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Instructors Lesson Plan for 9-Patch Pizzazz

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students make a gorgeous quilt in six hour day! Students bring their own fabric to class, and create a quilt in six hours. The attached handout is copywrite protected, and students must purchase a copy of the book, "9-Patch Pizzazz" if...
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Brussel Sprout Bunny

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create miniature "brussel sprout" bunnies using clay pots, brussel sprouts, mini poms, Easter grass, and fake silk flowers. This lesson is intended for the upper-elementary classroom during the Spring season (March or earl April...
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Bunny Hats

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "Bunny Hats" using construction paper, paper plates, glue, googly eyes, and pencils in this fun Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The lesson emphasizes building cutting skills and encouraging creative...
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Exploring Literature And Weather Through Chirps

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore using crickets' chirps to calculate temperature. They read "Cricket in Times Square" and "The Quiet Cricket," read and discuss a Cricket eBook, develop a formula and calculate temperature using cricket chirps, and graph...
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Ethnic Stereotypes in the Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the existence of stereotypes and how various forms of media help to reinforce them. Groups discuss common stereotypes on a list of popular television shows. Student groups design a storyboard for an autobiographical...
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Economic and Social Changes in the High Middle Ages

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the economic and social changes that occurred in the High Middle Ages. They listen to a lecture and take notes, and in small groups compose a medieval charter and role-play its presentation to the class.
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The Awful Eight

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of a carpool and its contributions to either reducing or increasing air pollution. They conduct research using a variety of resources for background information. The information is used to write a play...
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French Cheese

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how cheese in France is made. Using the internet, they read articles about the importance of cheese in the French culture. They identify the various French cheeses and locate the areas in France that manufacture...
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Making Energy "trails"

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore ten different stations that demonstrate either chemical, kinetic, or mechanical energy. They examine the way energy is transferred during each station's hands-on activity. Stations include vinegar and baking soda,...
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Matter

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the structure of matter. They examine pictures of atoms and molecules and discuss their relationships, and construct a model of a molecule using toothpicks and gumdrops.
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Planet Book Club: Number the Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Planning a novel study of Lois Lowry's Number the Stars? Then look no further. A 16-lesson unit guides students through a reading of this awarding-winning novel. Complete with a synopsis of the novel, analysis of its literary themes,...
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Kwanzaa

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine the holiday of Kwanzaa. In groups, they discuss "The Seven Principles" and the history of the holiday. They explore the objects that are used and what they represent. They end the lesson plan with a discussion of the...
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Simple Symbols and American Children

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to a variety of symbols representing the United States. As a class, they identify places in which they have seen the various symbols and discuss what they mean. To end the lesson plan, they state the words from...
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Making a Grocery List

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students assess a variety of reading strategies to properly develop a list of grocery words. They draw conclusions about environmental print by matching labels to sentences. Real-life words utilized weekly becomes an asset to the...
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Building Vocabulary With Digital Photos

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Student develop basic Spanish vocabulary using digital photography. In this Spanish vocabulary lesson, students use digital photographs to make flash cards and presentations throughout the year as they learn new words. They show meaning...
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Using Public Transportation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners investigate the types of public transportation in a their area and how much it costs to use that transportation. Also, they determine why having access to public transportation can be so important in maintaining a job. They call...
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Green Building and Development

For Students 9th - 12th
In this environment worksheet, high schoolers find the solutions to building an environmentally friendly home and they examine the long-terms costs associated with ownership.
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Word Problems Using Metric Measurement

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math learning exercise, students solve 30 real life word problems using metric measurement. The problems pertain to cooking, shopping, taking medicine and car maintenance.
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Phrasal Verb Gap Fill R-S

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL phrasal verb worksheet, students read 13 sentences in which the verb is missing. Students insert a phrasal verb from the word bank.
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Phrasal Verbs With "Give"

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL phrasal verb instructional activity, students read 8 sentences in which the verb is missing. Students insert a phrasal verb by using the word "give" and one of the prepositions from the word bank.
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Words with sh

For Students 2nd
In this words with sh worksheet, 2nd graders draw a picture of the words that start with sh. Students draw pictures for 6 words total.
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Unit 4 (Grammar and Word Choice Quiz)

For Students 4th - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students complete a 3 page, 15 question multiple choice quiz on correct word use. Students complete each sentence with the correct word from 4 choices.
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Add Using a Hundred Chart

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this adding practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems using a hundred chart.
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Always Pointing North

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this magnetic compass reading comprehension worksheet, students read brief 2 page selection and then answer 6 multiple choice questions.