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Batchelder News Channel Data Mix Up!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students look at data in graphs with missing labels and use what they know about graphs to label the topics, titles, and axes of the graph. In this graph lesson plan, students pretend they are news reporters and have to fix their stories!
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Identifying Themes In Poetry and The Great Gatsby

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore themes in poetry. In this identifying themes lesson, students discuss themes in poetry after viewing a PowerPoint. Students participate in a jigsaw activity as they connect themes from poetry and the Great Gatsby.
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Using Abbreviations with Names of People

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this abbreviations instructional activity, students rewrite sentences using the correct abbreviation for the names of people. Students rewrite 8 sentences.
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Gold Rush Quiz

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students take a quiz about the Gold Rush that happened in California. In this Gold Rush lesson plan, students complete 8 multiple choice questions.
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Firefighters

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read books, learn about the letter f, and eat ice cream all to learn about firefighters. In this fire fighters lesson plan, students also string beads to look like fire hose and visit a fire house.
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Compound-Go-Round

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students make compound words by putting together cards with whole words on them. In this language arts lesson plan, students play a game where they match up words in an attempt to make compound words that make sense. A fun, meaningful...
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Forces, Loads, Materials, Shapes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate forces, loads, materials and shapes as they relate to science. In this science lesson, students differentiate between the basic definitions required to perform a scientific experiment. They answer questions dealing...
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Odysseus and the Cyclops

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students develop a dramatization of "Odysseus and the Cyclops." In this english lesson plan, students discuss the importance of a person's identity. They reflect on how ancient Greeks value their identity based on this mythology.
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The Yellow Boat

For Teachers 2nd - 9th
Students read the play The Yellow Boat then have a town hall meeting to discuss the matter.  In this character lesson students discuss whether or not a child with AIDS should be allowed in public schools.
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Good Samaritans

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore the definition of a "good Samaritan".  For this social studies lesson students divide into groups and build a skit to present to the class. 
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The Seven Natural Wonders of America

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study about the different landscapes in Africa. In this social studies lesson, students research about one location and answer questions about it. They share their findings with the class.
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AIDS Statistics

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify the different transmission methods of AIDS. In this health science lesson, students create bar graphs about AIDS related issues. They present their work in class.
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Getting Green for Christmas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine their family's particular spending habits for a holiday they celebrate, research the financial expectations of retailers during the holiday season and at other times during the year.
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Why do we Dream of a White Christmas?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine a reading selection on how the idea of a white Christmas was developed. In this ESL instructional activity, students share a class discussion about the article then complete several assignments to reinforce what they...
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Charlie, the Caterpillar - An Integration of Lit. and Music (Elementary, Literature)

For Teachers K - 1st
Students sing, dance and play instruments that are integrated with the book, "Charlie the Caterpillar."
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Introduction to Mining in Utah

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students come up with a definition of mining together as a class. They take notes and explore how three mining towns in Nevada were begun.
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Experiment: How acidic is rain in your area?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect water samples from around your home and school, check the pH level of each water sample, and record the pH levels in a chart that looks something like this:
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Avalanche

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of avalanches and how they effect people who use the slopes. They conduct research using multiple resources that includes the internet in order to create a final oral presentation.
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Climate Change: What's Hot? What's Happening?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars conduct a web-based project to analyze recent or on-going climate change research in the North. They are exposed to the application of science in current research on climate change.
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Love of Learning

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss times when learning has been fun and when it hasn't. They imagine that the are going for a ride in an aeroplane. Students imagine that they are looking through the window at the land below, they see the uneven shape...
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A Journey To Alaska

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create an electronic scrapbook of a virtual field trip to Alaska. They first check the weather and plan what to bring for a real trip. As they explore various websites representing five stopovers on the trip they copy photos...
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Weather Folklore

For Students 7th - 10th
In this weather worksheet, learners decode the given "weather lore" using the code provided. Students must decode 7 different statements.
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Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students answer short answer questions about the water cycle and other cycles. In this water cycle lesson plan, students explore clouds, rain, evaporation, and more.
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Harmful Effects of Acid Rain

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in an experiment to become aware of the harmful effects of an acidic solution -- acid rain.