, students pass a beanbag down the line of pupils.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cardinal Directions

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students draw items on a map in specific places to show their knowledge of cardinal directions. For this simple map skills lesson plan, students draw a cloud, a tree, a house, and a lake to show North, South, East, and West.
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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dolan Dna Learning Center: Learn About Genetics: Genes & Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
An animation introducing the basic concepts of cells, DNA, recessive inheritance, and Punnett squares.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mendel's Laws of Genetic Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity, adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center, uses Punnett squares to illustrate Mendel's laws of inheritance and how a particular gene combination results in a 3-to-1 ratio of dominant-to-recessive traits.
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Mendels' Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar College provides a good background on exactly what Mendel did. Vocabulary links throughout make this a very good introduction article for genetics.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Good Stuff

For Students 9th - 10th
This module is led by Craig Benzine as he scours the depths of the universe and the recesses of the inner mind on a never-ending quest for The Good Stuff.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Our Genes/our Choices: The Probabilities of Problems: A Look at Inheritance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learn how the genes inherited from two parents can be recombined in their offspring in this simulation activity. In addition, investigate the probabilities of passing on inherited genetic disorders.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Mendel's Laws and Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes genotype and phenotype, and how genes are inherited.