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Yeast Bread: Final Evaluation Project

For Teachers All
Identify and prepare yeast breads. National Standard 14.3.3 Identify the classes of breads: rolls, loaves, deep-fat fried Identify ingredients in yeast breads and their functions: flour, yeast, liquid, salt, sugar, fat and eggs Identify...
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Border Forum

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students read, analyze, and synthesize news reports on a current border issues. They prepare an oral presentation and written support documents which must clearly and accurately explain an issue to an audience which may be unfamiliar...
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Justice or Injustice?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a human rights discussion and define the concepts of justice and injustice. They research the concept justice in order to create a Wisdom Wall identifying human rights issues. Students also participate in an Image...
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Gravity Launch

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars examine how gravity affects launching rockets into space. In this physical science lesson, students review the concept of gravity and use an interactive online site, "Gravity Launch," to simulate a rocket launch.
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Left and Right Worksheet - Pairs of Shapes

For Students K - 1st
In this position of objects worksheet, learners practice recognizing left and right by following the coloring directions for the items in each of 6 boxes.
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Vital Signs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the nursing profession! Written for a career exploration unit, this lesson plan gives participants a chance to observe and learn about the skills that a nurse would need. They measure vital signs with appropriate medical...
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Goal Setting

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students understand how they can incorporate dietary guidelines in their daily life.  In this investigative lesson students set dietary goals and incorporate an activity to learn how to create a new seed variety while studying...
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Elements of a Short Story

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read a short story, The Tell-Tale Heart and create a story map identifying the elements of a short story included in the selection. Students complete an Accelerated Reader test on the selection.
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Breaking News English: Lance Armstrong

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Lance Armstrong activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Hearty Heartbeats

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the circulatory system and the scientific method. They perform an experiment to measure how varying amounts of physical activity affects heart rate and use the Investigation Journal provided to record their data and make...
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Point of View to Ponder

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view (or read) The Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty. They discuss other literary pieces that include the misleading first person narrator. They role play fictional characters from literature and present a short anecdote in a...
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Recalling History by Pulling Strings

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the role and nature of story-telling as it preserves history and culture and discuss how puppetry serves as an effective method of presentation. They create basic outlines for puppet shows that relay important...
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Catching a Balanced Diet

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the importance of balanced meals. They play a fishing game to help them select foods to make up a balanced meal.
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Elastic Band Exercise

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders build muscle strength by using elastic bands. In this elastic band exercise instructional activity, 7th graders do various stretches and movements using an elastic band. Students go to different stations to do different...
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Probability

For Students 8th - 9th
In this probability worksheet, students solve and complete 15 different problems that include probability and outcome. First, they find the probability of drawing each of the following listed. Then, students determine the outcome of a...
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns Coloring

For Students 5th - 7th
Use a noun coloring worksheet to have your students read 60 nouns, each in their own rectangle. They will then color rectangles with concrete nouns yellow and the rectangles with abstract nouns blue. Note: This does not include an answer...
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Steps to Think and Share

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discover how to look underneath what they say they want and discuss their true concerns or needs. They practice negotiating using the five-step Think and Share Response.
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I want a credit card--or do I?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students pretend to borrow $1000.00 on a credit card. They pretend to make the minimum payments for a year. When they're done, they make a pie chart showing how much of their payments reduced their debt, and how much was interest.
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Flower Pot Salad Bar

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss the connection between a flower pot and wholesome food by creating a salad.  In this healthy eating instructional activity, students utilize numerous fresh vegetables to create a classic salad in a flower pot....
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Shakespeare: Performance First

For Teachers All
This lesson plan invites students to interact with the play from their first encounter, determine actions implied from the text and better comprehend Shakespeare's language.
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Something Fishy?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students try to draw and identify a jellyfish from a physical description. After reading an article, they discover new information about cnidarians. In groups, they research and develop dioramas about a specific cnidarian species. They...
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Our Amazing Body!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain characteristics and functions of observable body parts. They identify major bones in the body, list and locate the major systems of the the body through a series of activities such as chalk outlines, body bingo, and...
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Vocabulary Practice

For Students 5th - 6th
For this vocabulary practice worksheet, students complete the 12 sentences with the correct word or phrase from the word pool.
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A New Candidate for Animal Farm

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students create an advertising campaign in which a candidate from Animal Farm will run for an upcoming election. In this follow-up activity to George Orwell's Animal Farm lesson, students explore propaganda, rhetoric, and satire as they...